Bethany's Standing!

This evening Bethany provided a solid hour of entertainment for us all as she amazed us by going from sitting to standing for the first time ever. She was so proud and excited and we were all screaming and clapping and shouting for her so much that she just kept standing and falling and standing and falling for an hour straight. After she figured it out, she just didn't want to stop. It was so cute to see the pride and amazement on her own little face! We're so proud of her! 

 

Emmett had a hard time letting Bethany have her moment in the spotlight, so he spent a little while in time out.

After his time out, he made sure to give Bethany a big hug and told her he was sorry for being so fussy.

If she keeps practicing with the same kind of enthusiasm, I won't be surprised if she's walking in just another week or two.

Bethany has also developed quite an impressive list of vocabulary words:

"Whas-at?" : What's that?
"Is-a-uh....?": Is that a...?
"Das ....": That's a ....
"Kee-caa": Kitty-cat
"Da-wuh": Darwin (our cat's name)
"Eh-muh": Emmett
"Buh-buh": Brother
"Baby!" (she LOVES babies!)
"Meow"
"Moo!"
"Woof" (really she just blows air for her "woof")
"Buh-buh" : bye bye
"Hi!"
"Yeah" (her answer to every question under the sun)
"Das- NO!" : That's NO! (She points to the things she shouldn't get into, like the folded laundry)
"Wa-wa"
"Yay!"
"Gam-pa" and "Papa": Grandpa (usually said while pointing to pictures of Grandpa Gasser on the calendar)
"Go Coug!": GO COUGARS!! (our family mantra as we rush out the door)
"Keys!": Cheese! (for the camera)
"Choo-choo" (When she sees a train)
"Boo": Book
"Noe": Nose
"Eye"
"Ea-w": Ear
"Neigh"
"Muah!": When she gives a kiss, and then she exclaims, "Oh!" to mimic our reaction
"No!"
"Ah-duh": All done
"Ah-nah": Her made-word for "light"
"Num-num": Yum-yum
"Cookie"
"Tickle"

I'm sure the list is longer and there are words I'm forgetting. I'll come back and add to the list as I remember them. We're so proud of our growing, funny, spunky little Bethany!