Favourite milestones

Some of my favourites so far:
- blowing her own nose
- wiping her own butt
- mastering the swing (no more pushing for hours - yay!)

Yup, in the last week, she suddenly (magically) figured out how to pump her legs to get herself going. Whoo!

And yeah, I know. I'm far behind in photos. Here's a recent one to keep ya happy.
Note: this is BEFORE she decided to cut a whack of hair off of the side of her head. Sigh.

And now a word from our sponsors

...if only she paid us...

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...if you didn't guess it, Chloe typed those words ;)

I had to write this down so I can show it to her when she's 16.

After having read the word "Dell" on my laptop, Chloe asked what the word meant. I knew it had something to do with valleys (think "The Farmer in the Dell") but said I wasn't sure.

Her response: "Check on your computer - you know everything!"

I said that I had to write that down for prosperity, and she asked why. When I explained that I like to write down the funny things she says, she laughed, and asked if she could read them.

It won't be long before she can read them on her own. She can read simple words now (cat, duck, red, etc...and now dell, apparently.)

A few recent photos

...because I'm so far behind. I'll catch up again, I promise!

More mispronunciations

I'll keep adding to this as we remember (and hear) more!

pup-cake = cupcake
pumpkin catch = pumpkin patch
bandelion = dandelion
olibs = olives
sgostco = Costco
Mooshy Mooshy = Mike Wazowski (from Monsters Inc) -- when she was two-ish
Mike Skowski = Mike Wazowski (from Monsters Inc) -- when she was three

Barbara Ann is Gorgeous

The song Barbara Ann (by the Beatles) comes on the stereo.

C: "Oh I LOVE this song. It's gorgeous."
Me: "So you really like this song?"
C: "Yes, it's been my favourite forever. I like to dance to it, and do this with my head." (demonstrating how she grooves to the song by bopping her head to the beat).

She's right, it was her first "favourite" song. I think it started around when she was 9 months old? She used to go nuts when it came on, and (when she could stand) would dance to it over and over and over.

My built-in calendar

Me (looking at my daily schedule for work): "Who books a meeting for Friday at 4pm?"
Chloe (wearing a red plastic fireman's hat): "It's Wednesday today, mister!"
(it was)