Month: November 2006

Austen requested purple flowers especially for Grandma Judi. Grandpa Earl brought the flowers up to New Jersey from Maryland where they had been on display at Emory Church.

Some of Austen’s most frequently used words and expressions:

“Socks”
“Shoes”
“Boo!”
“Dis?”
“Dis Dat?”: What’s that?
“What’s that?”
“Cat”
“Dada”
“Mmmaa”: Mama
“Gaga: Mommy
“Duck”
“Dog”
“Mooo”
“Woof woof”
“Quack quak”
“Eeeeee!”: I want that!
“Hi!”
“Bye!”
“Uh oh!”
“Ooooo!”: Wow, look at that!
“Ball”
“Thank you” (not very clear)
“Who’s this?” (answering a phone; not very clear)
“Happy”
“Up … Down”
“That”: when Mommy is singing “…That’s Elmo’s world”
“Eyes”: when Mommy is singing “…Eyes and ears and mouth and nose”

In the evening, Austen went to dinner with Auntie Heather, Zack, Beerinder, Mommy and Daddy at Metuchen Inn. She ran around for half the meal but the waiters didn’t seem to mind. An advantage to New Jersey over New York City.

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Today, Austen said “What’s that?” clearly several times. Once, Mama explained that it was a picture of a panda and gave Austen her panda bear. Another time, Mama told Austen that she was pointing at a banana.

When Elmo came on Sesame Street, Austen ran to get her Elmo doll. Mommy was very happy because she ordered it special online.

Interestingly, the panda bear came all the way from Great Britain; Dada ordered it special because Mama’s favorite stuffed animal when she was little was a panda bear.

…then I went and ate in it (sans bib).

Mama, Dada and Austen love the food at Legal Seafood.