Sadie Can Talk

A few days ago Sadie went to the pediatrician for her 18 Month Well Baby Check Up. Sadie is in the 25th percentile for height and the 50th for weight. Thats up from the last visit when she was only in the 10th percentile for height. Dr. Campbell asked if Sadie can say about a half dozen words. I proudly answered that she can say FAR more than six words and she talks in three word sentences. Thats awesome! Dr. Campbell (aka Dr. Candle, as Eliza calls him) said that the girls were also early at being able to jump with both feet off the ground. Sadie recently learned how and Eliza could do it at 14 months. She's our jumping bean. Well, to demonstrate some of Sadie's verbal skills I have created this video. I am sorry its so long, about five minutes, and it still only shows a small portion of her vocabulary.

Happy Girls

Sadie hit her 18 month mark a few days ago so yesterday we took her in for portraits. Enjoy the photo shoot of the girls. My favorite pictures are the candids of Eliza and Sadie playing ring around the rosies.

"I color eggs"

Ten days after Easter Sadie sits down at the kitchen table for breakfast and announces, "I color eggs." It made me laugh. Most of the time she sits in the high chair for meals. Sitting at the table must have reminded her of the fun she had dyeing Easter Eggs. Later that same day at dinner time, she sits down at the table and again states several times, "I color eggs." I laughed and grabbed the camera. In the clip it sounds like Sadie is repeating Eliza but it actually happened the other way around this time.

Eliza Speaking in Spanish Play

Eliza tried to climb the wall today and said, "I can't sube." It reminded me a funny story...
I often tip over the chairs in my kitchen so that Sadie can't use them to climb up onto the table. Well, a couple of weeks ago, Eliza stood on the legs of one of these tipped over chairs and used it to climb onto the table. She proudly announced, "I supe." David and I both heard, "I stupid." We looked at each other in horror. David asked her where she heard that word. "Did Daddy say it? Did Mommy say it?" Eliza just smiled and continued to repeat, "I supe." David kept reassuring her, "No, Honey, don't say that. You're smart." Finally, David asked, "Are you saying, I sube, I climbed?" Eliza was so happy he figured her out! She joyfully exclaimed, "Yes, Daddy, I sube, I climbed!" David then told me that "sube"is Spanish for "climbed" . We were so relieved! We're not awful parents after all! Eliza is smart; she learned Spanish from Dora the Explorer. About a week later I heard Dora saying "sube" in reference to climbing a mountain.

Eliza Sings "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam"

Eliza was playing on my bed and spontaneously started singing this to herself. I thought it was cute so I grabbed the camera.

Easter