a day in the life

Everyday I wake up to my little girl shouting: Mama, Mommy, Mom, Mama, Mommy, Mom, Maaaaaaaaaaaama. I use to be able to resist getting out of bed for just a few minutes. Try to let her know that it may take a minute for mom to get there. It is much harder to resist when she actually calls you by name in the cutest little voice. Today we had a play day something I've started to look forward to. We have a day or so a week when we have nothing planned but play time. We started the day with rice krispies and milk. Then we watched a bit of the real princess wedding which for a few minutes Angela was intrigued by. Then we played with our dolls, built towers with blocks, walked around the house just for fun, sat in our chair, skyped, looked out the window for daddy, touched everything in site, took tissues out of the tissue box, waved at our fish, ate lunch, napped...for a bit, read books, talked to ourself, talked to mom, talked on our phone, ate a snack, explored the living room just in case there was something there we've missed, spun in mom's chair, hugged piglet, made animal noised, was thrilled to see dad come home, ate dinner, wrestled with daddy, had a tickle fight, had a kissing fight, read books, drank milk, said goodnight to everything in our room...and went to bed. What a day! What a life! I'm excited that I get to share days like this with my little angel.

Proud Mom Moments

So I know every mom must think their child is the cutest and smartest... but mine really is :) She is 15 months tomorrow and here are some of her accomplishments so far!

Words:
Mom/ Mama/ Mommy
Dad/ Daddy/ Dadda
Nana
Baby
Gigi
(aunt rachel we're working on it)
she use to say hi all the time but we haven't heard that one in a while
bababa...sometimes we think she is singing Barbara Ann and at other times she is referring to Uncle Zoomie
llll...she tries to say Laurie and the L part is down

Animal sounds:
lion
bee
cow
can call her horse
dog (very cute)
snake
can make a fish face


Body Parts:
Can point to her - ears, nose, head, belly button, eyes, knees, toes


Gestures/ Actions:
waves her hands to say "Go Phillies" when the game comes on
waves goodbye
blows kisses
gives kisses
dabs her nose (instead of blowing it)
talks with the phone up to her ear
tilts her head to be silly
shakes her head if she thinks you are silly
shakes her finger to say no no no
does the song gestures to "The Wise Man Built His House Upon the Rock"
turns on and off light switches
beeps the car beeper and opens the garage door with the button
knows her pet fish clifford and will point him out if asked
dances
giggles
throws her hands up to her head if you say "oh brother"
signs: more/ all done/ and please
gets excited to skype and goes to the computer is I say lets talk to Nana or Gigi
gives hugs
tickles our backs
hugs and kisses her dolls
pushes her stroller
brushes her teeth and sometimes her hair
helps put her toys away
ohhh I could go on and on....I just love her


Isn't she brilliant! I can't believe she is 15 months...wow

funny things at our house

Lately Angela picks up the phone (real ones or one of her many play ones) pretends to dial, puts it up to her ear and says "Dada!" She loves talking on the phone and even if we lock our phones she somehow manages to find a way to unlock them and find things on them we didn't even know we had. She also loves to text...oops

Angela absolutely loves her new found ability to walk. She squeals so much as she takes three or four steps that she actually falls over from pure excitement!

Every time the Phillies game comes on Angela waves her hands till we do the same and say "Go Phillies!"

Angela just loves spitting (sorry Aunt Rachel) she thinks it is the funniest thing. She just spits and laughs spits and laughs....oh the simple joys in life.

One of my most common phrases happens to be "Oh brother" Angela now puts her hands on her head every time I say it or she will put her hands on her head asking me to say it.

At almost precisely 4:30 everyday Angela goes to the window knocks on it and calls for her Dad :)

Angela is now comprehending so much I can't believe it. I ask her to get me a tissue or show me piglet (her favorite stuffy) and she does it. Lately she has been feeding, hugging, kissing, or blowing the noses of all her stuffed animals.

I will try to post pictures of some of these moments soon!