Category: Milestones

Hazel just said, and I have no idea where it came from, "When I go to college, I want to stay with you, because I love you. If I went to college by myself I would be lonely and I would miss you. "

This might be the grandkid photo dad would like. Hazel likes to do things with her fingers, like lace them or make different positions, and she always asks if we can do it. I didn’t quite know what to say when she proudly showed me

The things I’m holding are hazel and Margot

Don’t think you can say you’ve been to Canada without a trip to tim hortons

Hazel was really sad not to get picked for the light show when they asked for volunteers, so she was thrilled when she got picked for the illusion show.

Grammy and Ducky spoiling Hazel. Book, puzzle and a stuffed otter that Hazel named seashore. On Sep 29, 2014 2:55 PM, "Kim Luu" <kim> wrote: Aww love the photos. Deborah looks like a pro. On Sep 29, 2014 2:42 PM, "Geoff Jennings" <g> wrote:

I asked Hazel to look up, but she said, “I’m too, too, too, too busy” She repeats words for emphasis a lot, which I find pretty cute. The other day she was talking about an elephant and I thing she said about 15 “great”s before

We haven’t had an evening at home since last Tuesday, and Hazel is missing it. She’s started saying “I wish” lately, which alternates between cute abd heartbreaking. “I wish I had a BIG playground at our house” is cute. “I wish I could go to

To learn she could reach the water fountain all by herself. She is now very, very well hydrated

I think Hazel’s writing might be better than mine. She asked for help with writing the Z, but the rest is 100% her. Including spelling it. She can also spell mommy, daddy and dog.

We promised Hazel a reward when she potty trained. She’s actually been overdue, but today was the day we made it to the store. It was the first time she got to pick out a toy for herself

When we checked into our hotel Thursday, Hazel was offered her choice of small toys. The place is owned by the guy who made his fortune with "beanie babies" and the toys were made by company. Hazel picked a little pink poodle. Nothing worth mentioning,

Hazel wants the big kid swings now.

Hazel has really, really advanced language skills. I really need to record more of it. Everywhere we go, strangers comment on it. At just under 2 years old, she is forming long, complex sentences, I’ve counted as many as ten words. She uses adjectives correctly,

> Hazel and I are at the bookstore, and she saw this book, grabbed it off the shelf, and handed it to me and said "four little ducks". > > Counting?

Hazel is talking a lot these days. Her vocabulary seems to grow by the minute, and I’m amazed at some of the things she remembers. Some things she’s been saying: Help you – Actually, means help me, but we’re still working on pro-nouns. Other foot/shoe/etc

Hazel just said "hazel like hummus". She is using more and more words, and forming simple sentences. Her vocabulary seems to double every week. I rode the bike to the zoo today, with Hazel in the trailer.

Hazel now does quite a bit of pretend play. She’ll pretend to eat and drink food that isn’t there or “pick” berries off the picture in a grocery store flyer and feed them to us. Here, Kim suggested she close her eyes and pretend to

[tentblogger-vimeo 53062183] Hazel has started doing animal impressions. Apparently we have scary cats around here.

Hazel is a little over 6 weeks old (6 weeks and 2 days, actually) and we are amazed how much she changes each day and definitely each week. Last week or the week before, we noticed that she started to be able to track people