Meet the boggy.

This is the name Annalise has affectionately given our bed. More specifically, it means she wants to get up and play on the bed. It’s catching. Now, we all call it the boggy.

Last night Scott asked me when Annalise was going to start talking. I was baffled.

What do you mean, I said. She talks.

She says things weird. I can’t understand her. he replied.

Our little Lisey certainly has her own language but I love it. I understand her just fine. And I think for the most part, others who don’t spend all day with her, would probably understand her Lise-isms too.

For example:

She walks around the house with her left hand, palm up near her shoulder saying, baby? or Dada? What is she saying? If you guessed, Where’s baby? or Where’s Dada? you get a point!

If she watches Ava do something, like go outside. She runs to the door and says, “do” or maybe she’s saying “too”. At any rate, it means she wants to do it too.

If she points at something and says, “uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh (a thousand times)” she wants that thing and you’d better give it to her if you want the “uh’s” to stop.

“poop” – easy peasy. she needs a diaper change. (there may or may not be poo)

“op” (long O). this has a double meaning so you gotta use context clues. she wants something opened or she wants to wash her hands with soap.

“beep” – peach, apple, orange, pear (this ones a little more difficult, but Nana figured it out)

“dink” – drink

She says hi, hello, bye-bye, dog, ball, eat, baby, mama, mommy, dada, daddy but she pronounces these correctly.

And my favorite word she says is Ava (short o-va). She loves her Ava and always wants to be with her. She even calls for her to come and get her out of bed in the mornings.

I am really enjoying this stage. I can do without the extra clingyness, but we sure are enjoying the extra cuteness!

One? Already? Where did the year go?

I am still shocked that Annalise is one. Time flew way to quickly. I didn’t get enough time to enjoy her infancy. I want to hit rewind, it’s not fair! My last baby…

Of course, I am also incredibly happy for all of Lisey’s growing and learning. Here are some interesting facts about our little one-year-old:

*She is a crazy-fast crawler. One minute she’s with you, the next she’s clear across the room. The best part is, she hasn’t learned the game to crawl away really fast while someone chases her. She still turns around and comes back every time we call her name (don’t stop doing this Lise).

*She takes 2 naps a day. Goes to bed around 6:30, waking to nurse anywhere from 10:30-4:00am, but sometimes sleeps through the night.

*She loves to put small objects in her mouth, but will always allow them to drop out when we ask her to.

*When an objects gets stuck on her hand while crawling (like a small rock, a bead, or wood chip) she gets it off by eating it off of her hand, and then spitting it out.

*She has 6 teeth (4 top, 2 bottom). A third bottom tooth is on it’s way!

*She does not like cows milk. at all. Not with added honey, or even a little chocolate syrup. Her favorite foods are string cheese, yogurt, oatmeal, carrots, grapes, and chicken. She LOVES her chicken! She also will adore a certain snack for about 1 week, and then wham-o! all of a sudden has no desire for it. This bothers me to no end. Just when I think I have a sure snack that I can always have on hand, she no longer likes it.

Also, while on the subject of food. Even if Annalise is hungry, she thinks it’s much more fun to feed Farley. She doesn’t just throw her food on the floor and watch farley retrieve it. Lise just hands it to Farley and Farley is tall enough that she gently takes it out of Lise’s hand. Of course Lise is enamoured by this and will do it until no more food remains. In this video, I just put Farley outside and told Lise she doesn’t need to feed Farley:

*She is obsessed with everything and thinks she needs it right away. She does this high-pitched inhaling voice as she points desperately at what she MUST have.

*She’s very good at mimicking. She’ll say anything you say. But, consistently, without imitating she says:
dada, mama, ball, balloon, dog (with a long o), doll (long o), down, more, no (her new favorite), nana (referring to Ava, gramma, and nana), hi, and hello.

*If she goes missing and all is quiet, we know she’s in the laundry room playing in the water bowl. Every now and then she likes to surprise us with a new item in the dog dish:

like my shoe

or farley’s favorite hamburger toy

*She has thrown a small toy into my coffee twice! Every cup or bucket she sees apparently has a need to be filled.

I can go on and on about this little cutie! She has the very BEST big sister in the world! Ava’s love for Lise is insurmountable. If you’ve ever read The Hunger Games, Annalise to Ava is the same as Prim to Katniss. Ava would do anything for her little sis.

*Some of the nick names Ava has lovingly given Lise:
-Annalisey-lula-belle-Madeline Fuhrman
-Lise, Lisey, Lisey-lou
-Hazel
-Anna
-Hannah

Here’s a few pics from Lise’s very first birthday.

she was on a fruit loop kick during her birthday week, so of course, we made her a fruit loop cake.

Ava picked out this birthday crown. To everyone’s surprise, Lisey left it on.

She looks just like her daddy (with a hint of jenn)!

enjoying her first lollipop.

She enjoyed this lollipop so much. If I were to do it all over again, I would’ve given just the lollipop for first birthday fun. Who needs the cake?

Happy 1st Birthday Lisey! We love you!