Boo!

Or as Alexis would say- "bee!" ;-)

Tomorrow my baby girl will be 18 months old! And it is plainly obvious to see, as she alternates between tiny bubba & boisterous toddler!

She has just gotten her 7th tooth (now four on top, three on the bottom) and her hair is slowly getting longer... She's around 11.5kg and 81cm tall :-)

Her favourite thing at the moment is Hairy Maclary - we have the books of "Hairy Maclary's Bone" and "Caterwaul Caper" and a dvd of the animated stories - and she can't get enough of them! She is bringing us the books to read dozens of times a day! She especially likes the dogs licking their chops in hairy maclary's bone (she likes anything with tongues sticking out) and when Scarface Claw chases all the dogs on the dvd.. She has suddenly become really interested in books, she spends ages looking through them & 'reading' them out loud to herself, and bringing them to us to read...

dancing!

Her favourite games at the moment are peekaboo (including pinching your eyelid, opening it & saying "bee!" lol), playing with balloons, dressing up (she's working out how to dress herself at the mo), helping me with things like putting the dishes away & sweeping the floor, drawing, playing with playdoh, dancing, and pretending to have lunch! She's gotten quite good at throwing things (including in a huff!) and is getting the hang of catching a balloon too... She tries to help me with my sewing too ;-)


We've been busy in the garden recently & she has enjoyed romping around outside too, and of course getting daddy to push her around on the old scooter he found! (we've got the kids a little 3-wheeled one for xmas.. shhh!)


Her talking has really come along too... she now says-
"budda" - brother
"up" - up ;-)
"up/tup/pup" - cup (she's working on the C sound)
"why, t, free..!" - one, two, three..! (followed by a jump or throw)
"pu-y-dat" - pussycat
"mmmMMM!" - mmmoooo! lol
"yuh" - yes
"nuh" or "nononononono" - no ;-)
"ta-da" - thankyou
"birdie" - birdie
"wada" - water
"eye" - fly
"bee!" - boo!
"budun" - button (belly button)
"ohky" - okay
"ta-di" - teddy
"heyo" - hello
"ey-ya!" - seeya!
"shus" - shoes
"ba!" - bath
"bo" - boat
"ree!" - read
i think thats everything so far...? well there are plenty more, but those are the ones used regularly in context that we can understand! ;-D