It's been a long time since I've last posted. It's because I've been incredibly busy this past few weeks -- I have four separate preps, which includes my Asian American Studies class at UC Davis, and, on top of all that, my gig as M.A. student adviser for the College of Ethnic Studies. (It also means that I have to drive up to Davis and back twice a week -- a pleasant drive, actually, except for the fact that it's loooong.)
Izzy is now 18 months old and is an absolute darling. She is so much better on her feet now -- she still kind of reels like a drunken sailor, but her coordination is already quite good. So good, in fact, that she can climb up the stairs while her Mommy holds one hand.
Her vocabulary is also increasing in leaps and bounds, and we suspect that she probably knows more than she lets on -- okay, more than we realize. A couple of months ago or so she could already point to parts of her body when named; now she can point to her nose (or her Elmo doll's nose) and say "no." She can point to a car and say "car," and when asked "What sound does a sheep make?" will answer "Baa." (She calls Shelby "Ba" as well, for some reason or other.) For a dog she will make a nice throaty bark (not just a "woof" or an "arf") like Shelby does, and she's also figured out how to make cat- and baby-like sounds. But her current favorite sound is still "Mama" and "Dada."
She is getting more and more dexterous, as she can spoon some Cheerios and milk into her mouth (though not very well -- milk still slops out onto her bib). Feeding time, though, brings out the little devil in her, as she loves to hurl (and I mean hurl) her plates and forks and sippy cups onto the floor, scaring poor little Shelby. Indeed, just last month Shelby would be sniffing by Izzy's chair in a perfect symbiotic (or shall I say parasitic) relationship, but not anymore; now the dog spends her time underneath the table, waiting for Izzy to finish so she can eat the rice or beans or potatoes or carrots or cereal off the floor.
Posted by the wily filipino at February 5, 2003 03:26 PM