Miss Riley is using more and more words, almost on a daily basis but I have a new favorite. The other day I decided on my way home from work she needed a new toy. I new that she desperately needed some giant Lego type blocks and it had been awhile since she'd had a new toy. Okay really, it's been a month and 1/2 since her birthday, and maybe I just felt like shopping! So I stopped at the Big Red Bulls Eye and picked up the Little People Build n Fun Playground.
As I set her new adventure set in front of her she grabbed it and with big eyes said, "Oh wow-a". And then repeated it several times. Shelly and I just sat there stunned. "Did she just say wow?" Yep, she sure did. But in her child like way, it was with much more enthusiasm, and then there's that special "a" on the end. She continued repeating "Oh wow'a" throughout the night.
The next day I pondered how she could have learned the word wow and then used it so appropriately. By noon I'd figured it out. I'd already used the word 5 times by lunch. I didn't even know wow was a major word in my vocabulary. People tell me stories and I respond with "wow". What the heck? Is my vocabulary not larger than "wow" as a response to another persons tales. What other basic three little words am I teaching my little one. Hopefully I'll pass something on to her a little more useful in life than wow. Wait, I've made this about me, back to Miss Riley.
So after her initial evening of "wow-ing" us she didn't use the term for several days. Then two days ago Grammy stopped by to visit. Grammy walks in, says hi to Rowdy Riley, and Riley responds "hi, wow-a". Okay, maybe she didn't use it in the right context but I'm sure she just wanted Grammy to hear her new word. Wow-a is now a member of her daily vocabulary. Here's a list of other words commonly heard coming from Rowdy's mouth. Not all are intelligible to the average listener but her Mommie's know what she's saying.
- Hi (Lots of hand waving accompanies this.)
- Tree (tee)
- Baby (She really says "da bay bee" because we always say "where's the baby?" or "is that your baby?" so she always adds "da" to baby.)
- Dirt (This is said with an English accent.)
- Blue (boo)
- Out
- Off (She says this when we turn the TV off.)
- Read (ead)
- Steve (Deve)
- Momma
- Wow (Oh wow-a)
- Doggie (oggie)
- Morgie
- Roxy (ox)
- Ball
- Baba (for bottle)
- Drink (you know where this is going, sounds like "dink")
- This (Sounds like "dis" which I told Grandpa Joe is her Dutch coming out as the, this and that all sound like da, dis and dat in Dutch.)
- Riley (Said just once but she clearly repeated her name.)
Pictured above, our HAPPY baby. She's always smiling, giggling, and playing. But notice her new obsession, the wrist rattles from when she was a baby. It's her new fashion accessory. And they must remain on at all times. We are able to sneak them off for dinner and bed. But don't let her see them or she'll demand her bracelets be placed back on her wrists.
15 comments:
don't you judt love it! brandon is still at that all so frustrated stage of trying to tell us what he wants with as minimal talking as possible...then followed by screaming! we are teaching sign languag with words and he is doing much better!
awowa. she's just about caught up to my boys :)
I'm glad you got her something to play with.....I mean, poor little thing has to play with the dogs bed. :) ha ha
Oh how exciting. I love her "wow-A"! Too funny. You will have to catch that on video to show us.
She's so cute and so smart. I can't get over how much our Riley's are alike. Our Riley is also obsessed with wearing bracelets and dressing up! I can't wait for the day they meet. I think they'll hit it off. ;)
I can't believe how fast she is growing. She is adorable as ever.
How neat!! I bet it is amazing to heart them putting words together with meaning! She is a doll as always:)
Oh yes I'm convinved that all the girls from (insert donor # here) will be obsessed with making fashion statements early on in life. Our Riley is a girly girl already at 17 months old.
She is obsessed with hats, purses, things on her wrists, clothing, wearing baby legs on her arms.
It's sooo cute!!! We have to work to get the kids together to get a group shot one day in the future!
My favorite is the "dirt" with an english accent. LOVE it!
So somehow I lost you and thought you stopped blogging - very happy to find you again and to see how big your baby girl is getting.
Have a great weekend.
That's quite an extensive vocabulary for such a wee one! She is so stinkin' cute too.
wow..
Cute pictures :) Legos look so much fun!
Love the phrase - OH Wow A!
How flippin' cute is she?!?!!?!?
And all those words?!?!
She's as cute as ever. Sounds like she is doing amazing! And so great that she's a happy kid.
oh-Wow! I think Shmoo says that. And I have no idea where he got it from either.
I love it when children "desperately" need toys. It happens to mine all the time. LOL. Riley is too cute - and I love "wow-a"!
Wow! I'm impressed with all her words. The twins are 16 months and say nothing - not the word, just nothing.
She is precious as ever and these are the best times you'll ever know. Enjoy them!
PS - my new obsession is Mia Michaels from "So You Think You Can Dance". LOVE HER!
Mia was TOTALLY mean last week! Weird.
BTW - the post about Justice was an amazing tribute. God bless him and his moms.
Oh how freaking cute is Ms. Riley! I wanna squeeze her about now.. Or play blocks just to hear her talk.. That is darling!
She is saying a ton of words.. You better be careful what you are saying around her. LOL
Lets get together! (so reminded me of the song... Let's get together, right away, we can have lotsa fuuu un, Lets get together ya ya ya).. Okay, I don't know it that well.. LMAO!
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