"What"

Amelia is so funny. This last week she began some new habits.

She began to say, "Hi" to us as we entered into her presence. Didn't matter if we had just left. Used to be a toddler version of hello - I guess she prefers the shorter word now.

Her newest discovery is that a person should say, "What" whenever someone calls their name. I am sure she discovered that as she watched interactions between her siblings. So now every time we call her name we hear, "What". Very short, slightly sharp, as if she is a bit annoyed. Guess you can tell how the kids answer each other around here.

Around Christmas time she began to say "Wow" and "Whoa" to all the sparkle, shine and neat sights that accompany the wonder of Christmas. Over and over and over and over again - even if she had seen that exact sight multiple times.

I also love it when she sings. She will sing the tune of "Where is Amelia" a song we sing anytime we are playing around with her or when we are looking for something...substitute cup, shoe, daddy, etc. She will get the whole song out, minus words. Very cute.

One more thing Amelia does is complain, exclaim, and chatter in complete "sentences" - no words, but definitely a complete sentence.

Ok - just one more. Amelia has mastered the art of what we call "dark eyes". Glaring. She tilts her chin down, narrows her eyes, forms a pouty frown with her mouth. Perfect. Don't know where she picked it up but it is hilarious! As we walked into the doctor's office today she had dark eyes at every single person there. She walked down the long narrow hall past every person with her head down and eyes dark. We were the first appointment of the day so all the nurses, doctors, office personal were around. They thought it was so funny. Guess she remembered the last time she visited the dr. and got shots. Or maybe the time the poor innocent nurse tried to pick her up and carry her - poor lady. She only thought Amelia was a sweet, cute little girl. Little did the nurse know the attitude that my darling daughter can pull.

Simple things...but so cute.