a chatterbox

our sweet Sierra is quite the chatterbox. she is a talker. when we get together with other babies her age is when it is even more obvious. i think she loves to hear herself!

her words over the last couple months:
"wuh wuh wuh" - woof woof, for dog (real, stuffed or in books)
"mu mu mu" - meow meow, for cat (real, stuffed or in books)
"oo ah ah ah" - oo oo ah ah, for monkey
"woo woo" - hoo hoo, for owl (stuffed or in books...hasn't seen a real one yet!)
"dada" - everytime she sees her daddy
"mama" - sometimes when she sees me, but not as consistently as dada
"buh buh" - baby, real or doll
"oh uh uh" - for uh-oh, usually when she intentionally drops something. this one is her favorite and i think she drops things just to be able to say it...i'm still trying to figure out how to teach her the difference between a real uh-oh and dropping something on purpose!
"puh puh" - for up, when we go up the stairs, to be lifted up into the highchair, and also when she wants to get down
"nah nah" - for nose and night night
"hoh hoh" - for HO HO HO in her book that plays the song Up on the Rooftop, she sings along

those are the distinguishable ones. she does a LOT of talking in her own Sierra-speak and we still haven't figured it out yet! her most unique is the sound she makes with her tongue that sounds like "deedle eedle eeedle" over and over again - if you've heard it, you know what i'm describing! she also loves to sing and use different pitches with her sounds - mostly with "ba ba ba ba...". it's so sweet.

she also does a few signs for: more, milk, eat/brush teeth (she made that one up and it's the same for both). it amazes me everyday how much she understands when i ask her something or give her instructions to do something!!!

all of this, and she is also timid and shy around strangers. funny combination. i'm curious to see how this part of her personality plays out in the future. from the safety of her stroller/our arms/shopping cart she is miss social. but beware...if you get too close and invade that personal space, she becomes clingy and shy.

i'm so looking forward to her developing personality over the months to come, she is so fun :)