Note From Mommy

Oh man, I lag... I started to write down little things that Addi does in a notebook about 3 weeks ago and I haven't been able to do a "Note From Mommy" until now!


COMMUNICATION
Addison is talking so much more these days and I swear her vocabulary grows at least a word a day. She tries so hard to communicate, making up words or mumbling a sentence and saying a real word. eg. "mm ha mm mm dolly?" and she'll point to her dolly as if she's asking for it... before she would just say "dolly", but now she knows that there are other words used to ask a question... she just doesn't know what those words are yet.

Addi can now count to ten... and actually say all the numbers.
We're still working on her ABC's. She'll sing "G, L, M, N, O, P, up to Z" and try to sing "Now I know my ABC's" and then yell out "ME!"
She can name most animals, though she often gets mixed up with cow and sheep for some reason...
She's having a tough time with colours. When asked "What colour is this?" her go-to answer is often blue... but she'll always get brown right. And most times she'll get pink and purple right too.
She's been calling out vehicles lately... she'll say car, truck, airplane, train, bus etc. Yesterday, while we were driving on the freeway, she would call out a big truck every time we saw one. But she says "big c*ck"! She kept repeating it over and over again! Then we saw a big, brown truck, but she only said "brown". LOL!

She's very curious now. She'll always ask "Wha dat?" I'll tell her what something is and her response is either repeating what I say or "Oh."

I'll usually give her a choice between two things now - in the morning, I'll ask her "Do you want cereal or oatmeal?" or I'll ask her "Do you want to wear the pink top or the blue top". She'll seriously consider two options by saying "hmmmmmmm" and then point "Dat one" or "oameal"

She still loves playing peek-a-boo. Before she loved to be the hider and say "Poo-bah!", now she'll seek and say "__ Are you?" in a really sing-songy voice. When hiding, she now says "Poo-Boo" (we're getting closer!)

When we ask where something is, she'll usually say "right there" (ri der) or "there it is" (der e is)

When we ask her a yes or no question and the answer is yes, she'll say "ya" or "sure!"... I'm still trying to get her to say "yes", but I guess "ya" is easier.

She loves to pretend to talk on the phone! Even with just her hand - it's hilarious! I've tried to catch it on my camera, but the camera always distracts her... her usual conversations are with either Daddy or Uncle Josh. A conversation with Daddy goes something like this:
"Hi Daddy"
"um-hmm" (nodding)
"OK" (nodding)
"sure"
"sure"
"Bye-Bye"

A conversation with Uncle Josh usually goes something like this:
"Uncle Josh" (Unko Joshhhh)
"Bella?" (asking about his dog, Bella)
"Tita?" (asking about his girlfriend)
"Oh, ok"
"Bye-Bye"

IT'S HILARIOUS!!! I don't prompt her to do it, she just does it at random times!

Manners - she's getting really good at her manners. I think she just loves when people sneeze so she can say "Bless you" (Beshou). 9 times out of 10 she'll say "Thank you" or "Thank you Mama". If told to say "Thank you" by someone other than me, she'll say "You're welcome" (mecom). If she really wants something she'll say please. If she REALLY REALLY wants something, she'll whine and say Please over and over again. If you're not listening to her she'll throw a fit.

We would always say "Ready, Set" and she would chime in "GO!"... now she says "Ready? GO!"

Singing songs - she's getting really good at singing her kid songs. She loves to do the actions and she'll at least say the last word of each line (just like Mommy, haha!) She loves to hear and sing "I'm Your's" by Jason Mraz - she'll sing the chorus with a lot of emphasis on "No more, no more" and "I'm shurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr".

She's now using her name to ask for things: "Addi brush?", "Addi cup?"... we're getting there...

She can say so many new words right now, It'll take me forever to write them all down!
Here are a few:
Peek sha - I'll ask "Where's Grandpa?"
She'll say "Right there."
I'll ask "Where?"
She'll say "Picture" and point to his picture.

Camwa - camera
mine - *shudder* this was the word I didn't want her to learn
kee up - clean up
tb - tv
cd - cd
dance - a request for you to dance or play music
door - door
window - window
sa mon - salmon
cheeps - Kellogg's corn flakes (LOL!)
pees - peas
con - corn
geeps - grapes
owange - orange
wice - rice
mak - rice milk
wato - water
bed - gluten free, dairy free, egg free bread
poon - spoon
fok - fork
taw - straw
ou side - outside
tais - stairs

the list goes on and on!

Bossy
She's getting a little bossy, now that her communication skills are growing. eg. If one person is singing, EVERYONE has to sing... and she'll call you out if you're not singing!
If she wants you to come with her, she'll say "come" and pull you with all her might to wherever she wants you to go.

Dolls
She's really taken to her dolls (Roo, her Cabbage Patch Doll - "Dolly" and her baby doll - "bebe"). She'll "feed" them - either their ice cream, bottle or whatever she's eating (yikes!). She'll clean them with the cheap wipes (The wipes we got but totally suck and would never use on Addi's butt). She'll put them to sleep - by swaying them and humming. (it's REALLY cute!)

She loves to play with this pink hand towel. She'll carry it around with her and wipe up her dolls, the floor, the ottoman... she tries to put it back in the clean towel drawer, but I'll always swipe it from her and put it in the hamper.

She loves to play with zippers! She'll unzip her pj's all the way down to her toes, we call it air conditioning. You can't leave your purse with her, zipped or unzipped... or else you'll come back to your purse turned upside down and completely emptied... she'll probably be wearing your lipstick too.

She prefers to be pantless, shoeless, sockless and now... DIAPERLESS. She'll walk around and take off her clothes and scatter them here and there. We've had one accident, where she peed on the floor and one time we found the diaper with poop in it. Is this a sign that she's ready for potty training?

She loves to wear kick-kick (lipstick) actually, it's chapstick and she'll smack her lips together after you put it on her. NOTE TO EVERYONE OUT THERE... chapstick only please... I don't want her looking like an unfortunate pageant princess.

When I'm putting on makeup, she'll ask me to put some on her too - she'll put her finger on her eyelid and say "eyes"

She loves to twirl and make pretty and silly faces in front of the mirror... I swear, I don't know where she learned how to do this! Whenever she puts on a dress, she gets really excited and runs to the mirror to twirl and say "pretty". *yikes!*

I know that she's starting to get full when she does the airplane with her food. She'll buzz and circle her spoon around.

She'd rather eat with her hands. What a true Filipino... she likes to eat with her hands and is comfortable with her leg up. When asked to eat with her spoon, she'll hold the spoon with one hand and continue to eat with her other hand.

She LOVES to play with her shadow. She says "shadow?" and will wave at herself and ask you to move your shadow. It'll entertain her for a good 10 minutes.

She's really into her blocks - she can stack them up to 7 blocks (really rare), but the tower usually topples after 5 blocks. She'll arrange them by colour, so red goes with red, yellow goes with yellow, etc.

She LOVES to play with wooden puzzles - these are the ones that are recommended for 2+. She's really good with them and she's getting so fast now! We don't just put the pieces down, she has to name the piece (or at least repeat after me) before she puts the piece in the correct spot.
Right now we have the fish (colours), cars, pets and animal sounds puzzles. She'll only do each one once or else she'll get bored. Gotta keep things moving!

Walking - we're trying to use the stroller less (especially if we drive somewhere) and she'll walk through stores with me... it takes a lot longer to get things done, but she loves to explore and she gets really excited to be in different places! She'll hold my hand if I ask her to and sometimes she'll just ask for my hand, but it's always for a brief moment because she needs to swing both arms when she's running!

Affection - She's a very affectionate little girl! She loves to kiss and she'll squeeze you back if you ask for a hug. If I tell her to say good night to someone, it usually involves a kiss and a hug. I could hug and kiss her allllllllllllllll day long! I love 'er!