Words and sayings of Clair Davis

As this blog serves as my baby book, as much as it is my journal, photo album and record of Davis history, I thought I should get down Clair's vocabulary.

• Haaa - Hi
• Bah-bah or bye-bye  - Good-bye or good night
• TaychOO - Thank you
• Down - she says this one very clearly, and with gusto.
• Hup - Up
• Dee - Dean
• Dee - Cary
• Muh-muh or Muh-mee - Mama
• Da-da - Daddy
• Dop - Stop
• Doppt - Stop it
• Uh-oh!
• Guck - Stuck (this is a frequent one, as she is always getting herself stuck somewhere)
• Hot
• Code - cold
• Tit - Sit
• Teet - Feet
• Tep - Step
• Teeee - any letter of the alphabet she sees
• Tooo, Teee - attempting to "count" as she goes up the teps
• Boon - Balloon
• Bah - Ball
• Moos - Nose
• ...shhh - fish 
• Heyh - Hair
• Hmm - Here (handing someone something)
• poo-poo
• Coop -  scoop
• Kiiiiiick - kick
• Pop
• Pickbuu - Peek-a-boo!
• Heh - "Hey" as in the background "Hey!" in "Hey Bo Diddly"
• Kay - OK
• Buh-buu - Bubble

Most of the time, she speaks in an adorable gibberish that makes no sense to anyone but her. But her vocabulary is growing  enough now that we can  - most times - figure out what she wants or needs.

She also barks like a (small, yappy) dog, mooos like a cow, quacks like a duck, cheeps like a bird, oinks like a pig, baas like a sheep and growls like a dozen or so other indistinguishable animals.

In addition, as has been noted here before, she kicks, swats, yells, screams, shrieks, screeches, hits and is a veritable crazy woman. She teases her brothers mercilessly. She has a very defined proprietary sense (everything is hers). She laughs louder than she cries. She never, ever, ever backs down.

She is the most spunky, spirited, fight-for-what-she-wants child I have ever known.

I love her!

Edited: Tonight, she said her very first sentence! In the bathtub, Dean kept pouring water on her head. At first, she liked it, but she grew increasingly annoyed. Finally, she said. "Dop. Dop, Deee!"

Aww, my baby's first sentence!!

The rest of this T-shirt says "crazy child." OK, not really. But it should.

Words and sounds of the Davis boys

Since I don't keep a traditional baby book, I need to post here the exciting things my children can do. Walking (a little bit) is exciting, but nothing is more thrilling to me than hearing them begin to verbalize more and more. One day, I'll be able to have a conversation with my sweeties and know what they're thinking! (Until they become teenagers and lock themselves in their rooms, armed with iPods and earphones)...

Until then, here are some of the words and sounds the boys say and/or mimic:

Dean

1. Bbbbbu = ball
2. Zhhuu = shoe
3. pooooo = spoon
   
4. Deeeee = Dean
5. cap-cap = clap clap (from Skippyjon Jones)
6. uh = up
7. dah = down
8. Dada = Daddy (and sometimes Mommy)

• ah-AH = uh-oh

Cary

1. Nana = banana
2. shoo = shoe
3. poon = spoon
4. boon = balloon
   
5. dan = fan
6. man = man (or woman, or boy or girl)
   
7. Dee = Dean
8. Dada = Daddy and Mommy, interchangeably
9. brruh = brush
10. boo-ruh = toothbrush
11. cap-cap = clap clap (from Skippyjon Jones)
12. uh-nuh = hello! (holding any oblong object up to his ear)
13. uh = up
    
14. dah = down
    

• cak cak = quack quack (duck)
• brrmm brrrm = tractor or car
• boom boom = Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
• mamamamama = "Mama, Mama, Mama" from the book "Please, Baby, Please"
• ah-ah-ah-ah-ah! = monkey sound
• eeemum-mum-mum-ay = "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
• (growling) "Grrrdah" = when he sees my Dad (Granddad), because he has a gruff voice
• ah-AH = uh-oh
  

Keep up the good work, boys!

It seems as if Cary is more verbal right now than Dean, but Dean is holding his own. Also, Dean is way more physical than Cary. He can crawl all the way up the stairs unassisted, whereas Cary cries at the bottom of the stairs for someone to carry him (divo!)...Dean also has learned how to climb up both the little ladder and the slide on the climbing toy we got them for their birthday. Cary just looks on in envy.

So, the boys will do things in their own time, at their own pace. One thing I am proud of about myself as a parent is that (at least in this one area) I am pretty level-headed about that fact.

Meanwhile, note to Davis boys:

I know it might be asking a lot, but could you work on saying "Mama," when you see me, instead of Dada?!

Thanks! Love you!

Day 367 on Earth

Today is Day 367 for the Davis boys.

In that short period of time, the babies have proven themselves to be most awesome in so many ways. The latest:

Cary loves to laugh and talk. He is very verbal and can already "say" three words:

"dan" for fan
"nana" for banana
"poon" for spoon

Dean is as strong as a (baby) bull, and is destined to excel in something -- or all things -- physical.
He has a total quarterback's throw, and can bat at things with such accuracy, I think tennis might be in his future. He has somehow figured out how to pull Cary's highchair -- with Cary in it! That boy is strong!

Here's a video where you can see Cary's penchant for cracking up (he is so silly) and Dean's determination to master a task (in this case, "teaching" his toys to use the slide.)




These boys are SO much fun! I really think 12 months is the absolute BEST age so far.