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More Than Words

She is hit or miss when we ask her to say something. She is not to the point where she always repeats what we say, but at least she knows how to use the words below:

mom
hey, hi
book "bu"
bye
ball "baah"
food "foof"
water "wa"
baby
uh oh "oh"
mouth "mow"
eye
hot "haw"
no "na"
bird "ba"
daddy "dah"
butt

And she knows what we're saying when we ask her to pick something up, go find her cup, her shoes, her paci, are you hungry, close the door, where are your toys, go get a book, daddy is home, it's time to pray (she folds her arms for two seconds), where is the ice-cream cone (she points to it in the book and says mmmm), name parts of the face + belly, what animal we're referring to, etc...

signing: food, water & sleep (and points to her crib if she is that tired)

animal sounds: dog, horse, monkey, duck & cow




She says wee when she sits in anything that goes back and forth. She still hums when she eats and twirls her hair when she is tired. She motions with the itsy-bitsy & twinkle twinkle songs. She still doesn't let me put hair ties in her hair, but every now and then a clip will stay. She loves to carry things on her arm, or carry things period. She likes wearing shoes, but unfortunately, most are too narrow so we flintstone it.

She has cute moments every day that I just mentally capture
Although I'm so afraid of forgetting.


Here is the video of Lexi (playing and sharing some words) because home videos are important too





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  1. Love the video! Makes me sad at how fast they grow though!

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