Her latest trick...
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Moved by the Music
Leah got so excited when John let her in his music room and started playing a trumpet cd that she just had to get up and dance. This went on for at least half an hour. She even dragged Beppe up on the dance floor! There's no doubt we're signing her up for dance classes as soon as we can.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Our First Christmas
We had a nice, relaxing Christmas here. It was a lot of fun watching Leah open her gifts and get excited about each one. It took just about all day for her to get around to opening everything since there were so many play breaks. After the major haul she received, she now definitely knows the word "present" and when we say the word, or when she sees a picture of a wrapped present, she points to underneath the Christmas tree!
Her little play kitchen (which took John and Beppe 4 hours to put together!) was a major hit and she has been having so much fun with it. It's so cute watching her busily stirring in the pots and pans, turning on the stove burners, shaking salt and pepper into the pots, asking what the play food is and then pretending to eat it, washing her hands in the sink, putting things in the microwave and fridge, and bringing us plates of food. She also loves playing with the cash register and credit card machine, and scanning the food and putting it into her shopping bag or shopping cart. Speaking of which, she just loves pushing around her new shopping cart around and filling it with just about everything and everyone (all her dolls and stuffed animals).
She drags us very forcefully by our fingers over to her kitchen and pulls us down onto the floor so we will sit and play with her. And once we're there, we ain't goin' anywhere! Luckily, there are three of us here so we can each take our shift sitting with her on the kitchen floor!
The other "big" things she really loves are her new little vacuum and her new play tent, but she basically loves all her new stuff and it's definitely going to keep her very busy for a long while.
Oh, and she also loves her new, soft teddy bear that her foster family sent and now sleeps with it and gives it lots of hugs and kisses!
I'll put up some pics later, but you can see what we've been up to in the slideshow....
Her little play kitchen (which took John and Beppe 4 hours to put together!) was a major hit and she has been having so much fun with it. It's so cute watching her busily stirring in the pots and pans, turning on the stove burners, shaking salt and pepper into the pots, asking what the play food is and then pretending to eat it, washing her hands in the sink, putting things in the microwave and fridge, and bringing us plates of food. She also loves playing with the cash register and credit card machine, and scanning the food and putting it into her shopping bag or shopping cart. Speaking of which, she just loves pushing around her new shopping cart around and filling it with just about everything and everyone (all her dolls and stuffed animals).
She drags us very forcefully by our fingers over to her kitchen and pulls us down onto the floor so we will sit and play with her. And once we're there, we ain't goin' anywhere! Luckily, there are three of us here so we can each take our shift sitting with her on the kitchen floor!
The other "big" things she really loves are her new little vacuum and her new play tent, but she basically loves all her new stuff and it's definitely going to keep her very busy for a long while.
Oh, and she also loves her new, soft teddy bear that her foster family sent and now sleeps with it and gives it lots of hugs and kisses!
I'll put up some pics later, but you can see what we've been up to in the slideshow....
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Beppe op bezoek
We're spending the holidays this year with John's mom and have been having a really nice time. We call her Beppe (the Frisian word for Grandma). The Dutch word for Grandma is Oma, which is so similar to Omma (mother in Korean), and we don't want to cause any confusion. Leah has been having a great time entertaining Beppe and showing off all her new skills. Leah has changed and grown so much since the last time Beppe saw her at her birthday party in July. Beppe speaks mostly Dutch to her and we're amazed at how much of it she actually understands. Leah's been getting a bunch of her presents early since we figure she's going to get overloaded on Christmas day anyway, and what does she know, right?
Saturday, December 19, 2009
An unfortunate First
Fortunately, we have an ER doctor and nurse right in our own family, and after consulting with them this morning, I decided to skip the pediatrician's office and ended up bringing Leah to a hospital with a pediatric emergency room.
Leah was such a good girl. No tears were shed at all! I held her in my lap while they took X-rays of her foot, and while they opened up the wound and probed around with a sharp metal object, and she didn't even flinch! She was just busy looking at a book and didn't seem to mind at all. I was so proud of her.
Turns out they couldn't find anything with the X-rays, and while probing the area, couldn't find any glass or puss or anything. But she'll be on antibiotics for a week and it should be fine. So it was unfortunate that it had to happen in the first place, but luckily, it all worked out and there was no drama.
Leah's latest
Just a few things that I forgot to add in my latest update of what Leah's been up to lately. Thought I would add these now before we get carried away in the holiday madness.
Even though it sometimes seems she isn't getting much out of her Kindermusik classes, she has clearly been paying attention because she is starting to imitate things she's learned there. In one of the story books we read, there's a line that says "Ladybug can stop, and make no sound", and the teacher uses a hand gesture for "stop", and then does the "shhh" gesture. Lately, Leah has been doing that totally on her own, out of the blue. She says "stop" (sounds like "dop"), using the hand motion and then "shhh!".
And the other thing is that we have quiet time in class (where we all lay down for a few minutes while listening to soft lullaby music), and when the teacher turns the lights on and off, she says "Get out your counting fingers .....1....2....3.....shhhh!" and then she turns on/off the lights. So lately, Leah climbs up on top of her toy box where there's a light switch, and she imitates this whole sequence. She holds out her fingers like she's counting, while making her counting sounds, and then flips the light switch and goes "shhh!"
Knock Knock. Now that Leah can open all the doors around the house, I've taught her how to knock on the door and say "knock knock". Not a bad thing to learn. In Leah speak, it sounds like "nah nah". She likes to knock on the door to John's music room, which is always closed. And she has figured out that the other sliding door in her bathroom is the music room, too. She brings over the footstool to the door, and stands on it and tries to pick the lock while she knocks on the door, saying "nah nah".
Whenever she's hungry, she goes to the fridge and tries to open it. Or she leads us over to the fridge to get her something. And when she is in the fridge, the best way to get her out of it is to ask her to close the door and then praise her profusely. It works every time.
She sings all the time these days, and her singing is getting a little more complex, too. Now it goes on a little further than just the "dah dah dah, dah dah dah" (to the tune of Jingle Bells). Now she keeps going. She loves to say the word "sing" and she says it perfectly.
A new word just this week is "cracker", which sounds like "ka ko". She says it on her own and usually with a question mark, "ka ko"? And her favorite crackers are Goldfish crackers, Nilla wafers, and of course, Teddy Grahams. I usually get a few bonus hugs when we're eating Teddy Grahams.
Ever since her birthday when she got her first stickers, she has loved playing with stickers. We now have stickers stuck to just about every cabinet, door, appliance, mirror, and piece of furniture in the whole house.
She just loves coloring in her coloring books. This is one of her favorite activities these days, and she's doing this every day. Thank goodness for these cool Color Wonder markers that go on clear and only work on the special paper. She loves to hang out with me on the playmat and color together (and even throws a fit when I try to get up). She decides which marker I can have and spends most of the time taking my markers from me and then handing me new ones (So bossy!). She understands when I say "go get another marker" or "go get one for mama", and she runs and gets it. (She also loves coloring with crayons, but we have to be careful since she's already drawn on the fridge, the dishwasher, the table legs, and the walls. So let's just say we've put those away for now.)
"Wow" is still one of her favorite words. She uses it all the time. Sometimes it's a big, long, drawn out "wow oh wowow wow!" that goes on forever, or a loud "Whoah!" But the best ones are the whispered "wow's". A while back, the neighbor's cat came up on our deck and looked at us through our patio door, and Leah gasped and then did a really soft "wow". And the other day, she found a clear plastic coin bank in one of her dresser drawers (the size of a can of cola) with Korean coins in it, and every time she would shake it, she would tilt her head and then whisper "wow!" It was really funny.
She loves Korean food. She gets so excited when we go to the Korean restaurant. Her favorite things are the soup with tofu, mandu guk (dumpling soup), and chap chae (glass noodles with veggies). She gobbles it all up and has so much fun. She sways and dances in her booster seat, tries to charm everyone by smiling at them, and loves to practice her chopstick skills. The last time we were there, she actually managed to use her chopsticks to eat the chap chae noodles, and she was able to use the spoon to drink the soup all by herself.
And last but not least, she is now physically maneuvering us and man-handling us. She started this actually a long time ago, with her second Kindermusik class (when she didn't want me to lay down for quiet time). If she doesn't like me laying down, she will try to pull and push me up. She will even grab me by the head and try to lift me! And then she goes around my back and tries to push me up. If I'm sitting and she wants me to stand and pick her up, she'll grab me around the ears and make a concerted effort to try to pick me up. She's pretty darn strong, too. So far it's kinda cute that she's doing this, but I'm sure we'll have to put a stop to it eventually!
Even though it sometimes seems she isn't getting much out of her Kindermusik classes, she has clearly been paying attention because she is starting to imitate things she's learned there. In one of the story books we read, there's a line that says "Ladybug can stop, and make no sound", and the teacher uses a hand gesture for "stop", and then does the "shhh" gesture. Lately, Leah has been doing that totally on her own, out of the blue. She says "stop" (sounds like "dop"), using the hand motion and then "shhh!".
And the other thing is that we have quiet time in class (where we all lay down for a few minutes while listening to soft lullaby music), and when the teacher turns the lights on and off, she says "Get out your counting fingers .....1....2....3.....shhhh!" and then she turns on/off the lights. So lately, Leah climbs up on top of her toy box where there's a light switch, and she imitates this whole sequence. She holds out her fingers like she's counting, while making her counting sounds, and then flips the light switch and goes "shhh!"
Knock Knock. Now that Leah can open all the doors around the house, I've taught her how to knock on the door and say "knock knock". Not a bad thing to learn. In Leah speak, it sounds like "nah nah". She likes to knock on the door to John's music room, which is always closed. And she has figured out that the other sliding door in her bathroom is the music room, too. She brings over the footstool to the door, and stands on it and tries to pick the lock while she knocks on the door, saying "nah nah".
Whenever she's hungry, she goes to the fridge and tries to open it. Or she leads us over to the fridge to get her something. And when she is in the fridge, the best way to get her out of it is to ask her to close the door and then praise her profusely. It works every time.
She sings all the time these days, and her singing is getting a little more complex, too. Now it goes on a little further than just the "dah dah dah, dah dah dah" (to the tune of Jingle Bells). Now she keeps going. She loves to say the word "sing" and she says it perfectly.
A new word just this week is "cracker", which sounds like "ka ko". She says it on her own and usually with a question mark, "ka ko"? And her favorite crackers are Goldfish crackers, Nilla wafers, and of course, Teddy Grahams. I usually get a few bonus hugs when we're eating Teddy Grahams.
Ever since her birthday when she got her first stickers, she has loved playing with stickers. We now have stickers stuck to just about every cabinet, door, appliance, mirror, and piece of furniture in the whole house.
She just loves coloring in her coloring books. This is one of her favorite activities these days, and she's doing this every day. Thank goodness for these cool Color Wonder markers that go on clear and only work on the special paper. She loves to hang out with me on the playmat and color together (and even throws a fit when I try to get up). She decides which marker I can have and spends most of the time taking my markers from me and then handing me new ones (So bossy!). She understands when I say "go get another marker" or "go get one for mama", and she runs and gets it. (She also loves coloring with crayons, but we have to be careful since she's already drawn on the fridge, the dishwasher, the table legs, and the walls. So let's just say we've put those away for now.)
"Wow" is still one of her favorite words. She uses it all the time. Sometimes it's a big, long, drawn out "wow oh wowow wow!" that goes on forever, or a loud "Whoah!" But the best ones are the whispered "wow's". A while back, the neighbor's cat came up on our deck and looked at us through our patio door, and Leah gasped and then did a really soft "wow". And the other day, she found a clear plastic coin bank in one of her dresser drawers (the size of a can of cola) with Korean coins in it, and every time she would shake it, she would tilt her head and then whisper "wow!" It was really funny.
She loves Korean food. She gets so excited when we go to the Korean restaurant. Her favorite things are the soup with tofu, mandu guk (dumpling soup), and chap chae (glass noodles with veggies). She gobbles it all up and has so much fun. She sways and dances in her booster seat, tries to charm everyone by smiling at them, and loves to practice her chopstick skills. The last time we were there, she actually managed to use her chopsticks to eat the chap chae noodles, and she was able to use the spoon to drink the soup all by herself.
And last but not least, she is now physically maneuvering us and man-handling us. She started this actually a long time ago, with her second Kindermusik class (when she didn't want me to lay down for quiet time). If she doesn't like me laying down, she will try to pull and push me up. She will even grab me by the head and try to lift me! And then she goes around my back and tries to push me up. If I'm sitting and she wants me to stand and pick her up, she'll grab me around the ears and make a concerted effort to try to pick me up. She's pretty darn strong, too. So far it's kinda cute that she's doing this, but I'm sure we'll have to put a stop to it eventually!
Monday, December 14, 2009
The Baby in Red
Over the weekend, we got to watch Leah strut her stuff out on the dance floor again. She busted a few new moves, as her dancing is getting better with all this practice. We attended the wedding of my niece and had a great time at their beautiful reception. Leah had a great time running around with her cousins, especially when the music started after dinner. She made a big mess of herself with her mac 'n cheese at dinner and surprisingly, her dress doesn't look too messy here. Yes, that's her running around with a wipe in her hands.
I got a chance to practice with my new camera and took a lot of pictures, but many of them turned out a bit blurry unfortunately. I'll post more pics and tell more when I get a chance...
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Teddy Bear Hugs
Cute story. Whenever I say the word "Teddy Bear", Leah feels compelled to stop whatever she's doing and give me hugs and kisses, accompanied by the sound effects "Aaaaaww (hug)......mmmah! mmmah! (kiss)". For instance, when we're looking at a book or magazine with a teddy bear in it, or if she spots a teddy bear on TV, or even if there's a teddy bear in a song I'm singing, she has to do this.
This all started with her very first teddy bear, which she received over the summer as a birthday gift from her Aunt Melline who lives in Belgium. Leah hadn't seen one before and didn't really know what it was, so I demonstrated by hugging and kissing it and being really gentle with it. And ever since, she has always done this. It's so cute. Whenever I want a hug, all I have to say are two little words!
Here's a little photo flashback from August when she got that teddy bear...
For Christmas, we just received a package with a cute teddy bear and some hair clips from her foster family, and we can't wait to give it to her! I hope she takes care of him in the same way.
This all started with her very first teddy bear, which she received over the summer as a birthday gift from her Aunt Melline who lives in Belgium. Leah hadn't seen one before and didn't really know what it was, so I demonstrated by hugging and kissing it and being really gentle with it. And ever since, she has always done this. It's so cute. Whenever I want a hug, all I have to say are two little words!
Here's a little photo flashback from August when she got that teddy bear...
For Christmas, we just received a package with a cute teddy bear and some hair clips from her foster family, and we can't wait to give it to her! I hope she takes care of him in the same way.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Party Girl
We were in full holiday mode this weekend, as we had two Christmas parties to attend. The first was John's company holiday party, and the highlight of that for us was watching Leah go crazy out on the dance floor. There were tons of kids at the party, but Leah was the youngest one there. Since we don't have a babysitter yet, we brought her along. They had a special room for the kids to hang out in, with lots of food and activities for them (magician/entertainer, balloon animals, etc). We got Leah a balloon shaped like Elmo, which she just loved carrying around.
While the grown-ups finished eating and chatting, they had a DJ in another room playing really loud music for the kids to dance to. And Leah went nuts! She was running around and dancing like crazy and having so much fun. She saw the bigger kids sliding and throwing themselves down on the floor, and she just had to imitate it. There were times when we had to go and get her because of some collisions or near-collisions on the dance floor, but she had a blast and danced for at least a half-hour straight and got lots of laughs from everyone. She danced around with her Elmo balloon and by the end of the night, he didn't have legs anymore.
Here are a few pictures and a video of her (watch how she is trying to imitate the other kids sliding around), but they just don't do it justice. I wish I had thought to take some video earlier, but I was having too much fun just watching her!
The next night, we went to some friends' annual Saint Nikolaus party. It was a great party for kids and there were definitely a ton of them there. Leah loved playing with all the toys there, especially the little kitchen and the art easel. Santa Claus made an appearance and handed out stockings full of goodies. I was hoping to get a photo of Leah sitting on his lap, but she was not having it! I guess we'll have to hope Santa photos go better next year. Anyway, we had a great time, and here are a few pics from that night.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
The first time ever we saw her face...
...was exactly one year ago today. And it was love at first sight. And our lives were changed forever.
For the story of receiving our referral, feel free to click here.
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New Camera
I fired up my new camera yesterday and here are just a few of the first shots I took. Even though I don't know what I'm doing yet, there's a noticeable difference and I can't wait to figure out how to get the most out of this camera.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Leah's latest
Time for another update of the funny things she's been up to lately.
Answering our questions with a really long "Um" while she looks off to the side, as if she's really thinking about it. Sometimes she'll then say "Um, no", and shake her head.
Saying "Hi dada" all day long (to both of us), every time she sees us. It usually goes like this: Leah: "Hi". Us: "Hi Leah". Leah: "Hi Dada.....Hi Dada". Us: "Hi baby, how are you?". Leah "Hi Dada".....this goes on and on for a few minutes...
Exclaiming "Wow!!" after each song on her Korean children's cd. She does this for the first 10 songs or so, and then she's all "wow'd" out.
She loves going outside, and says "outside?" really clearly while pulling on the patio door handle and crying. She usually chooses to do this while she's dressed in just a diaper on the coldest, rainiest day.
Doing somersaults off my lap while I'm holding her. She just falls forward with no advance warning, and loves to have me flip her over.
Holding our hands and leading us around the house. She never used to like holding hands, even when she was learning to walk. Now, she loves to grab us by the finger and drag us around.
Pretending to cry. She saw someone crying on TV while we were watching her favorite show, SYTYCD, and she started imitating it. Nowadays, when we say the word "crying" or "baby", she will squeeze her face tight and pretend to cry.
Answering our questions with a really long "Um" while she looks off to the side, as if she's really thinking about it. Sometimes she'll then say "Um, no", and shake her head.
Saying "Hi dada" all day long (to both of us), every time she sees us. It usually goes like this: Leah: "Hi". Us: "Hi Leah". Leah: "Hi Dada.....Hi Dada". Us: "Hi baby, how are you?". Leah "Hi Dada".....this goes on and on for a few minutes...
Exclaiming "Wow!!" after each song on her Korean children's cd. She does this for the first 10 songs or so, and then she's all "wow'd" out.
She loves going outside, and says "outside?" really clearly while pulling on the patio door handle and crying. She usually chooses to do this while she's dressed in just a diaper on the coldest, rainiest day.
Doing somersaults off my lap while I'm holding her. She just falls forward with no advance warning, and loves to have me flip her over.
Holding our hands and leading us around the house. She never used to like holding hands, even when she was learning to walk. Now, she loves to grab us by the finger and drag us around.
Pretending to cry. She saw someone crying on TV while we were watching her favorite show, SYTYCD, and she started imitating it. Nowadays, when we say the word "crying" or "baby", she will squeeze her face tight and pretend to cry.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Play kitchen
We're really lucky to have the Step2 Company right in our area, just 10 minutes away. They have a great store that we've been to several times lately. They even have free play times, which I just found out about. Leah loves playing with all the stuff there and we've been trying to figure out which play kitchen to get her for Christmas.
We know she's definitely ready for her own kitchen because she plays with her little tea set every single day, several times a day. It's so cute watching her carefully bring the teapot, the 2 tea cups, the tray of cakes, and (just lately) a tray of play muffins to one spot and sit and have a little tea party. She loves to "feed" us and pour tea for us.
So we decided on this adorable one, which is their newest one, and we think she'll love it. It seemed to keep her busy for quite a while there. Little does she know.....
We know she's definitely ready for her own kitchen because she plays with her little tea set every single day, several times a day. It's so cute watching her carefully bring the teapot, the 2 tea cups, the tray of cakes, and (just lately) a tray of play muffins to one spot and sit and have a little tea party. She loves to "feed" us and pour tea for us.
So we decided on this adorable one, which is their newest one, and we think she'll love it. It seemed to keep her busy for quite a while there. Little does she know.....
Thanksgiving weekend
I have to backtrack a little here, since I didn't get a chance to mention Thanksgiving and Leah's first Santa photos.
We enjoyed a delicious Thanksgiving meal at my folks' house in Michigan, and Leah got to spend some time getting to know her grandparents. I didn't really get any decent pics unfortunately. But Leah had fun entertaining everyone and held up really well after a long day of travel, etc.
We stayed at the Marriott in the RenCen, which is where John and I worked and where we actually met, so it was a nice trip down memory lane, although it has changed a lot from the time we were there. We also wanted to stay at a place where we could let Leah just run loose since she has so much fun doing that, and the RenCen has a lot of wide open spaces and isn't very busy and crowded on a holiday weekend.
The next day was Black Friday, of course, and while we had no interest in actually doing any serious bargain hunting, we did want to take advantage of the great Santa's Castle display at the Somerset Collection Mall, which is way cooler than anything we have in our area.
We wanted to get some good photos of Leah's first time sitting on Santa's lap. But after waiting for hours for our time slot (luckily we didn't have to wait in a line the whole time and actually got to walk around the mall), by the time it was our turn, she was DONE and on the verge of a meltdown (which afterwards, hit full force). And when we got up there, Leah was not too thrilled about being handled by strangers and having to sit on Santa's lap. So the photos didn't turn out that great. We had been hoping to use them for our Christmas cards, but I guess we'll have to come up with a better idea!
We enjoyed a delicious Thanksgiving meal at my folks' house in Michigan, and Leah got to spend some time getting to know her grandparents. I didn't really get any decent pics unfortunately. But Leah had fun entertaining everyone and held up really well after a long day of travel, etc.
We stayed at the Marriott in the RenCen, which is where John and I worked and where we actually met, so it was a nice trip down memory lane, although it has changed a lot from the time we were there. We also wanted to stay at a place where we could let Leah just run loose since she has so much fun doing that, and the RenCen has a lot of wide open spaces and isn't very busy and crowded on a holiday weekend.
The next day was Black Friday, of course, and while we had no interest in actually doing any serious bargain hunting, we did want to take advantage of the great Santa's Castle display at the Somerset Collection Mall, which is way cooler than anything we have in our area.
We wanted to get some good photos of Leah's first time sitting on Santa's lap. But after waiting for hours for our time slot (luckily we didn't have to wait in a line the whole time and actually got to walk around the mall), by the time it was our turn, she was DONE and on the verge of a meltdown (which afterwards, hit full force). And when we got up there, Leah was not too thrilled about being handled by strangers and having to sit on Santa's lap. So the photos didn't turn out that great. We had been hoping to use them for our Christmas cards, but I guess we'll have to come up with a better idea!
Monday, November 30, 2009
It's Official!
According to my calculations, Leah spent exactly 8 months and 10 days in Korea. And we think it's pretty cool to say that after 8 months and 11 days with us, we are now officially a family. Even though the adoption process has been one big roller coaster filled with hassles and irritations and lots of waiting, it's all been worth it because we couldn't imagine life without Leah. Hopefully, she will feel the same about us!
About our day in court, it was short and sweet. Our county does adoption finalizations in batches, so we were with three other families. We each took our turn going up in front of the magistrate to confirm that we wanted to finalize the adoption and to verify some information.
Then we got to go up again to officially press the seal on the adoption decree.
Afterwards, Leah enjoyed running all around the courthouse.
Here we are with our social worker who did our homestudy and all our post-placement reports.
And later, we were hungry and thought it only fitting to go celebrate with some Korean food at the nearby Korean restaurant. Leah loves chap chae (glass noodles with veggies) and mandu guk (dumpling soup), so we ordered that along with some dak gui (bbq chicken).
Oh, and the dress that Leah is wearing was given to her by her foster family while we were in Korea. We decided to save it for this special occasion, and were really glad that it fits perfectly and looks really cute on her.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
A Touch of Dutch
I forgot to mention that not only is Leah saying "No, No, No", she's also saying "Nee, Nee, Nee" (which means no in Dutch). One of her first utterances, way back before she started being so talkative, was "A-sha", and we weren't sure what she was saying at the time. In the past month or so, we've finally figured out that she's probably saying "alsjeblieft" (which in this case means "here you go" in Dutch), since John says that to her all the time. She uses the word correctly, when she's handing us something, and usually says it really softly and quickly. It's really funny, especially when she says it over and over as she hands us one thing at a time.
The other word she always said was "Oy-Dis!", which she would say really loudly and enthusiastically. We'd love for her to tell us what that means! We're thinking it means something like "wow, look at this!", but we're not sure and she doesn't say it that much anymore.
John speaks to her a lot in Dutch, and she loves it when he greets her with "Dag, meisje!" (meaning "Hi, little girl"), and when he praises her with "Goed zo! Heel goed van jou!" (meaning "good job, well done"), she just beams with pride. I'm currently trying to teach her to say "Lekker!", which means "yummy, delicious". So far, she just makes the "ck" sound, but she knows what it means.
The other word she always said was "Oy-Dis!", which she would say really loudly and enthusiastically. We'd love for her to tell us what that means! We're thinking it means something like "wow, look at this!", but we're not sure and she doesn't say it that much anymore.
John speaks to her a lot in Dutch, and she loves it when he greets her with "Dag, meisje!" (meaning "Hi, little girl"), and when he praises her with "Goed zo! Heel goed van jou!" (meaning "good job, well done"), she just beams with pride. I'm currently trying to teach her to say "Lekker!", which means "yummy, delicious". So far, she just makes the "ck" sound, but she knows what it means.
Friday, November 20, 2009
High Chair/Low Chair
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Monkey Girl
These should be in the reverse order, but you get the picture. Don't worry, I was right there and only snapped photos when I could do it quickly.
She made it all the way up to the top all by herself. She's so strong! But she was so mad because what she really wanted was to squeeze through the banister to get on the stairs themselves! But it was time for her bath and I definitely didn't want to get her started playing on the stairs, which could last forever.
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