Sweet Sounds

Jade is now 17 months, which means she truely is soaking in EVERYTHING around her. She'll try her best to repeat just about any word you say to her and she just loves making all kinds of sounds and noises..and mommy LOVES hearing that sweet voice! Now, Jade has never fallen into the category of good sleepers, so when she makes it through the night it is cause for celebration! This morning, not only did she sleep through the night, tucked away in her own crib...but when she woke up, she just started saying "mama, mama!" No crying, just calling for her mommy:) That was the BEST alarm clock EVER! I couldn't have asked for a better start to my day!
In other news...Aunt Andi gave us some animal flash cards a few months ago (one of the MANY things she has handed down to our family, we could never thank the Bledsoe's enough for all of the great furniture, clothes, toys, etc...a true blessing). Anyway, Jade has always loved playing with them and looking at all the pictures of the animals, and I love trying to teach her all of the sounds that the different animals make. She never has acted like she was paying much attention to my "lessons," that is until this past weekend. We sat down to play with the flashcards, and once again I started making all of the noises. Much to my surprise...she started repeating me! It was so fun! Now, she won't always do it on cue...but I've heard her snort like a pig (very funny!), tweet like a bird, moo, splash (this is what we do when we see the dolphin), Ff (this is our woof for a dog, but right now we're only getting the ff part out!)and ROAR (this one I actually caught on tape!!)

She has also expanded her vocabulary. Her favorite words of late are Uh-Oh (sometimes she uses this correctly, other times she says it, then intentionally throws her food on the floor - sidenote...this battle will most likely be the subject a future post!) Up (she points up as she says it) More (this is accompanied by the use sign language...thank you daycare!) Apple (she's a big fan of applesauce)
Pa-paw (during dinner I point out pics of our family on our fridge and say their names. she's uttered Nana a few times, but other than that, Pa-paw wins this race) Ki-Cat (this is for Raz, our cat...their unstable relationship will also be the subject of a future post). These are just some of the sweet sounds I'm starting to hear on a regular basis and it is truely music to this mommy's ears!