Uh-Oh! Pink Monkey

The babies have said many, many words, but as often as they've said the words in the right context, they've also said them incorrectly. For instance, they'll say "Mama" or "Daddy" and look us in the eyes and make us melt. Then two seconds later they say "Mama" or "Daddy" and look at a frog, dirt or anything else but us. We didn't count any of these as real words until a few weeks ago (yeah, we're slow updating the blog, sorry). Dylan started using a word correctly. And what is this first word? "Mama"? No. "Daddy"? No. "Love"? No. Dylan says "uh-oh" when something drops. Sometimes he says it when he drops something and he'll say it if someone else drops something. Occassionally, he even says "uh-oh", then reaches for his sippy cup or something else to drop.


They're both saying "baby", "bye-bye", "thank you" and "Daddy" sometimes, but don't consistently use it correctly.

The four of us were in U.S. Toy in Plano and walked down the stuffed animal aisle. Kiera went crazy over a pink monkey in the store and I'm sure you can guess that we bought it for her. She didn't let go of it for the next 24 hours! She doesn't have to have it all times and she's never cried for not having it, but if she sees it, her eyes light up and she races to get it. When we go into the room and she's still asleep, she's usually clutching the monkey. In the morning when we get her out of the crib, she'll either stand up holding the monkey; or she'll stand up, realize she doesn't have it, look around to find the monkey, grab it and stand back up again. When she does grab her monkey (wherever she is), she clutches it tight to her and often kisses the monkey. Okay, she really gnawls on its face, but we call it kisses.

Here's a picture of Kiera happily clutching Pink Monkey. We'll get a better picture of the monkey posted soon so you can see what it looks like. But most of all, we love seeing Kiera's smile when she has it.

Kiera and Pink Monkey

We tried to see if Dylan would go for a stuffed toy, but he didn't want one. We he thought he did because he got excited over a stuffed dog. We gave it to him and he threw it on the floor. We didn't buy it.


Coming soon:
- Adventures at Owens Farm and Pumpkin Patch
- Family Vacation through Five States with 8 People