Speaking Maisonese

One of my main purposes for starting this "journal" was to keep from forgetting all the little things that make being a mommy so rewarding. I was telling my co-worker about the "Hemi" story and he said I need to write down all the pronunciations of words she has now so I don't forget them. So I started a list. Some of the words on the list are pronounced correctly now, but it makes me smile to think back at her pronunciation while she is learning.

Lotion: so-shee
Dora: Wee-wa
Cinderella’s castle: innerella sassle
Snow White: no kite
Bama: Bee-ma (our dog and favorite football team)
Roll Tide: Oooo Tie
Sissy: Pissy (my sister)
Joey: Do Do (my brother-in-law)
Rachel: Ray-sh (my sister-in-law)
Chad: Bubbie (Trey's bro)
Be-Be: Trey's Mom
Poppa: Trey's Dad
Bella: my mom
Morgan: Morgie (our friend's little girl)
Santa Clause: Hee Ta Caws
Reindeer: ray neer
Christmas stocking: ho ho sock
Brush Teeth: bus tee
Cookie: cocky
Oatmeal: Aaaa meal
Cheeseburger: bog-er
Booger: Bou-ber
Love you: Wu ou
Come hear: meer
Hear me: Hemi
Ashley: Assie (my good friend and the name of one of her baby dolls)
Down: noun
Milk: miwlk
Juice: juuuuuuuuuuuu
Water: Wa-wee
Raisins: Saisins
Dave & Patsy: Day & Papsy (her godparents)
Tractor: ta-tur
4-wheeler: Wheeler
Phone: Poan
Cow: Dow
Wiggles: Diddles
Choo choo train: tu tu hain
Elbow: e-bow
Outside: ow-sigh
Andy: Annie (our good friend)
French Fry: Fin fie
Tickle: tittle
Stinky: tinky
Spicy: picy
Pillow: Pee-low
Blanket: bank-it
Elephant: epp-ant
Diaper: Die-ter
Peanut Butter: baaaa- tur
Dog: Dawg
Miller: Mee-mer (our cat)
Beer: Daddy juice (juuu)
Stroller: Scroller
Open it: Openenenen it
Color: Collar
Flip Flop: fee fop
Cindy: Sinny (the lady that owns the daycare)
Paula: Paw-duh (her favorite teacher)
Nicole: Cole (another teacher)
Denise: Nee Nee (her teacher when she was in the baby nursery)
Farrah: Wee wa (her current teacher)
Connor: She says Connor, but always follows it with "buddy" ~ he is Miss Farrah's 3 year old and I think her first puppy love crush
Devyn: Deddy (her BFF at school)

My favorite of course is "wu ou, mommy" but the close runner's up are "innerella sassle", "picy" and "ta-tur". Every piece of heavy equipment we see is Daddy's "ta-tur". And she gets so excited about it. Daddy of course loves to hear her say "Oooo Tie" and if she sees Auburn on the TV, she will say "no no aubun"! She called LSU the "poo poo Tigers" during the BCS championship the other night. And we did not even prompt her! Such a Daddy's girl!

She is developing quite the vocabulary and seems to add new words every day. We still have those spurts of what I like to call Baby Chinese... They are most entertaining. "Schmada pada umpta sno wee wa, Mommy!" She is probably cursing me out, but it is still cute!

I always figured one of her first few words would be Bama, especially since we are constantly saying things like "No, Bama!", "Lay down, Bama", etc. But it was just about a month ago that she finally quit replying "Dawg" when I said "say Bama". And I think she was really confused when we were screaming "Go Bama!" at the TV instead of at the dog.

Her little brain is a sponge and I am surprised daily at all she is learning. Of course according to MawMaw she is not only the cutest thing, but smarter than any of the rest of us when we were that age. I have to admit, I think MawMaw is on to something...