liza lingo...

My sweet liza, here are some words you say at 20 months and how you say them. I never want to forget....



your own name: Liza - pronounced "i-la" (with a long I)

pretzel - "tet tet" (which you love)

medicine - "sin sin" (which frighteningly enough you also love)

milk - "nulk" (which for some strange reason always gives me the mental image of "the hulk"......weird). : )

Thank you - gank gu

bracelet - "set set"

Will - as we all know, Will has been Bubba since the day he was born.....but you are finally starting to try to say "Will." It sounds sorta like "bll" or "bull." And Bull is actually (as of at least this week) what you are calling him most often.....however....in a moment of weakness, I still hear an excited, "Oh Bubba!" come from your mouth! : )

soft blanket or night night - used to be "nye nye" but you recently have added the t sound and it sounds like you say "nat nat" now. Oh the southern drawl.....


You really have become quite the talker lately.....saying many words just as they are. Which is so amazing, sad, sweet, funny, and scary all at once! You have even begun singing along with me.....you pick and chose the words you want to sing......and usually just repeat them over and over.....and you usually sing them before it is actually time for them in the song, as if just to prove to me you know whats coming next. : )


I truly think that the growth process is simply an amazing gift from our Father. The fact that just a year ago Liza was Will's size, and now she is a walking talking wonder, is simply a gift and a blessing from the Lord. I feel so blessed to share in His amazing creation of life.....I can't help but think how much He must smile over each child of His just as I smile over Liza and Will. And, thinking of growth spurts.....just as much as I rejoice when Liza learns and begins to apply something new.....how much more does God rejoice over me when I finally begin to learn and apply something new He has taught me??? Thank you, Lord, for your gift of children and how much you teach me through them!