Friday, September 29, 2006

Are you a baby or a little girl?

Grandpa was the first to discover a certain conversation that Annika will have with most people. It goes something like:

Grandpa/random person: Annika - are you a baby or a little girl?
Annika: Babies!

As Grandpa says, "She insists that she's a baby!"

Well, I also insist that she's a baby. I still call her Tiny and I still tell her often that she is my baby. However, she is showing signs of becoming a little girl.

She walks all over the house from room to room. Her appetitie for mobility is insatiable. For someone who never learned to crawl, this is a huge deal!

She talks. She demands "Milk!" and says "Up!" when she wants you to pick her up. She knows so many words that she can't say, but she really is understanding the world around her. It's as unsettling as it is touching.

She eats what she wants when she wants. She really doesn't like most baby food delicacies. (I can't imagine why!) She wants what we eat all of the time...to the point that we eat after she goes to bed which means a late dinner at 7:45! I get hungry!

She says no to just about anything. If she hears a question of any sort, her answer is "No!" complete with a head shake. If you wait a moment and ask again, she may just take that sip of water she just furiously denied. Oh, the fickleness of toddlers...or should I say "little girls."

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Words

Words that Annika says...in no particular order and she is able to say about 80% of them in context. Enjoy!

apple
bubble
walk
wa-wa
babies
baby
momma
daddy
papa
ball
animal sounds: pig, cow, sheep, tiger, elephant, dog, cat, duck, owl
annika
no
book
hi
doggy
dirty
nana
nuts
eyes
nose
boo (as in Raiders)
dots
shoes
up
outside
cheese
crackers
milk
cheek
there

Friday, September 08, 2006

Show me your guns!

Chris really likes the movie "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy". And there's a scene where the lead character says while counseling his male friends on how to score a lady that they need to "give her two tickets to the gun show." And then he kisses his questionable biceps.

Well, Chris thought it would be funny to teach Annika that guns = arms. I can't wait for her first teacher to call me into the school's office in order to tell me how Annika was threatening fellow students with "her guns."

Anyway, when Chris (and I...ok, I do this too) says, "Show me your guns!" she does this:

I swear, it's cute. (And please don't call Child Protective Services).