Saw-wee

Over the last month or two, Maia has started saying many more recognizable words. It's opening up a new world of communication with her, and it's also very cute.
She says juice, which sounds more like "juiwce", and her please is now "peaze" instead of "puh". She says Thank You, often quite clearly. She says Dada and Mama without problem, and is often calling us (mostly daddy). She says Liam, though it's still hard to tell and hard to describe here. She says cracker, "qhuacker". She can ask for "more", to be picked "up", and put "down". When she hands us things to take, she says "baba"...not sure what that means, but she uses it consistently. She talks about "socks" and "shoes", and can name several body parts (eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, head, toes). She has very recently started using "stop it" when wanting us to stop doing what something she doesn't approve of. She is great at using "No" and has stepped up it's usage. Even cuter is when she waggles a finger at Liam and says "No no, eh-em".
But none are as cute as her "sorry". I discovered this little gem when she was sitting on my lap facing me and she started emphatically clapping. Her hands accidentally brushed my chest, and she immediately stopped, looked at me concerned (or at least as concerned as a 1.5-year-old can look), and then brushed one hand against me and said "saw-wee". And she did that a few times, to make sure all the "hurt" was taken care of. It was utterly adorable. She did it again when, later on, she was pointing out body parts and accidentally scratched my chapped lips with her sharp nails and I said "ouch". She again patted me and said "saw-wee". Such a heart-melting little phrase. It almost makes me want to find a reason for her to say it. She has used it on all members of our family, plus a few others she has been around. Apparently it's something they have taught them in daycare...and I LOVE it.

Happy (belated) Halloween

Halloween came late this year, due to Hurricane Sandy making a mess of things. It was kind of a sad year for it, with the majority of people just not at home for it. Here are a few pictures of Maia from our Halloween party, and trick-or-treating several days AFTER the 31st.