Letter Sounds

Fiona picked up Dr. Sears' Vaccine book.

Fi:  Mama's book.  (As she's looking at the picture on the front and points at the words below) This says boy.
Me: Buh, buh.  What letter says "buh"?  What  does "boy" start with?
Fi:  "B!"
Me:  Good job!  What letter says, "muh"?
Fi: Rhinocerous

Guess we need to work on that...

Oops.

We have a mover!  I swear I put her down lengthwise in the middle.  Is this normal?  She's not even 3 months yet...

It's funny how many differences I already see in the girls.  Fiona was never a very aggressive with her movement.  I didn't know what the buckles in the bouncy seat were for or why Bumbos shouldn't be put on elevated surfaces.  And I never had trouble with her wriggling around so much I had difficulty putting on her diaper.  

Can't wait to see who this little bundle turns out to be!

Getting so big!

I can't believe Evie's already old enough for a Bumbo.  Jon's been talking about wanting to get it out for a couple weeks now, but I kept putting it off thinking she was way too young.  I was wrong.  She doesn't love it yet, but based on these photos, it doesn't really look like she loves much of anything.

You should have heard her laughing at Jon yesterday.  She sure loves him.

Pretend

Today, while I was rocking Evie in our room, Fiona was quietly reading books when she frantically stood up sweetly saying "Don't fuss, don't fuss."  I was confused--because Evie was contentedly falling asleep--until she started running into the kitchen saying, "Don't fuss, Elmo.  I'm comin' to get you."  When she got back she was shushing him and rocking him asking what was wrong.  Eventually she put him in his Bumbo, gave him some juice and started reading books to him.  (She's obsessed with the beautiful pop up dragon book Nanny gave her.)  As she was reading it on the floor she said, "Wanna see?" and proceeded to shove the book in his face so he could see the pictures.  Then he got fussy again, so she asked him if he wanted a NUK--which apparently he did--because after that she said, "There, that's better." 

I'm not nearly a good enough writer to capture the sweetness of the scene, and really wish I could have gotten it on camera, but hopefully this will help jog my memory down the road.

Sisters

One of the things I was most excited about when I found out I was pregnant the second time around was watching Fiona as a big sister...and this is why.  The other day she went into her room to get a book.  I assumed she was going to look at it herself or ask me to read it too her.  This was her intention: 

As Fiona would say, "That's sweet!" (she's been really into repeating common phrases lately...but that should actually get it's own post) and it made my heart melt.

 I think this is sweet too.

A New Game

It's funny how much I don't realize how hard Fiona is to understand sometimes.  I guess I take for granted that being with her all day, every day, gives me a one up on most everyone else.  It's especially noticeable when we have visitors in from out of town.

Jon's been working with her on "s".  Oddly enough, I'd never noticed, but she leaves the s off of all words that start with "s" and are followed by a consonant.  "Step" is "tep", "scoop" is "coop", etc.  She also has always had trouble with "f"...which is usually pronounced as "sh".  I love that she calls herself "Sheshe" and rarely correct her.  But the other day she was making "coshee" and I said "coffee".  Of course she says it beautifully after repeating me.  And the she says excitedly, "Now do 'coop'!"...and continued with all the other "s" words she would think of. 

At least she knows she's pronouncing them wrong and can do it right when asked--even at her request--right?

The greatest sound ever...

just might be babies laughing.  Evie just did it for the first time today.  It was awesome. 

Sorry, no video...yet.