Thursday, July 15, 2010

Walking and Talking


So Samantha will be fifteen months old in four days, and clearly my posts have dropped off. It seems the more mobile the child, the less time the mom has for things like blogging. My angel is absolutely adorable and I'm so proud of her every day! Now that she's walking and talking, things are really getting exciting around here.

She was always a super fast crawler, but she only recently started walking on her own. She took her first steps with help around her birthday and her first steps on her own at just over thirteen months. By fourteen months, she was walking everywhere with help and at fourteen-and-a-half months she just took off. Now she never crawls and she loves to carry things all over the house!

She's been getting new words like crazy, too. She started with "na-na" ("night-night") several months ago and then added "ball," "meow," and "uh-oh." While we were visiting my parents she got "up" and "doggy." Now she's got lots of words and I'm going to keep a list here.

Update: I quit! That child knows too many words! This is a mostly complete list of her words up through her 18-month birthday.

na-na - night-night
uh-oh
meow
mya-na - banana
key - kitty
goggy - doggy
woof, woof
up
da-ee - daddy
da - down
ba - ball
bu - book
shya - socks
mama/mommy
baby
shez - shoes
yummy - yummy, food (she says this when she's hungry and when she's eating)
abby - apple
dyabada, diabee - diaper
baa (sheep noise)
neigh
quack-quack
roar (in an adorable whispering roar)
faufau, fwafwa, fowa- flower
oink
kee-ku - cookie
water
ank-you - thank you
cracker
bye-bye
green
(elephant noise)
ooh-ooh (monkey noise)
no
nose
Lena
bottle
cup
ca-o - avocado
bag
please
dinner
here you go
thank you
snack
block
cereal
milk
frog
yay
rock
fries
whee
eyes
slide
bunny
car
blanket
box
bah-dee - belly button
pink
toes
feet
teeth
Ugga (her uncle)
MiMi (her grandmother)
doodle (rooster noise)
fly (when she wants you to throw her glider)
fly - butterfly
show
tree
boont - balloon
monkey
spoon
phone
turtle
cheek
color
marker
bubble
boat
barco
eat
orange
food
bib
zebra
fork
Grant (her cousin)
panda
buckle
bow
fish
crackers
goldfish
sheep
jamas - pajamas
truck
bug
mouth
cap
corn
bike
potty
chair
purse
tiger
pants
done
mouse
mess
berries
beans
Carly
the end
wet
funny
walk
pen
keys
duck
puppy
nice
grass
bed
gone