Can't Blog Fast Enough!

Diella at the library, for story time, smiling & waving to whoever will smile & wave back :) hehe

ok, this girl is so determined to talk! I cant even keep up with all the new words she is trying! Her alphabooks, she likes to go through them everyday lately! And will pick up on new things so rapidly! She got the tick tock of a clock! And some random ones that she got all of a sudden, without prompting, are 'bug' and 'icecream' ... she has also been saying milk, Jesus, and I think I even heard her try to say All Done this morning! And I also think she's trying to say flower... its weird cuz what she's saying sounds NOTHING like flower, but every time she sees one, or a picture of one, she points to it & says something, like she knows what it is, but there are no F's or ower-sounds at all, hehe... and she's babbling, in her own sentances ALL the Time, WAY more than she used to! :)

The other day we were out on the deck & she was sitting on a folding chair, putting her feet between the seat & back.... and I know she's heard this word before, but nothing I've ever tried to get her to learn or say... all of a sudden she goes "tuck" .... I gasped, did you just say you're stuck!!!??? She nodded... it was awesome! Then this morning she put some necklaces on & couldnt get em off & she looked at me & said, Tuck. Yay! :)

We finally got her to hold up one finger when we say, Diella are you one? !!! She wont do it when we ask how old she is, but when we tell her or ask her if she's one, then she does! With a big, proud smile!

Ok, so we've been trying the potty for about 5 weeks (almost 3 times a day)... and once she went pee, but it was more like we sat there for a while & she got up to grab something & squatted to pee, so I threw her on the potty & she finished, but we counted it :) but one thing she CAN do consistently, is wipe! I hand her a wipe & she knows where to put it! (front, not back)

She has a new obssesion with drawing... Ahna got her started on it a while back, but now she LOVES it! My mom told me yesterday when we were visiting her in her office, Diella kept saying Nana, Nana (Ahna) and wouldnt draw until Ahna was watching her, hehe... then she did same thing to me this morning, had her pencil & paper and was goin, Mama, mama, til I Watched her draw :) and she just gets this big, accomplished smile!

Oh, btw, she's been off the bottle for over a month now... and she can drink from a straw, I didnt know that was a big deal, but my sis thought it was cool that she can at this age, cool!

And she's learned two new signs! She got the one for cereal! I think its a hard one, but they do it on one of her videos & she kinda copied it one day, outta the blue! And finally got the sign for drink! I think Ahna helped her with this & she got it in like one or two tries! Still working on the sign for Amen.... I think cereal is harder than amen!

Her two fave things to say are 'buh bye' and 'hepee' which is help me.... I love this girl!

~Kat

Long, but Worth it, I Think! :)

These didnt stay in long, but I was able to snap a quick shot! :)
___________________

Ok, SO Many new things again, so I will try to give the short version of everything... She is saying all kinds of new words, and I think I maybe figured out why... I really think she sometimes gets frustrated that she feels she cant get her point across when she says something I dont understand... so she's trying extra hard to learn new words & TALK to me :) and still... most of the words arent clear, but we know whats she's saying and she's at least TRYing! :) ... she says off (more like aww)... she says hello when she puts the phone to her ear, but its more like 'hao' .... she's says 'uh oh' once or twice... she says please, like pease... but we're so glad cuz she's SAYing some of the words she's signing & not just depending on the Signs, but using her words, yay! ... she says 'night night' like ni ni to everyone when its time for bed... she still LOVES to say bye bye :) ... and she's saying no :) I'm glad cuz its not an angry No, its usually after I say no no to her touching something or doing something she shouldn't, then she'll repeat no no :) and she says pretty, kinda like pe-te :)
____________________

She has a new tooth :) ... she says buh bye to the water as it goes down the drain, after a bath :) ... she's feeding herself much more often (which of course is cuz i'm finally letting her, hehe) ... and she used to nod yes to every question, but now she is starting to answer yes and no more accordingly! :)
____________________

I showed her how to click clack your mouth to immitate a clock, she tried it & is close! its cute! :) ... I ask her if she'll touch noses with me & we do, I love that! :) ... When she sees herself in a mirror or in a picture, we ask her who that is & I've taught her to point to herself say 'me' :) ... she knows how to blow! Like on hot food, or to blow a pinwheel! I thot that was hard to do for her age? but she can! :) ... we've got her to put her finger up to her mouth & say Shhh, I'm so glad for this! Hopefully she'll understand when she needs to shush! :) ... she does this new wave, like instead of her hand opening & closing to wave hello or bye, its like an open hand & rotates the wrist, it maybe sounds like no big deal, but you should see how cute it looks! :) ... and i've learned that when we ask her where something is (like in the room, or on the page of a book we're looking at) that she opens her hand & holds it up like 'I dunno' but that she's doing that cuz we're asking where? But when we say Point To The ___, then she does! so its not that she doesnt know, its that we asked, instead of told her to identify it :) funny girl
____________________

Ok, bear with me, I have a lotta cute little stories to tell (and i'm saving the best ones for the end, so ya gotta read em all ;) ... this morning, I laid my head on her lap & thought it was so cute & special, and but a moment later, she sneezes, right on the side of my face, lol
____________________

She loves to find my belly button, or hers... its funny, she lifts the shirt & sticks her finger in, sigh* ... oh and she loves to watch her own tummy as she sucks it in over & over, THAT is funny to watch!
____________________

She LOVES to walk over to Alethea's house... we were outside on the deck and she just started walkin over on her own, kina like "are you coming?" ... sigh* I swear someday she's gonna disappear & we'll find her over there... and she's also become obsessed with going outside... she has this word for outside thats kinda like 'dap-de' or dif versions of that & she points out, across her face, BEGging me to go outside... only bad thing is, she gets REALLY 'disappointed' when we cant go out right now... and when we're talking about outside, we hafta spell it, or she'll be determined to go out that very minute
____________________

Oh my gosh, the other day in the bath, she was messing with the knob that swtiches the water from the faucet to the overhead shower, then when she finally pulled it & the water came from the top, she would whine like 'eeeehhhh I dont like that!' .... so I'd try not to laugh & tell and show her how to push it back down to make it go back to the faucet, so she finally did.... but then pulled it up again & the water comes down & again & she whines... lol over & over we went, she didnt catch on, hahaha!
____________________

The other night, this little one was calming down for bedtime & sat on my lap with her box of Alphabooks (1 book for each letter, 3 pages each book, with a picture & its word on each page) and we went through every page, every book! She just absorbed Every Picture & word! That was great!
____________________

She plays this game when we're in Ahna & Papa's bedroom, she just made it up all on her own, as she's standing on their bed, she'll go like "uuuuu-UUUUUH" like gradually gets louder, as she flops face down into pillow! So funny! Did it on her own, no one showed her, so funny!
____________________

Alethea & Caeden go to the library every Wednesday & they took us with them this week! This woman, Ms. Kitty, reads them books & sings songs & shows them a lil 5 minute video & gives them a snack & then they colored a picture! Was great! We're gonna go regularly now! Diella was pretty good for most of it, Alethea said she did very well for her age (there were lots of different ages in there)
____________________

And the BEST Story!... Diella did this in the bath a week or two ago, and I laughed so hard & then gave it a name, so that I could ask her to do it again, on command... she bends her knees & then moves them in & out... I call it the Hokey Pokey, cuz its sorta like that, and now she does it on command 'do the Hokey Pokey!' & we show people this all the time & she just gets the biggest laughs! Its funny Every time! I got it on my camera phone, but will try to get it on the video camera soon & maybe even on here! It is CLASSIC!

So Much New!

We played dress up! I put her in a nice dress & some nice shoes, then a few bracelets & a barrette in her hair (that she actually kept in!) She kept walking to the mirror & kissing the pretty girl!

I did a buncha different things to her hair this morning, this was 'the hawk' ... so long as she sat still & was letting me, I did more & more... there are of course more pictures of this and everything I blog about on my MySpace page.

She has just been even more in love with baths lately! Took one with Aria while they were here visiting, but we're having technical difficulties with those pix... but they'll be up soon!

Eating string on Labor Day! A Wonderful tradition! She also took part in the onion sandwich eating! We also played with Nerf guns & played volleyball & just had a great day with friends and family!

ok, so its been a few weeks since I've blogged, and this girl is just Cruisin with new things! She attempted to say all 3 the Texans :) names while they were here, Mia, Matt & Aria! She's also consistently tried Jeff, Jasmine, & Colton's names... not so much Caedens, and Aunt Alethea & Uncle Jer we're still working on

__________________

Just yesterday she tried to say pretty :) when she was touching Ahna's necklace. She Very often says Buh Bye! its like her favorite thing to say! She tries to say alligator, its not real close, but we're proud of her attempt :) She says Cheese, Bible, potty, yukky, shoes, help, more, butt butt, she'strying to say 'not nice' and she also says "This" alot, when she points to something.... now keep in mind, most of these words are not clear, but we know what she's saying... at least she's trying! :) oh, and she also tries to say Elmo

____________________

She learned the sign for Funny! Almost in one try! Did I blog that she made up her own sign for blanket? Its so cute! There is even the real sign for it on one of her videos, but she kept signing something to me that I couldnt figure out, but finally did..... wanted her blanket.... its so nice understand her & that she's communicating so well!

____________________

She smiles on command, she points to her head & nods when we ask "are you so smart?" She blows kisses! She says Hi to random people all the time & I think she's catching them off guard, cuz they never say hi back.... and Papa taught her how to 'pound' with her fist, ya know, like instead of high five, its like with the knuckles, hehe, she loves it!

____________________

oh yea, she's um discovered that her finger fits perfectly inside her nose... and somehow, we've been able to keep from laughing & tell her its yukky, but its hard, cuz it looks pretty funny.

____________________

We bought her a potty! We give it a try about 3 times a day for the past 2 weeks, no success yet, but again, we're trying! :)

____________________

ok 2 quick stories... we were playing in Ahna & Papa's room and she literally, without being shown, just walked into the closet, turned out to face us, said "buh bye" and closed the door! It was hilarious! Then once in the car, she was sleepy, so she pointed to her head... I said, do you want me to play with ur hair? She nodded, so I did... then a few mins later, she pulled on my shoulder, and I leaned toward her to see what she wanted, and she gently began to play with My hair! It was adorable!

~Kat