"Bailey Hua"

This stage in Bailey's language development is so much fun to watch. She picks up new words every day and develops words of her own for various things. This is my favorite part- Bailey's own dialect- her, as the Chinese would say, "Bailey Hua". Bailey's very own language that usually can only be understood by her mama and daddy. Here are some examples of what she's talking about right now.

"pook"- book

"pook"- poop

(yes they're the same. it's all about context except that she likes to sit on her potty chair with a book so that can get confusing.)

"waga"- water

"yoga"- yogurt

"picka"- blanket

"bible"- bottle

"Bible"- Bible (once again it's all about context)

"kicka"- cracker

"ebida"- elephant

"poon"- spoon

"all D"- all done

And here are some words that she says that are actually part of the English language:

hot

cold

EAT!

ball

Bode

tea

bath

cookie

cheese

APPLE JUICE

go

out

night night

peace

help me

please

She can point to all of her body parts. Make numerous animal sounds, and she is speaking some Chinese as well.

"Xie xie"- thank you

"hao chi"- delicious- which when she says it sometimes sounds like "ah choo" which is hilarious.

"gou"- dog

"mao"- cat

Like I said, it is so fun to see her language skills develop in both languages. Every day we can communicate more and more. She understands so much more than she speaks, and it's just awesome to see her little brain working and processing. I think she'll be a talking like crazy by the time she becomes a big sister!!