Zoecabulary, 18 months minus 1 day

Today’s moments of delight:

– Saying “Zoe!” in an admonishing tone when she throws something on the ground.

– Saying “How aboooout…?” when leaning over the arm of the rocking chair to choose another book to read.

– Becoming uncannily accurate in mimicking words and sentences.

If only I could catch it all on vid!

Things that make me go “Awww” – 17 mos

Hearing her sound out her own name

Kissing her cheek and hearing her say, “More” (or more precisely, “Mo”)

Being woken up to the singing of “Happy Birthday”

Hearing “Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi.” accompanied with a wave to the fish every time she passes him

And of course, hearing, though not necessarily knowing whether it’s intentional or not, “Mama, mama, mama, mama”.

My fave new thing is checking out the “belly butt” of every single person I know. Including me!

This little girl’s just blowin’ our minds every. single. day! New words, new signs, new songs, new dance moves…I can’t keep up!

To add to the list of words:

And signs:

So many more I’m sure, but this is what I’ve got for now!

Zoe’s vocabulary is blowin’ up! Her latest set of words:

YAO! (as in “Yao bu yao? YAO!” in Mandarin. Translation: “Would you like some? YES!”)
Op-EEEEENNNN! (said with much gusto and with accent on the 2nd syllable, often whilst holding a pack of cookies)
Orange (referring to lil cuties)
Beets (mom and dad’s go-to food when we can’t get her to eat anything else)
Poo-poo
Change
Eat! mum-mum
Sit
Pouch
Ahyi
Tso tso (translation: stinky, as in feet!)
Bei bei (translation: blanky)

Learning:

Signs:

Other accomplishments:

She can almost count to 10! She does much better in English than in Mandarin, but she’s definitely got the right sounds going in both.
Loves to sing: “Ba Luobo” (pick daikon radish), ABCs
Loves to dance, clap her hands and do “dance hands”