Eat/Food

Alexis has learned her first sign. I think we were using it some without realizing. She never really caught on to "more" but we would use "more" and "food" together.

Eat/Food

And today she started signing without prompting (which is typically me asking her if she is hungry). Right as I picked her up out of her crib she motions those little fingers to her mouth. hahahaha it's the.cutest.thing.ever.

Now, I wish we could get her to understand "all done" without throwing the food on the ground.

You can definitely tell she is understanding a lot more. Although she hasn't started repeating words yet, she is better at repeating noises or actions. She also started saying bye and folding her arms for prayer.

Her list of regular words: coming in at #1 is mom or mama. Then hey, hi, bye, bu (book) & woof which I realize is a sound not a word. Most of the rest is baby gab. Every now and then you'll hear her say baby, papa, night night, duck, fan … you'd think she'd say dad, up (unless "uh" in the form of whining counts) & no by now, but whatever.

She still hums when she eats and twirls her hair when she is tired.

But speaking of food, here are some recent success stories:

Blueberries for $5 / gallon. Not as perfect as the ones from the Whitten's bushes, but a steal of a deal if you don't mind the sweat and a few bug bites.

This has been a weekly meal for awhile although I don't always make it the same way. This is what we call Sweet Potato Curry. 

I tried homemade pizza dough for the first time. It was a success.

Mr Smith didn't love this like I did, but I thought the almond slivers, peppers, chives and whatever else was great with the black rice & tilapia.