Peek a boo.

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From the mouths of babes..

Gabby said three new words today. Her vocabulary was kinda at a standstill for a while so it was quite a shock when three words emerged in one day. She'll be seventeen months on the fifth of August so according to baby experts etc, it's normal for them to have a bit of a vocab explosion around this time.. I can't wait for the next exciting installment. So for posterity the words she spoke today were.... drumroll.."toe", after flipping through a cook book type book extolling the virtues of vinegar, one of which includes making ones toes nice, with pictures as proof. I pointed to said toe, and low and behold, "tow" dropped from Gabby's little mouth. Josh and I applauding with such enthusiasm the poor child thought we wanted her to clap, which she did with great excitement.

Next word was... "teddy". I was pointing to the teddy on her quilt in an attempt to distract her from her routine of trying to flip over during nappy change time. I must have sounded pretty excited by these teddy's because the next thing I know, she casually let out a perfectly annunciated, "teddy". "Fluke", I thought, until she did it again two seconds later. I was totally flabbergasted.

Then she attempted to say "amen" after our dinner time prayer..It came out as "men".

So proud of the little talker..

the little mumma

Gabriella has suddenly become interested in babies. One minute she's casually plonking her soft toys and baby dolls aside in preference for her blocks, the next she's gone all mummy on me. It's adorable and somehow slightly disarming.

It all started when we visited a friend and her new three week old baby. I didn't think Gabby was overly interested when were at said friends house, yet upon arriving home, she made a bee-line for the once forgotten toy-baby. The next thing I know, she's cradling it, kissing it's head and holding it up to me proudly declaring,"baybee,baybee" in a decidedly French accent, "Must see what we can do to provide little Gabby with a sibling", I thought, "what a caring, devoted sister she'll be", I beamed with pride.. as I stared into the dishwater. Upon looking up however, little Gabby was balancing on the deck chair with toy baby hanging from her left hand, it's poor head dragging on the ground. The next moment, it's was tossed to the deck floor with carless abandon, Forgotten in favour of a visiting grass-hopper.I decided I needn't rush out and buy and extra car seat just yet..