Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Bragging Rights

I'd like to take this opportunity to brag about my brilliant child...

Mather can say (within context) the following words:


All done
All gone
Ball
Banana
Bath
Bib
Book
Bottle
Bunny
Bye-bye
Cat
Cereal
Chair
Cheese
Daddy
Duckie
Go
Happy
Hat
Help
Hi
Home
Jacket
Keys
Mommy
Nanna (Grandma Julie)
Okay
Open
Puppy
Ready
Sit
Uh-oh
Slide
Up
Water


Mather can sign the following words:

Again
All done
Bear
Eat
Hat
Help
Hi & Bye-bye waves
Milk
More
Pacifier (more of a noise than a sign)
Water


Mather's favorite activities include:

Chasing (running)
Being chased, caught, and tickled!
Dancing
Kissing
Climbing stairs and play structures
Playing in the bathtub
Sliding
Asking mommy and daddy to read the same book over and over again through a combination of saying "book" and signing "again".



Additions from Nanna Julie: she also says blueberry (three syllables with the b's in the right spot), and a consistent vocalization of "raggedy ann" as she drags her from spot to spot. I'm sure she thinks she is saying "raggedy ann". Then there is "wheeeee", and don't forget "eeieeio" as when singing along to old macdonald had a farm - she's always ready with the chorus.



And now, I'd like to captivate you with her cuteness...



Playing "bag lady".
She found her rainhat and a bag of yarn.
She ran around the house in a very joyous mood!

Momily made a hat for Mather from the yarn that was in the bag.
It's a little big but she'll grow into it.

Look at her go!
And look at her curly locks peeking out from under the hat!

The best ride in town!
Her first trips down the concrete slides in Golden Gate Park.

Always signing for "more" when she hits the bottom.

Unless she's preoccupied being tickled by her Daddy.

Check out the new tooth!
There are three molars that all came in within a few weeks
of this front tooth, and there are probably more close behind.
She's had a runny nose (as evidenced by the giant booger in the picture)
and a "drool cough" for about a month now - those are her teething signs.

"All done!" making a mess and clapping about how happy it makes her!

4 comments:

Sara Ransom said...

Wha!! What fun is being had! I wanna go down the big cement slide with Mather, too!! I used to slide down that expanse with her Papasan once upon a time.
Love from Grandauntie Savi

Anonymous said...

sniff sniff ... such a cutie! give her a big mather smooch from me.

Anonymous said...

too too cute our little girl. What a blessing this blog is. I really feel like I'm watching Mather grow.

If I could sign More I would :-)

Love yas

Celeste

cbumpmax said...

I was also thinking that it is so much fun to watch her grow but that sentiment has already been put up... I guess I will say that this is serving as a wonderful preview for what is to come for my little one just 8 months behind Mather. It will be a hard act to follow.