X words

I've been wanting to make a list of all Xaris' words...to someday put in her baby book or something (I haven't started her baby book. It's all in a box waiting for me to put it together one day).

Since I haven't made the list yet, I decided that a good place to document the words and phrases she can say is on the blog...and then I at least wrote them down and they will be remembered.

Some of them are pretty cute!! I love conversations with her.

At 16.5 months old, here are her words/phrases/sentences:

1. Mama (mama--me!!)

2. Papa (papa--Ricardo)

3. Apeeee (pie--foot)

4. Mami or mamo (mano--hand)

5. Am-Bee-Go (ombligo--belly button)

6. Wow Wow (guau guau--what a dog says. she calls most animals and some people "wow wow")

7. Mi, or Mi-A (mira--look!)

8. Pio pio (what a bird says)

9. Pa-wo (pajaro--bird)

10. Ga-jah (gracias--thank you)

11. Mah (mas--more)

12. Eh-way (Se fue--it's all gone, or it left)

13. Amo (amo--love)

14. No (wanna take a guess at what this one means?)

15. Na na (nariz--nose)

16. Cah-gu (carro--car)

17. Am-o-ah (vamos a orar--we're going to pray)

18. La la la (one of her favorite books, or what pigs say)

19. Wow (wow)

20. Ah wah (agua--water)

21. Che Che or Tse Tse (leche--milk)

22. Ka Ki (kakita--poop or bum)

23. Bay bee (baby--or any of her stuffed friends)

24. Che chi (changuito--her monkey)

25. A-meen (amen)

26. um nummm num num num (I'm hungry, or the noise she makes sharing her milk with story book characters)

27. Dey (ten--here, or take this)

28. By-byeeeee (bye)

29. Ah yah (hola--hi)

30. No ma (no more, usually with a wave of her outstretched hand in the "stop" position)

31. Meee owww (what a cat says)

32. Dee-oh (Adentro--inside. Usually when I'm asking her to put her clothes in the laundry hamper)

33. Ba bo or ba bee (basura--trash. Similar to Dee-oh, only referring to throwing trash away)

34. Ay-yah (alla--over there)

35. Ah kee (aqui--here)

36. Way-veee (huevito--egg)

priorities

We were trying to get X to say some of her words while we recorded...she was only interested in one thing. :)

And it does appear that we have a nearly-naked baby nearly all the time...keep in mind that it's still in the upper 90's most days here...b.l.u.h.

for real

10 on 10!!

It's about time, I finally accomplished another 10 on 10. It's been so long since I managed it, here's a reminder of the project:

Take one photo every hour for 10 consecutive hours on the 10th day of each month.

I have a new app on my ipodphone (term stolen from Judy) that I wanted to play with, so all the pictures in this ten on ten are taken with it. It worked well, it made my full day of boring and errands appear more interesting and artsy.

Good Morning

late bagel breakfast date with Katie

There just happened to be a convenient stop in between breakfast and my office...

Concentrating on lunch

Saltwater sandals!

Dry cleaning...

One of the dawg's tennis balls. Normally you can't tell they are tennis balls, they are so dirty, brown and chewed up. The torrential rains we had (notice the silt and muck surrounding?) washed and bleached out all these tennis balls that were once hiding in our back yard. Now we see them!

Dancing with Papa

(this one's extra, just because she's cute when she dances)

Dancing turned into climbing.

Which turned into sleepy girl!

X sings

This was during our vacation in Seattle.

Grandma Judy, Kira, Ricardo and I were cleaning up from dinner, and Xaris was wandering around the kitchen, "helping" and singing as she went. Kira and Grandma Judy (and even me) started singing along with her...

we thought it was pretty cute.

Seattle, part 2

Wow...I'm slow.

I've been back for something like 3 weeks now and I'm still trying to get vacation posts up. Sorry!

Wednesday of our Seattle trip started out with a playdate--Abby & Susanna, Janelle & Elanor, Alicia & Hannah, and Carrie & Cora (her niece) met us at the park for some fun!

Us mamas got to have some chatting time too.

There was teeter-tottering...not sure how much they liked it, I don't think we got a smile out of either one of them.

Swinging--much fun had by all!

And as soon as X saw the wading pool, there were no other distractions. Nothing was going to prevent her from getting in that water. So we got her in her suit, and papa rolled up his pant legs to go splash with her.

Hurry up papa!

Brr...it was chilly. She hadn't been in water that cold before--even the unheated pool she takes swim lessons in is uncomfortably warm in Dallas summers.

Cold water still was not going to stop her from playing in it.

C-group girls and their wee ones!

milk update

What happens when I ask Papa to see if he can get X to drink some milk while I clean up her room.

15

More Seattle posts to come, plus an attempt at a 10 on 10 (I tried to jump back on the wagon)

but a quick update--

X is 15 months old! She had her well-check yesterday, and is doing swimmingly.

Her stats:

30.5 inches (45th %)

17 lbs, 12 oz (under)

head: 18 (50th %)

Yep, she's gained half a pound in 3 months.

We've got one skinny little girl. But the doctor is still not concerned at all, and says there's no need for us to be (yet?)

She's grown a lot taller, and her head is definitely getting bigger, (she's so top heavy!) and she's obviously developing just fine. She is just way under the spectrum--(can percentages be negative? She's probably about the negative 50th percentile for weight. I guess that would mean that 100% of kids her age, and 50% of kids 3-6 months younger than her weigh more than her?)

Any tried and true remedies for baby-fattening?

We also are trying to get her to drink more milk. We introduced cow's milk when she turned 1 but she just doesn't drink much of it. I asked her ped. and he said for her size, 16-18 oz a day is the goal. Yikes. Yesterday I probably got her to drink 6 or so? And that's the most I've ever been able to get into her in a day. Today she's refused it most of the time, I think we're at 2 ounces total and it's bedtime. Any secrets? We've tried warm, cold, bottle (but we don't use bottles anymore), sippy cup, cup, straw, etc. She seems to be the most inclined to drink it when it's got ice in it. (I seem to recall that's how I drank my milk when I was little. And in college).

Anyway. We'll return to the regular scheduled blogging shortly, I just wanted to stick this out there to fish for ideas that I can steal. Thanks for sharing! :)

Seattle Chronicles, one

Our vacation to Seattle resulted in hundreds of pictures and stories, some of which will make it onto the blog. I'll do what I can :)

First off: I wish I was back there. Not only do I love it, and miss friends and family who live there, but we left on Saturday morning at 5am when it was 60 degrees out. We arrived to a 104 degree Dallas, and found our A/C was not working in our home. Ricardo bought a small portable air conditioning unit which has been running non-stop in X's room, where we have set up air mattresses and are living in a relative, squashed, and still slightly warm and sticky comfort. We had a guy out here today giving us an estimate...and it looks like we'll be replacing the entire system (hopefully tomorrow). To the tune of wayyyyy too much money--we pared it down to the basics, but I was shocked at how expensive A/C replacement can be! Some people buy cars, others just replace the A/C in their homes. Anyway, in the long run it should be better for us. A newer, more efficient unit will save money on bills, energy, and be better for the environment. I'll be a much happier and nicer person once I'm not hot.

So, venting done. Now on to our Seattle trip! It was wonderful.

We flew out on Sunday, after church. American Airlines strikes again and did everything they could to make the trip miserable, which included leaving us sitting on the tarmac with no cool air for 45 minutes while they tried to figure out who was on the plane. X decided to use that time to scream. Eventually we took off, she fell asleep, and the day got better from that point on. We saw Auntie Alisha and Unker Paul during our layover in LAX. They brought snacks and treats, and it was lovely to visit with them for an hour.

Monday night we went for dinner at the home of Abby, Caleb and Susanna. Susanna is a doll, she shared her toys and put up with Xaris who was being a little rambunctious and napless, it being a different place and time zone and all.

After we had been there awhile, Susanna skooched over to me, pulled herself up, and gave me hugs. This of course sparked Xaris' interest, since she loves giving hugs and kisses. She hurried on over to join in the action! Susanna sandwich!

Which then turned into baby-loves.

I love how Susanna was patting the top of X's head...too cute!

I once again feel the need to say: I think they are destined to be forever friends.