Natalie Knows Body Parts

Just shy of 16 months old, Natalie's hitting a mini word boom.

Mama
Dada
Gramma
Grampa
Boomer
bye
da (for down)
ba (for bath)
ba (for ball)

She also makes a "moww" sound for meow, and says "wuff wuff" sometimes :)

Nat understands what we're saying so much more than she can say herself. She talks all the time - babbles at us, even using hand motions and changing the tone of her voice depending on what she's trying to convey. We always joke that she's talking in complete sentences already - paragraphs even - it's just not in English.

It'll be here before we know it - a big old language explosion. I can't wait to hear what she calls herself, how she says Charlotte's name. And oh boy... the conversations those two will have!!

Spelling Her Name!

Charlotte has learned how to spell her name this week! Her preschool class works on name study (recognizing their names in a group of written names, identifying the letters in their names, etc.) and she has been able to recognize her own name written down for over a year, but now she's able to spell it on her own. She is so proud of herself and we are so proud of her - it's a long name!! :o)


As if her spelling her name out loud didn't knock my socks off, last night we went outside to play in the driveway after dinner and she asked for some sidewalk chalk. I thought this was a little weird since it was just about dark and we could barely see the pavement. Turns out, Charlotte could see just fine and wrote her own name!! The C is backwards, but they're all there, in the right order, and without any prompting. Great job, baby girl!