Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Hello World, we are back in BLOG-land.

So, let's face it.. I'm a terrible blogger, but I'm also terrible at that little thing known as a baby book. So there is a major gap in Grace Anne's growth documentation... in terms of "first word" and that sorta stuff. I will say, she has grown and developed fine. She's now got a mouth full of teeth, head full of hair (well compared to the amount of hair I had at her age, its not like its a TON) and enough spunk and personality to keep us busy-- we are convinced she is the Energizer Bunny.
So a quick "catch-up"---
*This little girl still doesn't sleep a whole lot. She does take a nice afternoon nap and sleeps from about 9pm to 6 or 7am... most of the time. But there is no 8pm bedtime at our house.. that'd never work. Strangely enough I remember my Mom talking about someone else requiring little sleep... and Kris says I've not changed
*She is strong willed and full of personality. She seems pretty social and content around any crowd, although she seems to love men. (scary),She is a smart cookie. She learned the letter T some time ago (see unable to tell you when with my lack of documentation) and so after T she seemed to show interest in letters, so i rolled with it and she now knows A, B, C, G (Sometimes), O, and T. She only knows them in capital form-- but she can find them anywhere.. in magazines, books, on licenses plates, road signs, shopping carts (and yes i know what you are thinking... she does know the Target sign)
*She talks a lot. We might not always understand her, but she babbles nonstop! She has been using complete sentences like "It's a dog." The other night she was looking at a picture of Kris and I. She pointed to Kris (in the photo) and said "It's a Dada." then she pointed to me and said "It's a Mama." We laughed-- she hasn't learned possessive pronouns. She then saw a picture of her and she said "It's a YOU." -- so as it turns out she hasn't learned pronouns at all! I tried to encourage her to say "It's ME." instead but that's a hard concept when I'm constantly telling her "That's you."
*The questions have begun. We constantly said "What's that?" or "Who's that?" and even "Where's ____?" when she started talking. Well now she will say "What's that? It's a dog." or test me "What's that?" and wait to get an answer like we used to do to her. Today she asked me "Where's Dada?" and later she pointed to the TV and asked Kris "Where's a Ba-Ba?" (Ba-Ba being Barney)
*She's fast! She can run, jump, walk, crawl, spin, and twirl! She is on the move and really quick! She loves to play chase with Kris and I. (Which is fun at home, not fun in public!) She also loves JUMPING! 9 out of 10 times she's say "UMP" before each jump. So she sounds so cute because it's like "UMP, UMP, UMP"
*She loves books! Loves them! I wanted her to love them and she does. We read for 30-45 minutes every night and I often read to her several times through the day, but she flips through books and reads to herself ALL the time!
*Animal sounds. There are hilarious. What's a cow say? "BOOOOOOOOOO" (sounds more like Boo than Moo and it's by far the loudest animal) The second loudest animal is the lion... it says ROAAAARRR (and let me tell you I never realized how many lions lined the entrances of Chinese restaurants through out the town. She spots them from the car and roars!). The neigh of a horse is still one of my favorites. A dog doesn't bark or say WOOF WOOF, it sounds more like "ooFFFF OOOfffff" and a pig sounds more like "Ka-Ka" (she stresses the K sounds but not the first part). Lastly, we are humored by her cat sound... she says "oEW".
I'm sure I've left out so much, but... oh well. My new blog style is going to be less detailed than the past and will probably also include rants about the findings and daily life in South Texas. After all.. it's a land of its own!