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Thought I would update you on all the words that Alaina has been able to use on a repeated basis . . .Some of these might be duplicates from the previous list. . .

Teeth
Naina - This is what she calls herself
Eat
Duck
Fish
Shhhh!
Bee Bo (Belly Button)
Hot - She uses this for anything that is hot or cold to the touch
Bye -Bye (Bye Bye also is her word for car
Ride - when she wants to go for a walk in her stroller or wagon
'Side (She says side when she wants to go "outside")
Ball
Wus Sat? - What's that?
Sat? - What's that?
Ligh - Light
Nigh - Nigh -Night Night

When you ask her "What does a dog say?" She pants like a dog
She smells flowers
She blows bubbles out of her mouth into water - Like for swimming
She sips out of a straw
She blows her nose into a kleenex (sometimes it is successful . . .sometimes it is not but she still goes through the motions :)
She still LOVES to read. Her favorite place to sit is when Mom (me) is sitting indian style on the floor. She backs into my legs to sit in her favorite chair.
She loves helping vaccuum, brush her teeth, put dishes away from the dishwasher to her cupboard.
She is looking forward to see her grandparents soon!

Hugs to All!

Big Girl

So today was Alaina's first official swim lesson. In this picture she was tasked with climbing up the ledge. Then she had to "Come to Momma". Mark and I are very proud of Alaina. She even put her face in the water to grab the ring that was under 8 inches of water. She got applause when she got the ring. . . and if you have seen the video of what happens when she gets applause . . well she wanted to do it again and again. Alaina LOVES getting praise. Which is good because Mark and I are very proud of her. We will get to do this for the next 6 Saturdays! Fun times! Fun Times!

So we recently found out that Alaina is not the only biter at daycare. We were FINALLY told that everyone has been biting. Makes me feel better.
Mark went to pick up Alaina and as he entered the room Emma had taken Alaina's finger into her mouth and chomped down.
Mark also witnessed what happens with biting occurs. They told Emma, "No bite" and sat Emma at the table and then took Alaina and cuddled her. So basically they give the biter a timeout and give loves and cuddles to the bitee. So I think that is appropriate.

Also yesterday Alaina called herself "Naina". I think Naina fits her personality. It fits bettert than "Lainey". So Alaina has deemed her nickname to be "Naina" instead of Alaina. I thought it was pretty cute.

We should be getting proofs back from our latest photo shoot soon. I will share them with all of you and see if you would like any of them for your own personal use.

On other things, we are all doing very well. Naina has started sleeping with her white lighted bear taht was given to her by Jenni and Cody Sexton and has taken to her fleece square (the ones with satin tabs on it) more as well. She still uses her pacifier at night and nap time, but daycare is no longer reliant on it throughout the day.

Alaina and her pretty pink dress

I definitely see the Smile of Grandma Elaine in this picture. I honestly think that Alaina's genetics are pretty evenly split with Alaina (between his genes and mine). Only time will tell if this remains true. But I definitely seem Grandma Elaine in this picture . . .pretty dress and all. The Pretty Dress came from Grandma Perkins. Pictures like this makes her seem like a little angel. HA! No No She has much too personality to be good 100% of the time. But nonetheless she is pretty cool.

This picture was taken today. Alaina and I have bene hanging out together all day. Sometime (most times) she is just too darn cute. I can also use this picture as a gauge to how tall she is getting. I can take pictures in this spot a month from now to see if her head is any higher on the kitchen island. Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Aggression

So Alaina got in trouble at Daycare yesterday. Apparently she tore a chunk of hair out of a little boy. He didn't bleed but apparently the chunk was pretty good size. She has also been biting. I think the biting is nothing to do with aggression. Although yesterday was the first time we heard that she was has been biting. I THINK that biting has to do with that she is getting two more teeth. I think she is starting to get her two teeth that are between the eye teeth and the molars on the uppers. She either has 12 of 14 teeth at the moment. I can't remember.

Alaina also told me bye-bye at daycare this morning and the teacher said, "Oh I didn't know she knows that word." I thought that was weird so I told them that she knows about 15 -20 words and she is pretty proficient in 7 of those words and bye bye is one of them.

They also asked me this morning what do we do to put her down for nap and bedtime at home. I told them we put her in the crib and put a blanket over her. They apparently have tough time putting her down for nap as well. I am guessing it is because she has a darkened room at home. I need to tell the teachers that as well.

So apparently Alaina has different personalities to a degree between home and daycare. She hits bites and shows aggression towards other kids. She throws her pacifier and expects the other kids to pick it up for her. Apparently she is queen bee.

What do you do to curb this behavior when you do not see it at home?