Ella's Words

Ella has started saying so many new words - seems like it is just all of a sudden too!  It was just dog for a while and the list has gotten much longer.  Here are the ones I can remember.  Just typing them really doesn't do it much justice, it is adorable to hear them come out of her mouth.  Now, someone on the street may not realize she is saying some of these, but the girls spend a few days with the grandparents this week and I think that they were even able to recognize a number of Ella's new words. 

* dog - still the most frequently spoken word
* duck
* Adda - a.k.a. Addy, this is my favorite.  You can ask Ella what her sissy's name is and she responds with "Adda".  I am not sure Addy was a fan at first, her response at one point was, "My name is ADDY".  But even big sister is on boards with the cuteness at this point!
* Dada - this week she was even pointing at pictures of Michael at Grandma and Grandpa's and saying "dada"
* apple
* ball
* toda - now, this one is on the list based on feedback from her teacher.  Toda is thank you in Hebrew.  Ella's current teacher speaks a lot of Hebrew in class and she raves about how Ella says "toda" after they change her diaper.  Can't say she uses it a lot a home, especially not after diaper changes, but Zvia claims she says it all the time, so it is on the list!
* bubble - this one showed up over the weekend when we were at the beach and she grabbed a bubble wand and started saying "bubble" non-stop
* hi
* bye-bye - this is my all time favorite and I ask her to say it repeatedly because it is so stinkin' cute.

So, these are the words I can figure out and that she uses at the appropriate times, repeatedly.  Little girl is quite the chatty cathy and is talking all the time, not always sure what she is saying though.

Notice a key word that is missing?  Yep, she doesn't call me mama or really anything.  She can say mama, I've heard her say it, but she wasn't referring to me.  She doesn't point at pictures of me and say "mama"...one day soon hopefully!