Apples and new words

I have abandoned the blog for quite a while, and there are so many things happening! Every day is a small discovery.

This morning, for example, we were in a rush to get Alina ready to go to nanny. John was trying to persuade her to put the shoes on, but she didnt want to sit on her seat. Then he asked her what's wrong, and she said "poo". He checked, and indeed there was a poo :) So it's nice that she started to understand, and tell without prompting. The next step would be to tell us in advance, so we can put her on the potty.

I was away for a week, and it's amazing how many new words Alina have learned. All in english unfortunately, but at least she is making a progress. Yesterday nanny asked her "what is it on your top", and Alina said very quietly "flower". When she is not confident with the word yet, she sais things very quietly and in a shy manner. She also can say "Upsy Daisy", which sounds so sweet when she said it. She also learned "tea" and "cheese", and she knows the tea is hot, she sais "ho". The favourite word is "No", whatever you ask her the answer is "no-no-no-no"

Apples.... Alina loves apples, she can eat the whole apple without even being peeled. She eats all of it, she doesnt go around the centre, she goes through it... we went to the apple day at the farm, and I picked a large apple for Alina from the tree. She ate 3/4 of it before dropping it on the floor accidently. Otherwise she would have eaten it all! She then picked up another apple straight away, it took a bit of effort to persuade her to eat her lunch instead.

St. Valentine day

Today is the St.Valentine day! Alina dressed up in her new beautiful dress, she looks very nice in it!

We all went out for a meal at lunch time in the Indian restaurant. Alina loves naan bread! She is becoming more and more picky with food, today she refused to it her risotto as soon as she saw the bread.

Alina looking out the window

Alina loves to stand on the window, and look outside... she waves at people, points at cars, and generally gets very excited about things :)

New tooth

After a long wait a third tooth is finaly coming. It's the top right one, just started to show the edge today. We are so releaved as the first teeth came out at in October, and we we anctious she hasnt had any for a while.

Alina sleeps without a dummy!

Alina managed to sleep without a dummy for 4 days and nights now! It was our second attempt, and we are succeeding (fingers crossed). First nanny forgot to give her a dummy during the day sleep, but Alina managed to sleep alright. So nanny have continued to put her to sleep without a dummy for a few days. Then we bravely decided not to give her a dummy in the evening, but she woke up at 4am crying and I gave her dummy to get some sleep for myself. Next evening she insisted on a dummy....

We've tried again a week later, and this time it seem to be working. She is happy to go to bed just with her cuddly toys.

Such a big step for her and for us!

Alina started walking!

A day before the first Birthday Alina started walking. She made just a couple of steps in the morning, then a few more in the afternoon, and by the end of the day she could make 3-4 steps confidently on her own.
Today she walked all the way from living room to the kitchen, even turning around the corners. Same upstairs she walked quite a long distance between my dressing room and our bedroom.

Alina nachala hodit sama za den do svoyego dnya rozhdeniya. S utra ona sdelala vsego paru shazhkov, k vecheru uzhe mogla proyti sama 3-4 shazhka. Seychas, k kontsu nedeli uzhe dohodit iz zala na kuhnyu, dazhe za ugol mozhe povernut'.

Clever Alina

We have a toy box with the holes cut in different shapes, and small same shape blocks to fit in. When you fit in the block in the correct hole it plays the music. Alina now figured out that if you press fingers hard in the right place on the hole it will play sounds as if you are puting the block through it. She is now more interested in pressing fingers around the hole to find this spot :)

U nas yest igrshechniy kubik s otverstiyami raznoy formy, i malen'kiye bloki toy zhe formy. Yesli blok polozhit v pravilnoye otverstiye kubik igrayet muzyku. Alina teper dogadalas' chto muzyka igrayet potomu chto blok nazhimayet na malenkuyu pruzhinku v otverstii. Ona teper sama paltsem ischet pruzhinku chtoby muzyka zaigrala.