Sunday, November 29, 2009

For Daniel

She didn't want to get off. We took three rides and I had to pry her off (with a minor meltdown as she said "More! More horse!")



Tuesday, November 10, 2009

More Words and Actions

She has somewhere north of 150 total words we've heard her use correctly (not 100% of the time) and with some regularity.

People/Names
mama or ma-mee
dada or da-dee
baby
girl
boy
man
O ivia (Olivia, one of her favorite books)
Ernie
Cookie (Cookie Monster, usually followed by “Num Num Num”)
Bert
Ooo eee (Zoe)
Elmo
Pooh
A-ya (Asia) and Kiss-tn (Christian), friends at daycare. Christian is sometimes "Err-kee" for reasons we can't fathom.

Food
Milk
Water
Coffee (not that we let her drink it!) - usually followed by "MMMMM!"
Banana
Cheese
Turkey
Ham
Juice
Toast
Egg
Waffle
Apple
Bread
Berry
Cookie
Peach
Fig
Peas
Dinner
Gurt (yogurt)
Pizza (never asks, but points in book)
"Eat eat!"

Toys/Objects/Clothing
Book
Toy
Key
Gate
Door
Ball
Doll
Chair
Bath
Bed
Light
Blanket
Earring
Ide (Slide)
Swing
Cup
Bottle
Flower
Car
Truck
Shoe
Sock
Shirt
Pants
Dress
Gas-says (Glasses)
Hat
Jack-it (Jacket)
Bike
Bubble
Park
Gas (grass)
Potty
Side (outside)
Stairs
Fork
Spoon
Diaper
Brush (toothbrush)
Paste (toothpaste)
Bowl
Stick
Tree
Wheel
Adio (Radio)
But oh (Button)
Shower
Porch
Soap

Animals
Kitty or cat (and says “meow” when asked what they say)
Dog (“woof”)
Bird ("teet" "teet" sometimes)
Lion (“roar”)
Tiger (“roar”)
Bear (“roar”)
Bunny
Duck (“quack”)
Cow ("moo" sometimes)
Chicken (sometime “cuk” sometimes “cuk doo” like a rooster)
Horse (“neigh”)
Pig (“Livia!” because of the children’s book)
Fish
Shark
Id (Squid)
Sheep (sometimes with “ba”)
Goose
Bug
Frog
Crab
Monkey
Rilla (Gorilla, with chest thumping)
Mouse (“peep”)
Phant (elephant)

Directions/Actions
hi (with wave)
buh-bye (with wave, also will say it unprompted if you walk her to the front door)
Uh oh (if she drops something or seems a picture of someone who has fallen)
Sit
Walk
Run
Up
Down
Updown (upside down)
Please (sometimes with prompting)
Thank you (sometimes with, sometimes without prompting)
Cuse me (excuse me; new, only with prompting)
No (with head shake)
Yes (v rarely says word but will shake head)
More
Fast (“vroom”)
Hot (sometimes confused with cold)
Cold (sometimes confused with hot)
Shhh (when someone is sleeping in a book or when you ask her about the library)
Will drape a blanket over her baby (or Dad) and say “night” or “shhh”
Ahhh (after drinking something, sometimes)
bess uuu (bless you, after someone sneezes)
Boo (Peek-a-Boo)
Color (when she wants crayons)
Dirty/trash (will put things in trash can)
eye e eye oh (when she wants the "Old MacDonald Had Farm Book")
All done
Help
Clap (and does)
Yay (at end of book or song)
She tries to jump but sort of bounces
Dance (sort of bounces with arms raised)
Off
Op-sits (opposites, usually asking for her book)

Self
Belly
Belly but (button)
Eye
Nose
Mouth
Hair
Head
Arm
Leg
Chin
Hand
Toe
Foot
Butt
Vulva
Teeth
Tongue
Poop
Pee
Ear
Back
Knee (unreliable)
Neck
Can shrug shoulders when asked but hasn’t said the word
Can twist waist when asked but hasn’t said the word
Can flap elbows along with book but hasn't said the word

Colors
red
el-ow (yellow)
buuu (blue)
geen (green; colors used correctly on occasion)