much more Sierra Speak

i just want to cherish and remember all the sweet and hilarious things Sierra is doing these days - she is learning SO quickly and her spunky personality is blooming more and more!!

-  she's now saying "mommy" consistently and it truly melts my heart!! ...it also helps distinguish when she's talking about her paci ("mama") and when she's referring to me (now "mommy")!

- she is putting words together more. today in the car she saw a man riding a bike and then said "bi...mo bi...mo bi..." (more bike) and then followed it with "biiig caw...biiig caw...mo bi...biiig caw" (big truck). it was like she was so happy to hear herself putting words together, she just kept repeating them. also, she has been saying "bye  _____" and filling in people/things. this morning when my mom was leaving she said "bye  yaya" (Lala, one of my mom's names) and she often says "bye gu" to her bear when she hides him somewhere

- "bye-eeeee" - i love this one. she has added a syllable to the word bye and says it in the sweetest little voice. it's transformed quite a bit from the shouting, southern drawl "bahhhhh" that she used to say (although that too was quite funny). she has also figured out exactly when to say it. she can tell when i'm on the phone and about to end a conversation - she says "bye-eeee" about 2 seconds before i do! i still haven't figured out how she knows! she can be playing and acting like she's not even listening to me and she jumps in at just the right time to help me end the conversation! she also does it when we're buying something at a store - after i pay and say thank you, she immediately says "bye-eeee" - about 2 seconds before i do. she's really good at getting laughs and smiles from people this way :)

- "oh nooo" (starting high pitch and ending even higher with the "ooo"). she must have heard someone saying this or in a book or something because it started totally out of the blue. she always has this really concerned look on her face as she says it - it makes me laugh every time! if something falls on the floor, a toy is out of place, pretty much anytime she would say "uhoh", she now says "oh nooo" - and often uses both

- i love how she relates words - it's amazing how much they pick up. she has known for a while now which family members go together so for example if i say "Abuela", she says "Poppa" (my mom and dad). sometimes out of the blue she says "ah ee...shu shu...ah ee...shu shu" (kyle's brother and sister-in-law who live in denver). it's sweet. today she strung all these together, while looking me straight in the eyes as if telling me a story... "ama (Auntie Meli)...baby...patupatupa (Peyton)...mama (paci)...noooo". she said my sister's name and that made her think of my sis' baby, peyton, and then she thought about peyton's paci and that she is not allowed to touch it - wow!!! very complex, wouldn't you say?!

- "up-ee". this is for anything "up" - when she wants me to pick her up, to get in her high chair, on the couch, go upstairs, etc. one of her first words was "upa", which meant "up" and then she said it correctly. well, all of a sudden everything is "up-ee". cute

ok, i'll stop. i could go on and on. and i really need to figure out how to clear some space on this computer so i can upload more pictures.

oh how we looooooooooove our little sweetie  :)