New Words "Here ya go!"

So I'm not sure if this is a new word or 3 new words, but Moya says "here ya go!" clear as a bell! I guess it is something we say to her a lot whenever we had her something and so she's picked it up.

This afternoon I went in to get her after her nap and she sits up and hands me her munch-munch and says "Here ya go!" and then grabs her pacifier and hands it to me with another "here ya go!" And then reaches up for me to pick her up. So sweet. Gotta try and get that on video.

So the word list is as follows so far...

1. Dada
2. Mama (although she rarely will say it!) :)
3. Gaga
4. Uh-oh
5. Bubbles
6. Eat
7. No
8. Meow (Moow)
9. That (Dat)
10. Hi
11. Hello (Herow)
12. Thank you (dank oooh)
13. Hi Baby (Ha Beh Beh)
14. Big Bird (Be Bur)
15. Night Night (nigh nigh)
16. Wow!
17. Bubblebee (bu bu beeh)
18. Belle
19. Bye bye
20. One (wuh)
21. Eye (eye) ... and she knows what it is!... poke your eye out if you aren't careful. :)
22. Yeah (yah)
23. Cookie (cuh key)
24. Ducky
25. Belly Button (Bay Buh tee)
26. Nose (noooss)
27. Book
28. Ball
29. Milk (sunm-Meek)... we think the "sunm" sound she puts at the begining is actually "some" for "some milk" but we aren't sure yet so I'll not count that as 2 words yet.
30. Poopy
31. Here ya go

"Poopy!"

So Moya has been having some diarrhea lately. So the word "poopy" has been tossed around a lot. Last night she was standing in her play pen in the kitchen while we were making dinner and we suddenly smell something suspicious. I reach down and check and sure enough there's a poopy in there. So I say "yep it's a poopy!" And Moya up and says in the cutest little voice "Poopy!" and reaches back and tugs at her shorts! We all gasp in surprise, even Belle! We praise her for her new word ans she said it again and again.

It really is a very important word to have in a little one's vocabulary. :)

Reading - Cousin It

So this story has two parts really. First Moya LOVES books. She use to just love to eat them but now she loves to point her finger and 'read' them. It is so cute and encouraging because I think it is a sign she is interested in language and reading.

The second part of this story is her voice. She has the sweetest little voice and makes the cutest noises. But it dawned on us, specifically Gaga, who she sounds like.... Cousin It from the Addams Family TV show!!! Realizing that only makes her even more fun to listen too. :)

Me and My Pretty Girl

Belly Laugh in the Bath

Moya and I had such a fun time in the bath last night. I got in with her and we were playing. At one point I cupped some water into my hands and she would splash in it and drink from it. Then to be silly I smacked my hands onto my face and blew bubbles into the water until it is gone. She just busted up in a hilarious belly laugh! So of course I did it again and again. It was so awesome. I would then hold my hands with the water in them and she would push them up so I would do it again. :) I just loved it. I LOVE the belly laugh she does and the smile she'd give.

New Words

1. Dada
2. Mama (although she rarely will say it!) :)
3. Gaga
4. Uh-oh
5. Bubbles
6. Eat
7. No
8. Meow (Moow)
9. That (Dat)
10. Hi
11. Hello (Herow)
12. Thank you (dank oooh)
13. Hi Baby (Ha Beh Beh)
14. Big Bird (Be Bur)
15. Night Night (nigh nigh)
16. Wow!
17. Bubblebee (bu bu beeh)
18. Belle
19. Bye bye
20. One (wuh)
21. Eye (eye) ... and she knows what it is!... poke your eye out if you aren't careful. :)
22. Yeah (yah)
23. Cookie (cuh key)
24. Ducky
25. Belly Button (Bay Buh tee)
26. Nose (noooss)
27. Book
28. Ball
29. Milk (nuh-Meek)

Beatrex Potter Books

Someone gave Belle a set of Beatrix Potter books several years ago. Belle liked them fine of course but we had moved them onto Moya's bookshelf more to make room for Belle's growing "big kid books" then anything else. Well Moya has been after then forever now. Finally we gave her one to look at. We had been nervous to because typically her method of "looking" at a book consists of a good amount of chewing and pulling and ripping if she can. I like these books and while I don't mind some kid roughness on them I didn't want them eaten and reduced to mulch.

Surprisingly Moya does not treat them like other books. She is pretty gentle with them and I have not seen her once put them in her mouth. She will spend a long time just looking at them and chatter-reading to herself and, here is the weird bit, occasionally smelling them. Yes smelling. I dunno, but apparently they have a good smell. :)

Frog Go "BLEH!"

Belle use to have the same reaction to this trick. :)

A-Ha Soothes The Savage Moya

Moya loves many things but there has come to be an obsessive combination. She loves iphones, A-Ha, and A-ha's lead singer Morten Harket. How wonderful than that daddy found A-Ha's video "Take On Me" on the iphone and showed it to Moya. Last night I let her watch it and she would NOT give it up.

If we tried to take it away she would fuss and then just start balling. When we'd give it to her she would give us the most heartfelt wonderful "Thank you!" (pronounced: Dank cooo). The videos of her watching it I got are awesome. In one she starts to sing along with it, another she says "yeah" in response to my asking if she likes it. Plenty of "Dank coos" and one you can see the beginning of the withdrawal fit after the video ends.

But Moya isn't just into the one song A-Ha is known best for. No she loves all A-ha. Brad has on the Xbox some of their music and photos of the band run through a slide show as it plays. Moya always smiles and blows kisses to Morten. In one photo he is holding out his hands and Moya will do the same when she sees that.

The other day on the way home from the field trip she was getting sleepy and grumpy. I put on A-Ha and she instantly stopped and just listened and then calmed down and eventually dozed off.

Hey... my kids have good taste in music. :)

Golden Gardens Field Trip

Gaga and I and Moya went with Belle on her school feildtrip to the Golden Gardens Park in Seattle.

Was way fun! Both girls had a great time.

Cuddling Daddy's Foot

This is so cute. Moya was tired but fighting it. I had gone to put Belle to bed. Brad was with Moya. He tried to get her to cuddle and go to sleep but she would just yell at him. So he let her play. Finally after awhile she crawled over onto Belle's pillow that was in the play-pit, hugged Daddy's foot, and fell asleep. :)