Baby Talk

One benefit of Laila having a speech delay is that a lot of really cute toddler expressions that go away too fast (from a parents' perspective) have stuck around for longer. Here's a list of them at this point, so I don't forget them later:

• Tromise: What she says when she's telling us she won't do it (whatever "it" is) again. Upgrades to "Big Tromise" when she's trying to show us how serious she is. This is already fading away into "Promise"
• Princess Stuff: Sparkly gowns, high heels, tiaras, gloves, anything that she knows a princess would wear.
• Hold You: In most other circumstances she's got I/you down but this one lingers when she wants me to pick her up.
• Same same!: Any time two things are similar, usually accompanied by pointing at them and then crossing her arms and pointing at the opposite one.
• Big Giiiiiiiirl!: Always in a sing-song voice, whenever she does something she knows is a sign of getting older that she's proud of, like putting her clothes on by herself. She'll also use "Big girl" to describe anyone acting like a grownup--I got called a big girl for putting my shoes on myself.
• Cheese hangaburs: What she says when someone is taking a picture of her.
• Everybodies!: When she's happy that everyone in the family is all doing someone together, she'll smile and say this.
• Ah-bay: The alphabet.
• Peppersalts: Salt and pepper.
• Little Girl: There are three classifications of people--babies, little girls, and people who are elderly. A little girl is anyone from about age 6 to 45.
• Flamingos: "Mangos." Sometimes this becomes "Flamangos."
• Somegetti: Spaghetti.

What a cutey.