Miriam Says...

Some may have noticed the side bar of words Miriam says. We were worried/frustrated with lack of words we could understand, but all of a sudden in the last month or so she has taken off and says new things everyday. One trouble with the side bar is the lack of clarification of words. For instance it has been snowing a lot this weekend and when Miriam sees the snow she excitedly says 'no, no' which is snow but somehow important sounds are left off and that is typically for a lot of the things she says. So we often still are wondering if she really said what we think we heard or are just making it up. She is starting to mimic us more and more especially in actions, she tells me she wants to 'brush' which actually mans she wants to floss her teeth. She's starting to get better with directional things. She was eating a yogurt and started acting like she was done, but she still had more. I looked for her spoon and couldn't immediately see it so asked where it was and she pointed, saying 'up there'. She's getting good at saying and identifying the main body parts especially eyes, nose and ears. Aunt Heather gave her a Pixar bedtime stories book that she loves and also introducing words such as Remy from Ratatouille. One day as she was going through the book and pointing out where Remy was on each point she pointed to a picture of him stirring and said 'cook'. Getting good at saying Nemo and Elmo though they sound very similar, also McQueen. Miriam is also very enthusiastic in saying bye bye to everyone and even is getting several names of family done like William and Max- her cousins. Including finally calling for dada instead all adults being mama and kids being Arah. It sure is fun hearing what she will say. Now we are just working on her not crying and using words to tell us what she wants/needs. To that end she is getting the hang of saying please or rather 'pease'.