Tuesday, March 11, 2008

The Emma Dictionary

Feeding my baby.

I love to drag the potty chair out to sit on...

or climb on....

It amazes me how much Emma can understand. Her receptive language seems really advanced to me. We can ask her to do things and she completely understands what we are saying. Her expressive language is coming along, too. Here is a list of "Emma Words". Notice, she loves the word "Ba" and it has various meanings in the "Emma Dictionary" depending on the intonation.

Words that are clear and recognizable:

Bye
Hot
Eat
Up
Hi
Uh-oh

Words that may need translation:


“Ma”-Blowing Kisses
“Maaam”-Mom
“Dada”-Dad
“Oh-ah”-Noah
“Da-da”-Caleb
“Uff-Uff”-Dog
“Ma”-More or Milk
"Ma-Ma"-marker

“Bah”-Bottle or Bib
“Ba-Ba”-Blanket
“Baa”-Bath
“Nigh-Nigh”-Goodnight
“Da”-Duck
“Tay-tay”-Thank-you
“Seh”-Seth
“Ca-ca”-Cracker


“Ah-pah”-Applesauce
“Eye”-Nice
“Nine”-No
“Nein, nein, nein”-No,no,no! (Must be the German blood in her!)
“Ut”-What
“Ong, ong”-honk, honk
“Brrr”-cold
“Uppa”-help

My "smoochy" face! Love you!!

1 comment:

Amy said...

Seth will be honored to see his name listed on Emma's list of words. He will be so proud! Emma is such a big girl and I still cannot believe how quickly these girls are changing. What happened to our "babies" that were handed to us that Sunday morning in China? Jadyn looks less like a baby and more like a little girl every day. Where does the time go?

Love you guys and miss you! Give Emma a hug from Jadyn (and us too!)
The Hoods