Talking Talking

Megan is getting better and better at talking.  I wanted to record some of the cute things she says lately.  She makes me laugh.  She is getting a larger vocabulary everyday, but her pronunciation is still not great so she still requires mommy ears a lot of the time.  But it'll come.  I think I must mumble or talk really unclear and that's why she can't pronounce anything.  But I'm sure with time she'll get better.

Here are some of the things I hear everyday...

• I ask her if she's ready for breakfast or lunch and she holds up her pointer finger and says "not quite"
• "Scary" (while putting her hand over her heart) and "skip" while she's watching a show
• "Two mellows" after she uses the potty (mellows=marshmallows)
• "Tank" for thank-you
• "Mommy, doin'?"
• "Meggy do" or "Meggy help"
• "Need booties!" - snow boots are her new favorite shoes
• While typing at the computer, "I need check e-mail."
• "Mommy save me!"  "Save me Jenna!" - this is her little imagination because her cousin Jenna is never around when she says this but she pretends Jenna is chasing her and I have to save her
• "Sshhh, qui" - for ssh be quiet when she wants us to whisper
• "No talk!" - not my favorite thing.  She says it to be rude.  The other day at dinner she told grandpa no talk so I said she needed to try to be nice.  So in the cutest voice she could muster she said "Grandpa no talk."
• And probably her favorite subject to talk about at the moment is The Lion King ("Lie King").  I hear about it all day.
• "Scary Lie.  Skip!" - I have to skip every scene that has Scar or the hyenas in it
• "Baby lie, cute." - in her sweetest voice
• "Ti pumba" - for Timon and Pumba and then she just starts laughing
• "Ti pumba ta ta" for Hakuna Matata
• "Sing Lie" and then she yells "Aahhh" trying to imitate the song at the very beginning of the movie

She's a doll.  But also becoming very two.

The other day she spit on me because I wouldn't give her any marshmallows for just sitting on the potty rather than actually going to the bathroom on the potty.  After she spit on me I told her she couldn't be by mommy again until she said sorry.  So I put her in her room and told her to come out when she would say sorry.  It took an hour and a half for her to say sorry!  And she made her best attempts to get out of  it.  About every 10 minutes she would come out of her room and in her sweetest, happiest voice say, "Mommy, came back!  Play Meggy."  I would ask her if she had something to say to me and then she would scream "No!" and run back in her room and throw a fit for another 10 minutes and try it all again.  She didn't say sorry until I sat on the floor with beads to make a necklace.  I cheated a little.  I knew she wouldn't want to miss out on the fun and I was sick of waiting for her to say sorry!  I wanted to get on with the day!

And some pictures for good measure.

 

Road Trip

Patrick had to go to Cedar City and St. George for work.  Megan and I didn't want him to have to go alone so we tagged along.  It was a fun 2 day get away.

 Ready for a long car ride.

We found time to have some fun while Patrick wasn't training.  We went mini golfing Friday afternoon.  It was hot hot hot, but fun.  It was Megan's first time really golfing.

Megan also found time to take a nap.  With her booty in the air in the bathroom.  :)

 

We also walked around the mall in Washington to escape the heat.  And of course Megan had to test the fire engine.

Being trapped in a tiny hotel room certainly wasn't Megans favorite thing.  But she entertained herself by jumping all over the bed.  And she had some fun with stickers.  She also loved to sit on us on the bed and say "giddy up."  Except she says it "gippy" up, so her nickname of the moment is gippy.

Megan also saw her first movie in a movie theater on the trip.  We had 4 hours to kill in Cedar City while dad was working, but our hotel room was in St. George, so we had to find something to do to escape the heat.  We saw Brave.  She did great!

Summer Cousin Time

We have had a ball getting together with cousins this summer.  Especially since I don't think we'll all live this close in future.  So it's nice to take advantage of it while we can.  :)

Of course I haven't taken hardly any pictures.  But I did break out the camera for a bit this week.  Unfortunately I didn't have the camera out while Megan was on all fours lapping up the water that was squirting out of a hole in the hose looking like a dog.  It was hilarious.  But I missed it.  Also unfortunate, we put grandpa in charge of taking a group picture, but somehow the pictures didn't get taken.  But here's a few cute ones anyway!

Disneyland II

We were ultra bad parents and only remembered to take pictures like once in Disneyland.  So here are more pics from my mom.  Thank goodness for a more prepared Grandma.

Disneyland Adventure 2012

We were lucky enough to go to Disneyland this past week.  It was a blast and Megan was an angel.  Thank goodness!  She was great on the plane and in the park even though naptime and eating schedules were completely off.  We all had a blast and we look forward to being able to go again in the future!

We went on two rides that were new to Patrick and I--Little Mermaid and Toy Story.  Both in California Adventure and both great.  Toy Story is probably one of my favorites.  And dad and Megan went on Little Mermaid over and over.  Megan liked it and it was a good ride for her while everyone was doing bigger rides.

Bugs!  And as you'll notice her thumb sucking habit is getting worse and worse.  Boo!  Anyone have suggestions?  The doc told me I can't do anything about it at this age, but it's just getting worse and worse.  I would at least like to slow it a little!

This is what a good meal can do for a girl.  She was so so grumpy about 10 minutes before this pic was taken.  Food is magic!  :)

And notice Chad's hideous shirt in the background.  You can't see the whole thing.  But it's a beaver wearing shoes.  Weird.  Although it was helpful when we needed to find him.

Her favorite ride was Winnie the Pooh.  Maybe she loved that ride because she and I went on it over and over and over when I was pregnant and couldn't go on the other big rides.

Megan liked playing in the sand on the beach...as you can tell.  But she really wasn't a fan of the water.  It was pretty cold.  The minute it touched her feet she looked at me with a sad face and said "co" and then wanted to be held the rest of the time.