Eva Talking

Eva has been talking more and more, often whole sentences that we can't quite understand. She really loves her tongue and uses it a lot more than is necessary :) So far, this is what we've caught from her:
Shoe, hi, daddy, plane, dog, ball, shh!, boot, bye, book, hand, eye, maca (apple in Portuguese), apple, outside, Mae (what she calls me, mom in Portuguese), pao (bread in Portuguese), please, obrigada (thank you in Port), GG, tres, Pai, Ann (for KeriAnn), hat, agua, three, Nao (no in Port), I want that, Jaden (a neighbor kid), done, knock-knock, run and today a very good attempt at "black."

She knows the following animal noises: tweet, grrr (her fav), bunny face (a close second), woof, meow, moo, neigh, buzz, quack, elephant noise, and a fishy face/noise. She also likes to pretend to snore.

She is trying new words out even if she doesn't say them perfectly. She is starting to copy more and more. She pronounced a lot of the French alphabet when Daddy was practicing out loud. She will fold her arms and mumble like she is saying a prayer. On Sunday, she took the hymn book and pretended to sing a song "ohh, ahhh, ohhh" and then right after she folded her arms and mumbled a prayer, eyes shut tight! She has the pattern down (at church we usually sing a hymn and then say a prayer). At dinner time and every single time we sit at the table she insists on saying prayer by folding her arms and then pointing to everyone who isn't folding their arms yet. She will start the prayer with her arms folded and her eyes shut tight, but she almost always "sneaks" bites of her food during the prayer. She really does think she is sneaky because she always keeps one arm "folded" close to her body and tries really hard not to open her eyes in order to get her food. It is quite hilarious.

When we ask her where the baby is she points to my tummy and will often come up and kiss it. I think she understands that she is getting a cute little sister soon. She points to babies in books and then to my tummy and then shows us her rocking motion, pretending she has a baby in her arms.

A friend in the ward was babysitting for us on Saturday and she said when Eva saw a wrestling poster up in her son's room she put her hands up over her head and shouted "Wooh hooh!" She recognizes wrestling and knows how to cheer for dad! She does the same thing when we turn onto the street of the wrestling gym. As soon as we get there, it's "Wooh hooh!" and sometimes even "Wooh hooh Daddy!"

I feel like I am missing the "little" stories quite a bit recently. Hopefully, this post will keep me motivated to do more of the everyday cuteness stories that our cute kids always have.