Friday, September 25, 2009

Convo

Here's a conversation we overheard Eliza having with her self this week:

"Where's Liza's sock? I don't know. I dropped it!"

She uses full sentences all the time now. And she definitely knows how to get her point across. All week she's been saying "I want to rock" and "No nap. Liza not sleepy!" She also said "Liza like pizza."

She also grabs a toy, holds it to her chest and says "Mine!" Then immediately smiles and says "Share. It's mama's turn. Now it's Liza's turn." She does this as more of a show. When it comes time to really share her toys with other kids, she's not so into it.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Bless you


This morning I sneezed and Eliza said "bless you" totally unprompted. She can be so sweet and polite when she wants to be. :) Here's a picture of she and her friend Phin looking adorable. You'd never know that only seconds before she was tackling him and yelling "mine" when he tried to play with her toys...

Thursday, September 17, 2009

I-C-E-C-R-E-A-M

Eliza's dad's family has a bit of an icecream obsession. His mom used to spell out the word rather than saying to avoid everyone going wild. I think Eliza has inherited the icecream gene. She learned the word about a month ago and now she asks for icecream all the time. Tuesday night she was "helping" me cook and decided to help herself to a can of coconut milk. She decided this was icecream and I didn't stop her as she dipped her carrots into it. Last weekend she found just the top of a Sonic lid on the cabinet and knew we had eaten icecream after she went to bed. Last night she got out her tea cup and spoon, sat down and proclaimed "Eliza's icecream" out of the blue, then proceeded to eat pretend icecream for half an hour. We got a video of her saying "I want icecream" and I'll try to remember to upload it later. In the meantime, we'll be staging an intervention. And it's probably time for us to curtail our own icecream consumption as well...

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Then and now


Here's a shot from one year ago... can't believe how bald and chubby she was!

End of Summer




We had an awesome summer but I'm glad the 100+ degree heat is over. Happy September everybody!

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Variations

My current top 10 favorite things to hear Eliza say:

10. Chocolate milk
9. Tickle Tickle Little Star
8. Phin
7. Yellow
6. Meow
5. Hey Mimi
4. Chicken Dance
3. More coffee?
2. beep beep
1. hug

She says each of these in her own special way. And no, we don't really put chocolate in her milk, but she drinks more if we pretend that we are. :) She says chocolate milk with the biggest hick accent! And there's no convincing her it's twinkle twinkle instead of tickle tickle. She says her friend Phin's name like "feen". And yellow is "lellow". She refuses to say cat, just says meow, but her meow sounds like the cat is seriously ill. Her chicken dance is getting more accurate all the time and she often asks us to do it with her. Yesterday she asked us if we'd like some more coffee in the cutest little voice. I gave her a sip and she didn't hate it. Uh oh.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Hey Girl!

Last night when we got to the playground, Eliza ran up to a random girl and said "hey girl!" like they were best friends. It was hilarious. That is all. :)