Dang Baby

Not sure how this happened. I had a reasonably tidy dining room. I
went to the bathroom. I returned to this little disaster.

Calla is currently munching on some Cheerios. I'm sharing a laugh
with you instead of putting her up for adoption.

VOTD: Piggie!

New Words and Signs

Miss Chatty Calla has a few new words. She says "moo" (I admit it
sounds very much like how she says "more", but she says it when she
sees cows). Tonight, she pulled her bumble bee stuffed animal out of
the toy box and said "buzz buzz buzz".

She says the first syllable, or maybe phoneme is a better way to
describe it, of tons of words now. Upon viewing the enormous tiger
mural at an Indian restaurant, she kept pointing at it and repeating,
"Tah. Tah!". She does this first phoneme thing all the time lately.

This evening I noticed two new signs. One was "baby" and the other was
"drink". Cute, because just two days ago I remarked that drink was an
easy sign, so I didn't understand why Calla continues to just look at
her cup and whine instead of just signing drink!

"More" continues to be her favorite word and sign! I hear "more" all
day long. She's getting the R sound in there a lot more frequently,
too.

She's a very happy baby. Standing and balancing for linger periods of
time now. Pulling up more, as well. Will she walk in time for her
first birthday? Who knows?

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Sent from my iPhone. (Forgive typos. It's hard to blog by phone!)

POTD: Bath

POTD: Calla's Hat

Since You Asked... Calla's Birthday Wish List

I hope this isn't too tacky, but several people have asked what Calla would like for her birthday or what sizes she's wearing now, so I thought I'd post a little list here.

First of all, I asked Calla and she said you don't have to get her anything because there is nothing she really needs and she's not very materialistic (yet?). That said, here are some things that she likes, doesn't have yet, or could use:

1. BOOKS - This kid loves books. Her favorites are the ones with lots of color photographs of babies or animals. Board books are preferred because she eats books with paper pages. This reminds me, she'd probably love a board book copy of Pat the Bunny (she ate most of her copy a few months ago).

2. Signing DVDs - She already has these: Baby Signing Times (First Signs), Baby Einstein (First Signs), My Baby Can Talk (First Signs). She is bored with the First Signs type of DVDs, she needs something with some new signs.

3. Puppets - She really likes puppets but doesn't have any good ones right now.

4. Musical Toys - She already has a drum, maracas, jingle bells, etc. She would probably like a xylophone, though.

5. Stuffed Animals - She loves cuddling stuffed animals. She is fascinated by baby dolls, too.

6. Balls

7. Pull Along toys

8. Cars/Toys with Wheels - One of her favorite toys is a fish with wheels, so I think she'd enjoy other toys with wheels too.

9. Blocks




If you were interested in her clothing sizes, here they are:

Clothes - 2T is the safest bet, although 18m in some brands fits well now.
Shoes - Her feet are getting too big for her size 3s, so I would go with size 4.

Current Weight and Height: 26.5 pounds and 30.5 inches

Clothes preferences:
Fall and Winter clothes. Jacket, coats, maybe some hats (which she will undoubtedly pull off her head). She could definitely use some small "training pants" too. Oh yeah, she desperately needs socks that will fit her big (but cute) feet (shoe size 4). Maybe some of those gripper socks would be nice, since I'm sure she will be attempting those first steps any day now.

Note: Since Calla uses a potty at home, dresses or t-shirts with Babylegs (legwarmers) are easier than pants or onesies. We still love cute pants and onesies, which she wears when she goes out, though.

POTD: Baby Godzilla