Just Starting

Ayla loves her stories before nap time. I read "But Not the Hippopotamus" last week and at the end when it says, "but not the armadillo", Ayla said, "uh oh". The next time I read it to her she said uh oh to when the hippopotamus got left out. Today she said it every time the hippopotamus got left out. She totally understands the context! It's so cute. Other cute Ayla-isms are when you ask her if she wants something, like water, milk, take a nap, a certain food, go outside, etc. etc. She nods yes or no totally appropriately. This started a couple months ago with nodding yes to every question I would ask her, but now she does it correctly to what she really feels. She's a smart cookie. She is very social. She goes to other people very easily. If you roll down the window she automatically starts saying hi or bye and waving. The same goes for when people leave our house. Ayla loves her grandparents but seems to be especially fond of grandpa Farr lately. She get super excited to see him and even says "Pa Pa!" and gives him hugs.