Arwen's Weblog

I forgot "Mii, mii" for mine.

So, that's 9 spoken words, that we know of. She has this jibber jabber where she combines a lot of consonants and vowels. I think she's trying to sound like we do.

Posted by Georgia at 4:36 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Arwen can say eight words:

• mama
• dada
• baby
• bye-bye
• kyou (for thank you)
• hewwo (for hello)
• dah (for done)
• ni-ni (for night-night)

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Today at the grocery store, we stopped for our usual complimentary cookie at the bakery. Just like with Seth and Savannah, I reminded Arwen to "Say thank you." 1) Now I know she understands the "say" command and 2) Her thank you now comes out "kyou".

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Arwen loved getting her own sippie cup. She especially likes the one with handles, (Their hands don't get cold with handles.) but hers is noticeably smaller than Seth's. I think she has made this distinction because she still tries her best to get her hands on his. Maybe she prefers the vanilla soy over the cow's milk. Or maybe she just knows it isn't hers. Two days ago I saw her toddle around the corner from the sitting room where Seth was, his sippie cup in her hand. She looked happy, and she was hustling, scurrying, to get away before he noticed. There have been several times like this lately, times of orneriness, that I get a real sense of delight from her.

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Arwen is sensitive in a way that Savannah and Seth are not. She is jumpy, like me. She does not have the stomach for being tossed about in the air, which made Savannah and Seth squeal and giggle.

A couple of times, I've tucked the other two in their beds. Arwen and I go to the tv room to kick back. When she heard the loud rattle of Daddy's keys in the lock, she jumped and ran to me. She started to cry.

More than just seeing this jumpiness in her personality, I think it's interesting that she knew Savannah and Seth were in the bed. Who else would make a noise out of nowhere? I thought it showed intelligence. Just last night I sat with Seth and Arwen in his floor. Savannah was in her room getting ready for bed, or so we thought. She made a racket, a lot closer to Seth's door than we would've thought. Again, she didn't expect it and ran to me, a little upset. It had actually made me uneasy too. I wondered if she picked up on something I was feeling.

Related to that I think, when Seth or Savannah get too close with their lunging and growling, Arwen will put her arms up and duck a bit. I do the same thing. She and I both get hurt some. We have learned to get out of the way.

Posted by Georgia at 5:12 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)