Audrey update

I pulled this out of my journal- just kind of an update on Audrey. She is such a chatterbox and loves to make up stories and sing songs to herself as she plays. She also recognizes that letters all by themselves are different from pictures, and every letter she sees she calls the letter H. She is fascinated by counting, and can count to 5 (repeating after me, although she sometimes remembers 2 to 3 without help, and from 4 to 5 without help, but she still says "cat" for the number 4.) Sesame Street is her absolute favorite- she loves all her muppet friends and asks for them often. She learns new words from Sesame Street too- that's where cookie and dolly and the letter H came from. With the melting of the snow, we've discovered she is still obsessed with sticks and has brought several inside the house to keep. She had her 18 month checkup this week and the doctor says she is doing great- 30% for weight and 60% for height. She's still in the 96% for her head size... so I guess she's really smart... She knows there is a baby in Mommy's tummy and that his picture is on the fridge, but she calls her tummy a baby sometimes too, so I don't really think she gets what it all means. She is going to nursery now and doing great- she does a lot better if Thomas drops her off instead of me. She is very social. She is doing a lot better at sitting quietly during prayers and folding her arms for more of the time. She also is learning to recognize that Mommy isn't the only one who can say prayers, and that sometimes she needs to sit still when other people pray in church. She loves looking at church magazines or the Nursery handbook, and loves finding pictures of Jesus in them. She will sit for most of the Sacrament part of Sacrament meeting looking at a book with pictures of Jesus in them. I could go on and on, but here is the list copied from my journal.

I wanted to make a list of all the words Audrey can say as of today. She will try to imitate pretty much any word you ask her to, but I wanted to make a list of words I know she knows what they mean and uses them independently without me prompting her. Parenthesis are what you hear when she says the word. Some words sound exactly the same as other words.

1. Mommy
2. Daddy
3. TV (Tee-tee)
4. Binky (Meenee)
5. Blankie (Bennee)
6. Food (Boot)
7. Light (Yight)
8. Doggie/Arf
9. Kitty/Meow
10. Duck
11. Horse (she neighs)
12. Cow (she moos)
13. Sheep (she baas)
14. Piggie (scrunches nose and sniffs a bunch)
15. Car (Vroom)
16. Snowing (No-een)
17. Truck (Duck)
18. Stuck (Duck)
19. Up
20. Down
21. Done
22. Yucky (Uckies) *anything on the floor like fuzzies or string or bits of paper or anything is "uckies"
23. Ernie (Ehnee) *she is obsessed with Ernie. He's her favorite.
24. Bert (Ehnee) *she used to call them both "Boht" for Bert, and now she calls them both Ehnee for Ernie.
25. Big Bird (Bo-Bo)
26. Cookie
27. Grover (Goh)
28. Count (Coht)
29. Snuffy (Nunny)
30. Coat
31. Shoes (Tooes)
32. Toes
33. Nose
34. Eyes
35. Mouth (Mots)
36. Neck
37. Socks (Tock)
38. Apple
39. Banana (Mana) *She turns a lot of words that begin with "B" into words beginning with "M"
40. Bread (Beht)
41. Bed (Beht)
42. Spoon (Poon)* she calls a knife and fork "poon" also
43. Plate (Payte)
44. Hi *she will wave and say hi to any ladies or kids regardless of if she knows them, but not to men- she tends to be kind of afraid of men until she gets to know them
45. Hello (Ewow)
46. Bye-bye
47. Trees (Tees)
48. Teeth (Teet) *she is obsessed with brushing her teeth.
49. Wipe (Wi-PE!)
50. Baby
51. Ouch (Out)
52. Jesus (Dees-dus)
53. Man (Manuh)
54. Book
55. Toys (Towees)
56. Egg
57. Juice (Doose)
58. Cup (Puck)
59. Train (Too-Too)
60. Monkey (Ooh-ooh)
61. Owl (Ooh-ooh)
62. Chicken (Bock-bock)
63. Bird (Bowt)
64. Please (Pees)
65. Poopy
66. Potty (Poddy)
67. Grandma (Mo-mo)
68. Ride (Wite)*this one she loves- it's like telling a dog "walk" or getting out the leash or something
69. Dolly (Towee)
70. Puppy
71. Box (Baht)
72. Uh-oh
73. Girl (Goh)
74. Boy (Bowee)
75. Bowl (Bow)
76. Fruit (Poop) *this may also mean Winnie the Pooh but I haven't confirmed it
77. Stick (Tick)
78. Pretty *she almost always whispers this one- I've only heard her say it out loud a few times and only recently
79. Phone (Bone)
80. Amen (AH-men)
81. Shh *I don't know if this counts as a real word or not, but she says it whenever she sees someone doing it