Words, Words! We have Words!

This week we've heard:

Na - (Nose) pointing to my nose
Eye - pointing to my eye
Na na - night night
Anen - (Amen) at the end of evening prayer
Ma - Yelling for me when I walked away (still wondering if that one was intentional)
(She can say dada but hasn't called him dada with meaning that we've noticed)

She babbles quite a bit, so it's possible she has more "words" but I really need to listen more closely to see if she is putting words to meaning.

In the past 1-3 months she's learned to communicate (some what consistently) by...

waving hello and goodbye
pointing
blowing kisses
"all done" (she has her own version of crossing her arms in front of her or pulling at her shirt to imitate pulling off a bib)

She brushes her hair (and mine) with a hair brush
She knows how to pat her belly when asked
She'll pat her head when asked
She knows how to find her ears when asked (she won't point to her own nose or eyes though)
She'll take a drink of her milk when asked
She turns pages in books when asked
She dances, claps her hands, and pushes buttons when asked (or when music plays)
She knows what "up" means (lifts her arms)
She puts her hands together when we say "it's time to pray"

She *might* have signed "eat" today, but I couldn't tell if she was doing it on purpose or just putting her fingers to her mouth.

I'm sure there's more that I'm forgetting, but honestly I've been so down for the past 6 months about her lack of words compared to other babies, but this week she has really surprised us!  Even though the words we've caught her saying haven't been repeated, at least she's FINALLY starting to do it!  My goodness I feel like we've been waiting so long and working so hard to hear anything, and finally, finally!   Now I feel like I have to really stop and listen and watch to see if what we think is babbling is really something with meaning.

It's very exciting.  I'm so proud of her :).

And because what's a blog post without a few pictures?

Lillian passed out cold after a trip to the Children's Museum

Here she is the next day passed out at Target after fighting a nap ALL day long

An early 17 week belly shot

Sarah

Hump Day Bump Day: 16 weeks

::blows dust off bump day survey::

Time to start updating with weekly bump posts!

*How far along?: 16 weeks, and thankfully getting into the blissful part of 2nd trimester!

*Total weight gain: 3ish lbs.  Sometimes it's 5.  Last night it was 3.  meh, whatever.

*How big is baby?:  The size of an Avocado! that's 3oz and about 4-5 inches long

*Maternity clothes?: Not really.  I'm rocking the rubber band on my jeans.  There was a huge sale at Motherhood maternity last week, so I did buy some warm weather maternity clothes for our trip to Florida.  But since we're in an ice storm right now they are not making their way out of the closet.

*Sleep?: Love it.  I could sleep 12 hours a day easily.  Especially with this amazingly bad ass ginormous pregnancy pillow (aka the great wall of china)

*Best moment this week?: hm... eating pineapple ham pizza

*Movement?:  Yep.  Thankfully I'm feeling some tap taps in there today.  I felt it REALLY early around 11 or 12 weeks, and then it sort of started to fade away.  Last week I hardly felt anything.  So today I'm happy to report the tap taps are back.

*Food cravings?: Pineapple/ham pizza.  I could live on it.  And I'm dying for some captain crunch cereal (dry) thanks to the power of suggestion from a friend.  ::Sigh:: but it's icing outside so that's not going to happen.

*Labor signs?: No, thank goodness.

*Belly button in or out?: In

*What I miss: Margaritas

*What I'm looking forward to: Our big ultrasound in 2 weeks!

*Milestone: I'm officially not puking every day :).  
 
 

Avocado

Naval Orange

Lemon

Peach



Plum, I had the flu :(





Lime



 
 
 
 
 
 
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Updated PWS info

I realized I haven't updated the PWS Info section of this blog.  Not that it's loaded with information, but Lillian's doses hadn't been updated in probably 10 months. Oops!  I know some PWS parents like to see that information, so it's available now fully updated here:

http://fallingforbaby.blogspot.com/p/info-about-pws.html


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We Went to Disney

This girl was happy...

(We spent the day with Sazz and her adorable twins!)

The highlight of our trip was meeting up with a group of friends in Orlando we call the GP Mamas.  Some of you know what I'm talking about :).

Look who's standing so well!

All in all it was a great trip.  We met with Dr. Miller and had a great time with Phil's parents.  Lillian loved the warmer weather and spending time outside without snow!

I'm finally out of first trimester and no longer puking my guts out every day... so hopefully that means I'll be able to update more here!  Bump pictures to come!

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Why I've Slacked

Why have I slacked with blogging in December?

1. Morning All day sickness.  Every day. 
2. Falling asleep at 7pm every night
3. Appointments:  OB, Ped, Dev. Ped, Radiology, PT, OT, ST, etc
4. Lillian's newest diagnosis, scoliosis.  Joy.
5. The holidays
6. OB couldn't find the baby's heartbeat at my 10 week appointment (no worries, I'm pretty sure it's alive in there and is letting me know every day by inducing nausea, fatigue, and a growing waste line )
7. Sick dog
8. Dead dog :(   (so freaking sad. she's been with me for 10 years.. I hate cancer)


So there.  Happy New Year.

And a picture of my dog during happier times...

And Lillian's Second Christmas

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