She inexplicably calls Harrison "Hut", which is one of my favorites.
She is obsessed with lions but calls them "Lies".
She refers to different sizes as being "Daddy", "Mommy" or "baby". For instance, if she sees a big leaf or rock, it is a Daddy. A medium sized something (animate or inanimate is a Mommy) and the smallest ones are babies. We also have this little thing we do when she's on the changing table where she'll say "octopuh" (for octopus, I have no idea how this started) and I'll blow raspberries on her belly. And she'll say Daddy when she wants a big raspberry and baby when she wants a little one. She also thinks all men are "daddies" and all women are "mommies."
My favorite word this week is Caterpillar. She says catapappa. She saw a very large and unusual "lellow catapappa" at the park this week and Jamie and I ask her about it all the time just so we can hear her say it. She also saw a "schnaiwl" (snail).
She calls my parents dog, Seabouy, "Seababy" but that's an improvement over Harrison who used to call him "Seabooty."
She calls our friend Alice "Ms. Asses" and she calls her teacher Ms. Susan "Ms. Su su."
"Blellybubbub"means bellybutton (one of her first words, along with "tay tu" (thank you which she says correctly now)).
She also has this crazy Charleston (SC) southern accent. Not the redneck kind but more of a lady from the deep south. It is so drawn out southern that it would put Scarlett O'Hara to shame. For instance, when a tv show has finished she yells "it's ovahh Mommy, it's ovahh." Even her kindermusik teacher, who I assume to have a good ear, has commented on her southern drawl.
Anne was an early talker and developed a good vocabulary when she was pretty young but I think its because she had so much practice. She LOVES to talk. She'll even talk to herself in the car when no one's paying attention. This is quite a contrast to Harrison who, like most males, seems to think there's no point in talking unless something important is being said. I've always been known as someone who asks a lot of questions and Harrison has no patience for them. "Stop asking/talking Mommy" is the most frequent answer to my various questions.
This will be a post in progress because there are so many I'm currently forgetting. No matter what though, my number one favorite is "I love you, Mommy" which she says perfectly every time!









