Growing Telanders: February 2017

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Jane Smiles and Vocabulary Update -- February 9

Jane perched where Hazel likes to sit. I tried to catch her looking serious with the tablet, but she smiled at me instead. I think it's a win anyhow! Look at all those teeth! She has all the front ones, and she spent a rough few weeks getting all those molars all at once in the fall.

Jane's vocabulary is increasing. She's very communicative, really, for how limited her vocabulary still is. Here is the complete list:

Mama -- July

Daddy -- July

Hi Daddy -- August

Dog -- Oct

That?--Oct

Daddy--October

Uh-oh -- Early Nov.

Good-night-- --Nov 23

Cat -- Nov. 24

No! -- Mid-December

Uh-uh (meaning no) -- January

Uh -huh (meaning yes)-- January

Fish -- January

Bye -- January

Shhh! (complete with putting her finger to her lips) -- January

Watching Sarah and Duck -- January 5

Backyard Skiing -- January 3

Christmas Eve -- December 24

Snow Angels -- December 17

Jane did not participate, but she did wave out the window at her sisters from her cozy perch in the house.

Goodbye CR-V -- December 16

We were looking casually into buying a minivan, and were told that the CR-V had a lot of hail damage. We hadn't really noticed how much, I guess? We called the insurance company, and the end result was that the car had enough hail damage to be a total loss. The insurance company sent us a check...and loaded the car onto a truck and took it away. A sad day.

Brown Palace -- December 9

Andrew and I went to see the Nutcracker Ballet in Denver, which was just wonderful. We stayed at the Brown Palace in downtown Denver, which was all lit up for the holiday season, and just beautiful.