Monday, August 2, 2010

Kellyn


Kellyn definitely takes after her mom. She's going to be a talker! Here is her vocabulary list so far. All of these words are not completely discernible to the naked ear but we know what she's saying because of our super parent senses.
  • Dada
  • Mama
  • Nana (Banana)
  • Jees (Jesus)
  • Lithe (Light)
  • Daw (Dog)
  • Fafafafa (Dog barking--see video below)
  • Yeah
  • Uh-Uh-Ooh-Uh-Oh (Uh-Oh)


She says all of these words a lot. Over and over. And then she says lots of nonsense words. She talks constantly and we love it. A few of her other favorite things include:

  • Dancing--especially to hymns during church
  • Swimming
  • Walking
  • Eating--especially bananas
  • Dogs
  • Jumping and rolling in big piles of blankets and pillows
  • Books, books, and more books
  • Watching dumb Baby Genius movies (like budget Baby Einstein movies)
  • Playing with her friend Maeva
  • Playing and chewing on whatever she's not supposed to


This age is so much fun. The first few months with her as a new baby just about did me in. Honestly, I didn't enjoy it like I thought I would. It was so hard and I wasn't sure I could do it. So here's a shout out to new moms who are struggling--it's really hard at first but it's okay because it gets better! I love it now. I feel so blessed to stay home with her and look forward to all the stages to come. She will be ONE this month. I really wish time wasn't going by so quickly. But I'm just trying to soak it in and enjoy every second with my baby, while she's still a baby!



5 comments:

Debbie said...

Oh how I love her! Thanks for posting this. So cute.

Rhiannon said...

Pretty sure I heard a "hi" in that video.
LOVE your honesty! It's so refreshing to hear the honest to goodness truth. Thanks for that. Also Maeva loves hanging out with Kellyn too & us with you guys. Let me know Jared's schedule this week so we can get together with or without the fellas.

Angela said...

What a cutie. Amy, I'm so glad you said it was hard at first because I seriously thought I was the only one that thought the newborn stage was a killer! It does get better and better though! Oh & I want to know how you got Kellyn to sleep through the night. Clara sleeps great, I'm just curious what you guys did.

Kristin said...

Her hair!!! I love it.
And the video was cute too.
I need to come see her before you enroll her in Kindergarten!

magunn said...

I think Mac might have a crush ... I literally just played that video 27 times while he giggled and oogled.