So Many Words

Mads is really talking. I am not sure that the boys talked so well so early, but she tries to repeat everything. Her vocabulary builds daily! Here are some of the things she says regularly:

momma
daddy
Gingee (Ginger...her bunny that Daddy made her on Valentines Day at Build a Bear)
bye bye (as she waves)
uh-oh
no
Baboo (Andrew....not to be confused with a baboon)
Cabub (Caleb)
Icee (Isaac)
ByBy (Bryce)
deek do (peek-a-boo)
Beaux (all dogs are Beaux)
tank-du (thank you)
bu-deeee (baby)

Now, here is my least favorite:
Bu (bugs))she LOVES chasing them! She spent quite a while the other night chasing a butterfly. By the time I thought to go in and get the camera the butterfly was gone :(

But that is okay, because the same day she was running around outside saying bugs and chasing them, she also started saying:

boooo: shoes
pu-ssssss: purse

That is right, she is already saying purse and shoes. Momma is so proud!! She has also been picking out her clothes for quite a while now. I will either pick her up in her closet and she will look and pick something or I will get three or four outfits out and she will study them and pick one.

When she gets mad or irritated with her brothers she just screams at the top of her lungs. Not a crying scream, a get-away-from-me-now-before-major-girl-drama-begins type of squealy scream! It works too! The boys are still so used to the brother they are annoying just hauling off and hitting them when they have had enough, that the squealy scream still startles them and they back off! Therefore, I only see this getting worse before it gets better.

Another thing (not related to her talking), I get comments a lot about the fact that she will walk up to an older boy and get right in front of him like she is having a stand off. People are amazed that she is so bold around boys. Until, they learn that she has four brothers! We were playing with a little girl the other day, a few months older than Mads, and she was taking everything the girl had, pulling her bow out of her hair, etc. She needs some girlfriends....NOW!!!

Oh yeah, I forgot.....she doesn't say milk, but if you tell her to go get her milk, she will find her cup, bring it to you and say "tank du" (which is the hint that she NEEDS a drink!!)