-Hannah to English Dictionary-

Ah = Apple

a-WAaaaa-y = weee!

Bah Boo = Diaper

Beh = Bread

Ba = Soy Milk

(from the word "bottle" from when she had bottles)

Bah beh = Barbie

Bah buh = Grandpa

Pooo.poo = Poo Poo, dirty, gross

Cook = cookie

Dada, Daddy = you guessed it

Deh (with single affirmative head nod) = Yes

Dowa = Dora (the explorer)

Dow = Down

Ju = Juice

MAaaaah mah = Mama

(also see mamie, mum)

Moe moe moe = More (always said in threes)

Naaah nah = Hannah

na.na! = Banana

Neh = Neck

Uh. Ohhh = self explanitory

Uh = Up

Onion = we have no idea what she means with this one

Bwthxxxx (blowing raspberry sound) = poo poo (also spicy food), gross

Things she says perfectly:

Shoes, Turtle, Daughter, owl (and whoo whoo), cat (and mao mao), dog (and hoof hoof), car (caaahr caaahr), No, ow ow ow (owie), boog (booger), ee ee ee (for monkey), nose, eye(s), mouth, doll, book, moon moon moon, boots, backpack.

She also knows all the parts of the body from hair to toes (even forehead, elbows, etc.).

Hannah in Pictures

It's hard to see in this photo, but Hannah woke up this morning with her curls stuck straight out from her head like Pippi Longstocking. (Favorite princess dolly.)

Hannah coated in Blueberry Bran muffin. It's rubbed into her hair, smeared on her eyelids, jammed inside her shirt, and pushed into her ear canal... not to mention her diaper. Naturally this happened five minutes after I finished mopping the floor.

Hannah enjoying her homemade play cottage made from the box her kitchen came in. We think she may like this more than the actual kitchen! It has a hip roof so I'm pretty proud of myself. It took about half an hour, a box cutter, and some duct tape. For the kitchen, I agonized over which one to get for about two months and then spent 4.5 hours late one night putting it all together (without the power drill). Hmm... c'est la vie!

More pictures

She had just eaten spagetti - which lead to a "straight to bath" situation

Pictures

Blue-eyed Baby

Cutie in Pink

Reading

Christmas in February

As most of you, well, don't know.. my latest obsession is decorating Hannah's Barbie house. It started off as a plywood shell that Grandpa made and I finally started space planning and making purchases for it last month. I had to buy a kitchen set/fridge and bathroom from toys-r-us and I've ordered a pale green sectional couch and pillows from a nice lady in Georgia (It's currently sitting in customs somewhere in Canada). Yay! I've also 3/4 primed the inside rooms. Wow, does plywood ever soak up primer. It's a beautiful house though.. huge and Georgian with palladian windows, archways, and four rooms. I'm adding a wall to create a bathroom between the two bedrooms. Poor Brad has had to sit through months of nightly ipad surfing while I tried to find the best stuff.

Anyway, yesterday I finally opened all the boxes and everything looks better than I thought! I think Hannah is going to love it.

First Post

As this is my first post and Hannah is nearly two, I'm going to have to do some catch-up in the next little while.

We'll start in the middle...

Hannah's latest facination is with Dora the Explorer. I took her to Toys-R-Us today to see if she might like a Dora doll. It turns out she isn't the least bit interested in the dolls.. Dora on her tub toys and potty and books yes... dolls no. You see, Hannah is used to Dora being a slightly chubby toddler, not a slim looking five year old like all the dolls seem to portray. So we'll stick to watching the tv show on the ipad for now.

I did get her a Dora alphabet book with magnetic drawing pad, a small book on colours, a book about the sea (she loves fish) covered in glitter, Barbie bathroom furniture for her house (more on that later), and the thing she screamed for most.. a large plastic shopping cart. It always surprises me that the things she always wants are usually in one of two categories. The first is accessories: purses, necklaces, shoes, wands, hats, headbands, cell phones etc. She always tries to talk into the phones and says "Hi". I have a feeling the accessory facination is going to be costly later. :) The second is books. Books, books, books. She tends to like ones that sparkle, light-up, sing, or have pop-ups/slide-outs/flaps. I think I may have influenced her a bit on those. Last month I found a brightly coloured pop-up book that was also scratch and sniff in a clearance bin and nearly passed out. I always fall for the pop-ups and beautiful illustrations. Not to say that I don't have serious literature as well... I have fairy tales and some other great books that are wonderfully written with rhymes, humour, and appropriately inspirational sentiments.. she just isn't interested in those yet.

I also showed her two Barbie jewelry boxes and thankfully she picked the brighter coloured surf Barbie one that was on sale. The music box plays "You've got a friend" by James Taylor. Very funny... I don't know why but it is... really, it's actually very pretty sounding. I think I was expecting something a little more self-absorbed from a Barbie item. :) "I'm a Barbie Girl" or "California Girls" or something.

Hannah collects music boxes, by that I mean I find them and put them on her shelf. Funny how when you have a girl you tend to get her things that you want! The music boxes she inherited have little ballerinas in them, which she de-skirts and then plucks from their spinning spring perches so those will have to stay shelved for now. This one will be good for all her many plastic necklaces.

More to come later!
Kimberly