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Friday, November 21, 2014

pictures

Here are a bunch of pictures since I've been so terrible about updates - some older and some more recent. (Forgive the quality, a lot of them are phone pictures.)

 5/22/14 - Looking at pictures in her rocking chair. This girl LOVES reading books.

6/2014 - We went to the San Diego County Fair with some friends from our apartment complex.

6/2014 - Riding the little kiddie tractors at the fair.

 7/13/14 - We wanted a picture of her wearing this adorable dress before she outgrew it, but she passed out on the way home from church. Our Brazilian friends in Columbus brought it back for her from a trip to Brazil.

8/23/14 - I ran the Color Me Rad 5k with some friends. I think Elise was less than impressed. Brian was the only spectator on the course, and people loved it (and his sign).

8/23/14 - These lovely ladies encouraged me to train for and run this race.

 8/29/14 - Watching BYU football with friends. We're pretty sure Elise is the cutest BYU cheerleader around. Go Cougs!

 9/13/14 - Playing at the beach with Grandpa Casaday.

9/28/14 - Rockin' her awesome birthday dress/outfit from Aunt Tami.

10/18/14 - Rock, paper, scissors at our ward's Trunk or Treat.

10/27/14 - Swinging at the park. 

 10/27/14 - Riding the zebra at the park. She had ridden it for the first time a few days before and knew exactly what to do when she got on this time.

10/27/14 - Painting pumpkins for FHE. She caught on pretty quickly.

10/31/14 - My secondary Halloween costume. :) (This is how we announced the baby due in May. I was about 13 weeks here.)

11/14/14 - Our little stinker hard at work spreading hot chocolate all over the kitchen floor. Could've been much worse, I suppose.

words

I can tell Elise is growing up because she's talking more and more every day. Much of what she says is unintelligible, although she seems to know exactly what she's saying. :) She frequently comes up to me and starts babbling conversations. I usually respond by nodding or saying, "oh, yeah?" or similar things.

Off the top of my head, Elise has at least 19 spoken words we understand (whether or not they sound like the actual word) and another 5 words or phrases in sign.

Spoken: uh-oh, yeah, daddy, mama, dog, cat, up, hot, hat, sock, shoe, sit (sounds like a certain 4-letter word, if you know what I mean...), go, cracker (one of her favorites), water, cheese, Jesus, keys, stuck
Signs: more, please, thank you, all done, milk