She's a Dancing Queen...

I have learned a lot from my daughter, but thing I've learned recently, is that she loves to dance more than any person I've ever seen!!! It doesn't matter if it's coming from the T.V., radio, a person, the washing machine, water running, if it's loud or soft, slow or fast, she's gonna move to the beat! I LOVE it. I will defiantly have to put her in classes one day. She's my little dancing queen....

She's starting to talk more

So this week has been an interesting one, but she always knows how to make me smile. She's had a double ear infection and everyday seems to be getting better. She's got 12 teeth now. Her two bottom molars are finally broken through and she's been a trooper through it all. She's learning more and more new things everyday and can sign 7 signs as of now. (Bye, Milk, Peaches, Please, MiMi, More, and Dog) She can say Momma, Dada, Popa, Peaches, Bye, See, That and I think she's trying to say Thank you at times. Every now and then she'll say something that sounds like a word, but I never hear her say it again the same way. But she is just talking up a storm non-stop and I have no idea what she's saying. But it's kinda like Dabba Dabba Dabba and I'm just waiting for a "DO" to come out next. She's so smart and knows when she does and doesn't want something. She'll tell you "yes and no" by shaking her head and she loves to go outside and bye bye. For a one year old, I think she's wiz at all she understands and is able to do. What a joy I have in her!

Sick Baby

So we have had an interesting week. At first, we thought Makaila might have the chicken pox. So, we took her to the doctor to find out it's just a virus with a rash. Well, the pumps start to clear up and then she starts with a 100.1 temp yesterday and it just keeps going up. I know that that is normal for a virus but she just pitaful and so clingy and I can't do anything for her. It breaks my heart. The motrin and tylenol are helping to keep her temp down, but you can tell she's not herself. But even though she's sick, she was still able to smile for the camrea this morning. I hope she gets to feeling better this week. It's supposed to be pretty and she begs to go outside! We'll see...

Maki's first sign...

We were sitting in the kitchen feeding Makaila some left over birthday cake, and we asked her if she wanted more, and of course she shook her head yes, and then we said say please, and Mimi helped her sign it the first time, then everytime we would say please, she would sign it on her own. Now it's her favorite thing to do and she also signed "peaches", our dog, for the first time last night. She started blowing kisses this weekend too! I wonder what else she'll do this week....

Learning and Growing...

So, last night, I found out that my daughter is a wiz! Ha Ha, ok, maybe not as much as others at 1 year, but to me, she's smart! We were sitting in the kitchen, eating dinner, and she kept talking about daddy. Dada this, dada that, I could not make out one thing she was saying except, Dada. So I said, Where is Daddy, In Iraq? And she shook her head "Yes". Ha Ha Ha So then I decided to test it, she was eating a fig newton and I said, you want more?, again, she nodded "yes" and looked at it and opened her mouth! So then I said, do you miss daddy, she shook her head again, next, do you want a bath, her eyes got wide and she shook her head "yes"!! Maybe this is petty to some, but my little baby actually understands what it means! Also, she was giving me high fives and raiseing her hand in the air doing "1" when I asked how old she was! WOW! She's not so little anymore! I'm trying to get her to blow kisses, and she did actually kiss her hand last night, but didn't really follow through with it and never did it again. But that will be next....