Vocabulary Through Month 18

Here are words to add to our list:
Up
Cup
Help
Jump
Booty
"Em" (Auntie Em)
Dreeeew (Uncle Drew)
Bite
Home
Oh, Boy!
Boy
Money
Night night

Animal noises:
Cock-a-doodle-doo

Vocabulary Through Month 16

As of today, here's the list of words we can understand:

Mama
Daddy
Toys (always "toys, toys, toys")
Poppy (which is evolving weekly from Papa to Buddy, and anywhere in between)
Ice
Cheese
Nummy, nummy
Ba-ba (bottle)
Done
Paci
K (=OK)
BUBBLES(!!!!)
Nonna, Nonnie (and other variations, can mean a person or "I want that." Not really sure...)
Uh-Oh (or Uh-uh-oh)
HURRY (or HUWEE or HUWUEE or HWWUWUEE)
Chip
Mickey (as in the mouse)
Shoes


Animal sounds, represented here by their animals:

Pig
Sheep
Dog
Cat
Tiger/ Lion (same sound)

My goal for this Friday is to get some of this on camera!

My Auntie is not-so-Awesome

Carter's onesie

This cursed onesie has resulted in my two most embarrassing moments as Auntie Em.

First wear of this onesie I allowed a 13-month-old to stick her hand in the toilet. I realize this happens in a lot of households, but literally I have one job all day on Fridays- to keep up with this onesie's wearer. #Fail

Second wear of this onesie I allowed a 16-month-old to ingest a poisonous berry. OK, well I don't know that the berry was ingested, she was just holding it, and it turns out the berry isn't poisonous, but it very well could've been! Thanks to the kind people at Poison Control (JOHN!) who reassured me that this particular berry had never been known to be toxic. Phew.

Let's just say this one is going to Goodwill.

My two favorite words

Spinach cake on her forehead!

As the title of the blog states, my two favorite words my niece says are "nummy, nummy!" Of course, at 14 months, I don't have many to choose from: hey, hi, dog, duck, done, toys, and a few occasional one-timers like frog, outside, etc.

"Nummy, nummy" means two things to us: it can either mean that 1) something that she is eating is really nummy, nummy, or 2) she is play feeding us, the dog, or some inanimate object like a Little People sheep or her Stout Sprout bunny. This is how it works: she holds out a piece of something or an empty spoon and tells you "nummy, nummy" so you'll take a bite. She grins proudly when you respond with an enthusiastic "nummy, nummy" right back. Repeat until everyone in the room has said "nummy, nummy" at least once... at least.

I wanted to start a blog about being an auntie, watching my sweet little doodle bug grow so big, so fast, and how it changes life for all of us. It's pretty amazing that one tee tiny pa-tot could grow the size of our hearts exponentially.