A couple weeks ago Juan pulled up my blog and was reading posts from the time during and immediately following Julie’s birth. It was really eye-opening for me to see him enjoying the memories that I’d captured in writing of a time that feels like a million years ago, but in reality was only 18-24 months back.
As a parent it’s really amazing to see how much development has occurred in my little monkey in such a short amount of time. I suspect that this tremendous growth exacerbates the feeling that time is flying. I want to revive posting on the blog in an attempt to capture more of those moments so Juan and I (and maybe Julie) can relive them later.
Today, Julie has a tremendous vocabulary. It seems like everyday she is saying something new… Well, in reality, it’s more like we are figuring out what she’s been saying to us for a while.
There’s added complexity in identifying her words because we’ve successfully implanted Spanish into her daily speech. She now clearly asks for “agua” and “papa”, which translates into “water” and “food” for my fellow gringos. I’m thrilled at the possibility that she’s going to grow up being bilingual.
Some of her other favorite words include:
- Elmo – the sun rises & sets with thoughts related to Elmo, we talk about him A LOT!
- “B” – translates in to “Brutus” or “Big Bird”
- Mama
- Da -Daddy
- Dog, Duck, Quack Quack
- Dor – Dora
- Cheese
- Eye, Nose
- Shoe
- Wow, Uh Oh
- “Ah Ah Ah” – laughed like Count VanCount on Sesame Street
- “Mi” – which last night I figured out is Mickey Mouse
- No – which has become the answer to all yes/no questions
- “Touchdown” – Juan’s verbal gift to Julie for Superbowl weekend. She now says this anytime she sees football on TV and raises her arms in the touchdown pose. It’s really cute.
My favorite is “ah ah ah!”