Archive for the 'communication' Category

first real sentence

“It’s not in there.”
At least that’s what I think Chelsea told me. I will have to check. Bad momma - need to dust off that mental scrapbook and start using that sucker for important details like this!
It’s been a hectic week here, what with the speeding ticket* I got; the proof of insurance and current [...]

peeee keeeeee

Overjoyed with the presentation of pizza at dinner time, H attempts to say “thank you”.

The phrase “thank you” has been a hurdle to overcome. And he actually JUST started saying it correctly this week. And while I was only very mildly concerned about the fact that he could never say “thank you” (it was always [...]

the addition of “y”

From the moment we found out that our kid was growing inside my belly, I have imagined myself as a “Momma”. Which is, in my mind, an entirely different word from “Ma Ma” - the common few syllables first pronounced by babies. I never thought of myself as a “Mommy” - especially as spoken by [...]

conversplosion

This post has been a long time coming.
Once upon a time - almost three months ago which in toddler-development-time is like three hundred years - I started to write…
At H’s 18-month doc appointment three weeks months ago, I knew it was coming - the dreaded question - and was prepared with the canned answer I [...]

fubah! still…

H woke up from his nap about a half hour ago. Seems that it took about that long for him to escape his foggy-sleepiness and remember his new found obsession.
FUBAH! FUBAH!
Still.
Listening: Best Coast

thanksgiving, oh what have you done to my son?

We had a lovely, lovely turkey day with Finn’s family. Absolutely one of the best t-day meals I have ever had. Thank you to you all for letting us crash.
There was football on upstairs and while we were waiting for dinner H and I crawled up to take a peek. We were maybe in front [...]

learning from elizabeth (2)

Last Friday Auntie Kylies (that’s my sister Kylie’s official family name) came to visit after working in Dallas and Houston all week. We started mentioning to H that KYLIES is coming! KYLIES is coming! the night before. And mentioned it again when Elizabeth arrived Friday morning. She took it upon herself to teach H to [...]

caught on tape

I finally got it… well, as good as an example as we have been able to get to-date… right at the beginning of the video (link below) the kid says ta-da… kind of.

Marc turns on the light and he says it and then refuses to repeat it, as is his M.O. as of late. He [...]

it’s not all bad around here

I can’t remember if I posted about this, but, the kid now says Ta-Da.
Not a huge deal - it’s a pretty easy phrase - two syllables that he’s been saying for a while. But, it’s HOW he says it that makes it so irresistibly cute. First of all it’s much higher pitched than almost any [...]

…and also - there’s this:

H in the super, awesome, mega fun-room. Just playing… talking, babbling and squawking… he’s pretty cute these days.
Listening: Wild Beasts