From the Mouth of Babes

Anna is learning how to talk and it is the cutest thing ever! Her vocabulary is growing. Here is a list of some of the words she can say.

Dada

Mama

Dis-this

bye bye-she says this one perfectly, to cars in the parking lot and random strangers in the grocery store.

baby-she started saying it normal, but then switched to saying babyis, adding an s. Any little kid or infant is a baby to her. J

hi-it’s comes out very light and somewhat breathy, but is still discernable.

ba-ball, or balloon

wa-water

there it is-this one is a little muffled, but I know what she is saying. We’ll read a book together and I’ll ask her where the ball, flower or bunny is and she’ll point to it and say, there it is. So CUTE!

Uh-oh-she started saying this when we were out shopping. She would be sitting in the cart and her shoe would come off. I would say uh-oh, and put her shoe back on. She then started to take her shoe off on purpose and wave it, looking at me, saying, uh-oh! J She now has started saying uh-oh, just for the heck of it. She's getting better about when to use it correctly.

Buh-bug. The last few days, she has started to say bug. There's a picture of a ladybug in her farm animal book and I've started to tell her what it is.

Sa-sock. As soon as we come in from the car, she knows her shoes and socks come off and she wants them off!

Ckllldle dll-cock a doodle doo! I say this every time we see the rooster in her farm book and she tries to imitate it. It's so cute.

light-she's become fascinated with lights. I'm tired at the moment and can't think of how she pronounces it. :)

It's really funny how babies learn and really just how they are. I don't know how other babies are, but Anna really is a creature of habit. When things happen consistently enough, she knows and expects it. For example, when Dan comes home from work, he wears his work keys and ID around his neck. These are on a nylon type necklace, that clasp together in the back. Anna loves keys, so she always reaches for them. If you pull hard enough, the clasp becomes undone. She loves to pull them off Dan's neck. She knows this happens that when Dan comes home, that's the first thing she wants! It doesn't matter if she's in her high chair, or reading a book, every day she knows it's time to get daddy's keys and she will not relent until she gets them.

Anna loves water bottles and after our workout, we pick her up from the kid care and she instantly reaches for my water bottle. Even if it's not in sight, she knows it's there and wants to hold it. This happens almost without fail.

Another example is her high chair. I take off the tray and lean it against the side to put her in. While I'm trying to strap her in, she's leaning over trying to get the tray because she knows it needs to go in front of her. She does this all the time.

The other thing Anna does (and I'm sure all babies do it), is try and do something she knows she can't do. It's really amazing when you think about it. Anna tries so hard to put her shoes on. She doesn't give up. Even though time after time of trying, she's never succeeded, she's never given up. Or when she tries to get up on the piano bench. It's too high for her, but that doesn't stop her from putting her leg up there and trying to get up. Or trying to eat oatmeal with a spoon. Half the time the spoon is facing backwards, and most of it falls off into her lap, but she just keeps trying. It's like babies know they're destined for greatness. They know they have so much potential and progress to accomplish. They see other people around them doing it and they want to do it too. Adults generally after a few times of failing at something either give up, or ask someone who knows how, to do it for them. Babies really are God's creation and masterpiece. They're just programmed to learn and develop and it's so amazing to watch and be a part of it.

Anna wearing mommy's shoes. She loves to wear Dan's slippers and these shoes around the house.