Addison's Language

Here are a few of my favorite words and/or actions from my 17 month old:

mama - mom (me...we've tried mommy, but she doesn't use it)
dada - dad (Neil)
boonboon - balloon
Mammie - Grammie (my mom)
ooes - shoes
pointing to her mouth and going aaaahhhh - mouth
pointing at her eye and says eye -eye
uh-oh - (we hear this all the time...if you or someone drops something, a bump in the road, someone or her burps or passes gas, when she throws something, when the phone rings, when someone else says it)
gogogogo - ready to go
blows kisses - means bye bye or hi (either one depending on what we're doing)
Bumps her head and says ow - ouch (she also does it when someone else says ow or ouch)
Sits on your foot when your legs are crossed - wants you to bounce and do horsey
gen - again (usually follows horsey or Ring Around the Rosies)
points to her toes - toes or wants to play This Little Piggy Went to the Market game
puts both hands in her hair and rubs - wants to wash her hair

Addison loves songs that we sing or books that we do actions to. Her favorite right now is Wheels on the Bus. She puts her hands to her eyes for the wahwahwah, her finger to her mouth for shshsh, her hands trying to turn circles for the wheels, and jumps up and down for the people. She likes The Itsy Bitsy Spider. She puts both hands in the air and waves them around. Her new song is If You're Happy and You Know It, but we only have learned the clap your hands. She also loves the song 5 Little Monkeys. She'll bump her head with her hand and then point her finger out and shake it for "no more monkies jumping on the bed". My friend from work watched her one day and taught her how to dance around and sing aloud to the ABCs. I even caught her on camera last week doing it. Her Aunt Leah came and taught her Ring Around the Rosies, which she laughs too hard with the anticipation of falling down that she can barely walk in a circle! She learned Bringing Home My Baby Bumblebee at daycare. She'll cup her
hands together and then wipes her hands off on her pants for wiping off my baby bumblebee.

I can't help but love this little girl! She makes me laugh everyday with her little personality. She is a people watcher (she gets it from my mom and I) and will imitate what other people do. She doesn't jump right into new situations...she'd rather watch and figure things out before she tries something new. However, she's not afraid to interact with strangers. She is constantly bringing strangers (to her...just new friends she hasn't met yet) to visit with us with her blowing kisses and uh-ohs. Ofcourse, she has her daddy's bright blue eyes and beautiful blonde curls which certainly make her hard to pass by without saying hi and her doing everything in her power to get your attention. The exterminator man came over today and did what he does and when he was leaving out the door he said, "Bye Mrs. Wilkerson" and before he could finish Addison said bye bye and so he had to come back inside to say bye bye to the little Mrs. Wilkerson. My child...never ceases to amaze me!!!