Flora has started in the last week or so to wave to people who we see out in public. She seems disappointed if they don’t respond to her. She really tries to get their attention. For the most part she is very friendly unless she is in a foul mood and then she will yell “NO” at you and sometimes attempt to hit you which she did to a woman at the gymnastics center a couple of weeks ago. I just don’t know what do with her but I guess this is what parenting is all about.

Well Flora is officially talking and although she only says a few things verbally she knows what those things mean and makes herself understood. No!!!!!!!!, is the major word that comes out of her mouth and she is very clear about how she feels. She also says boots, book, stuck, apple, dada, mom, O (for Roscoe), bye bye, boo, and yes. She is still doing a lot of sign language which includes more, eat, milk, bath, yes, no, please, and thank you. I may be missing one or two words but this is most of what she is saying right now.  For such a little person, it is amazing to me that she knows so much or at least what I think is a lot. She is good at copying and she can copy a word that you say but may not repeat it again. She also makes some animal sounds. She says meow, woof woof, baaa, mooo, snorts like a pig and makes the horse sounds as well. Tonight she started saying poop. I guess we talk about that a little too much between ourselves. I am always curious what will come next and am trying now to watch what I say because I don’t want to be the parent with the child who repeats inappropriate words in public. I wouldn’t be surprised if that does happen to us.