5 Things You Might Not Know about Reilly

1) Reilly's lexicon is growing by the day now. Her old words can be found here. Her new words include:

Reilly (pronounced eye-lee)
Mama
Daddy
Baby
Danny (pronounced nannie)
Dip
Banana (pronounced ah-nuh-na)
Cheese
Please
Up
Apple
Dog
Truck
Eat
More
Bubbles
Chalk
Hot
Hello
School
Shoe

She is learning a new word every few days now, and will try out new words at random. For example, today when we were outside for a walk, she approached a plastic Santa Claus on a neighbor's lawn, and I said, "That's SAN-tuh!" And she said, in her cute little voice, "Santa."

2) Reilly is also learning some non-verbal communication. She has learned the signs for the following words:

Cat
Frog
Bunny
Pig
More
All Done
Eat
Drink
Bib
Apple
Cereal

3) Reilly likes to hold hands now, which is really awesome. There is just something so sweet about the way she reaches up for my hand when she wants to go for a walk. When Shawn and I are together, she will reach up for Shawn's hand, but not wanting to leave me out, will reach up for my hand also. She is very kind that way.

Once she has us both by the hand, she will use her body weight to "drive" us where she wants to go. For example, if we are going in the wrong direction, she will lean back and pull on our hands in an attempt to turn us around. For her, I imagine it's a little like flying one of those two-handed kites you see at the beach.

4) Reilly has a new found fascination with adult goings-on in the bathroom. The other day when we were at the Botanical Garden, Reilly (who had us by the hands) kept trying to steer us to the public restroom there. As if that wasn't enough, she kept saying, "Poo-poo, mama?"

This forced Shawn to say--out loud, and in public--the following phrase, "No, no poo-poo right now, Reilly."

HAHAHAHAHA!

5) When the phone rings in the house, Reilly will start saying, "Hello?"

This morning, Shawn told me that she picked up the phone from the table and said, "Hello? Daddeee? Hello?"

So, Shawn called me at work, told me the story, and put Reilly on the phone. I said 'hello' back to my daughter, but got no response. When I asked Shawn what happened, she told me that Reilly had waved at the phone when she heard my voice.