Dad-doh

Rachel's vocabulary has exploded lately!!! Its so fun to hear her say something and try to figure out what that something means!! I'll tell you about some of her newest sayings ~ its so cute and fun to see her learning!!!

One of the new words that is said around here lately is dad-doh. It took us a while to realize what that meant. Then we heard her say it from her bed at night right after Ema (our new puppy) had barked. We paid attention for a few days and discovered that dad-doh seems to mean "bad dog" and she seems to think that when a dog barks, they are being bad. Probably because her big dog, Sadie, almost NEVER barks!!

Another one is boo-boo which really means boo-boo. She has this boo-boo on her forehead from a fall long ago that we recently started putting vitamin E oil on it every night before bed. Last week at bedtime, we were reading a book with pictures of animals. There was a picture of an owl with its head turned so all you could see was one eye. She pointed to the eye and said boo-boo and then pointed to the boo-boo on her forehead. When i told her it was the owl's eye she pointed to her eye and said eye!! Then she pointed out all the eyes of the animals on the pages we were looking at!!!! I was very proud of her for that!!!

She likes to hold the phone up to her ear and say hewwo too!!! The other day, she was missing her Daddy (Rachel has become a HUGE Daddy's girl and I love it!!!!) So I called Jere at work for her to talk to him. Rachel got sooooooo excited and kept holding the phone to her ear and saying hewwo!!

She says bye-bye too and often!! She likes to go places and play at other people's houses!!! When we go on walks with the dogs she waves and says hi to people who pass us!! Its great when we are all in our kitchen and she sees our neighbors in their kitchen and waves and says hi to them!!!! Or when she says hi to the people on the golf course from inside the house!!!

There seems to be some confusion about who Jere and I are to her and its hilarious!!! For a long time, Rachel called for her Daddy by patting her chest and saying Mama ~ seriously for months that always meant Daddy. Recently, she started saying Dada again but its not consistant for Daddy. Sometimes, if she can't get my attention or what she is requesting by calling me Mama, she says Dada!!!! Its the same with Jere too!!!

Earlier this week we were playing with markers and i told her one was blue so now she thinks that all markers are buuu!!!

She can sign please and does it consistantly to get what she is requesting! Signing eat and drink are the same thing to her so we have to ask which she wants!! I taught her to point to her ear as how she asks for music. She LOVES Misti Edwards music and until just a few days ago thought that the CD for the car HAD to be "Always on His Mind." If I had a different CD in or she was in Jere's car she would keep pointing to the radio and ask for HER CD!!! Just over the past few days, she has started
accepting the other Misti Edwards CD we have in the car as acceptable music!!!!

She is learning to drink from a regular cup too!!! On Monday, we were taking pictures with Crystal Diaz and Rachel drank from our water bottles like a champ!!! So then we gave her little cups to drink from at home and she did okay with them ~ except when she decided the dog needed her drink and dumped it into the dog dish!!! So we are back to sippy cups with a regular cup every once in a while!!!

She loves to play on the computer on Starfall.com!! There is a section for phonics and it has songs for each different vowel sound ~ her favorite is the short a song!!! Every time we come to the computer, she tilts her head and says "a a" ~ this is her way of asking to play on the computer!!!!

Rachel LOVES chocolate, ice cream, rice, cookies, french style green beans, cheese, bananas, apples (another new word!!!!), chips, and fruit snacks!!! There was one night this week that i asked her what she wanted for dessert between cookies or ice cream and she got so excited about the ice cream it just made me laugh out loud!!!! Of course, we make her eat other stuff but these are her favorites!!!! I have decided to make her a chocolate cake for her birthday this year!!!

Rachel is really growing up as you can see!!!! I keep looking at her and thinking how much she is starting to look like a little girl and not so much like a baby!!! She is starting to look like Jere to me these days and her hair is growing some!! In the sun, her hair looks strawberry blonde!!!!

I am in love with my little girl and delight in each day with her!!!! Thank You Jesus for this little treasure in earthen vessel that You have entrusted to me and Jere!!!!