I've been thinking for some time now that I needed to post all of Mercy's adorable sayings before she stops or before I forget them! I'm also hoping to record (on video) some of them for posterity. See, when your child is small and they say and do cute little things, it's so adorable that you just can't stand it. Then all of a sudden, the child isn't doing that anymore; she's moved on. And you think you could never forget how cute she is now, but you do. So, here is my attempt to share some of the cute Mercy-isms with you...
The boys' names: Joshua = zhuwa zhuwa, Luke = ukee, Micah = bikah, Mercy = mermy or merny
She often leaves off the first letter of words: water = otter, light = ite, right back = ite back, rice = ice, yogurt = ogurt, wet = et
She sometimes changes the first consonant to a totally different one: Micah = bikah, marker = barker, cup = tup
And, my favorite - some words, she just totally makes up and they sound nothing like the real word. Unfortunately I can't really give you any examples of what she says because I couldn't spell the sound she makes, but she does it for the words cucumbers and pajamas most noticeably. It's so very cute.
When she receives something from someone she says "welcome" instead of "thank you". I've tried to get her to say "thank you", but she just always responds with "welcome". If she hears a song, as soon as it's over, she will almost always say, " 'gin?" because she wants to hear it "again". She will agree to almost anything by saying "okay", though she often doesn't actually do what I've asked of her, but she just seems agreeable. She also always says, "here you go" when she's handing you something. She will repeat almost anything, especially that her brothers say. If someone is doing something that she doesn't like, she will say, "Hey you!". If she can't find something, she'll say the item then ask, "...are you?" for "where are you?" For family devotions each of us takes turns saying what we're thankful for from that day. When it's her turn, she mumbles something that sounds like "I am thankful for..." then she'll clearly say the name of each member of our family. So sweet! Her latest favorite phrase is "I don't know" which comes out sounding something like "I-oh-no". Here is a sample conversation:
When she receives something from someone she says "welcome" instead of "thank you". I've tried to get her to say "thank you", but she just always responds with "welcome". If she hears a song, as soon as it's over, she will almost always say, " 'gin?" because she wants to hear it "again". She will agree to almost anything by saying "okay", though she often doesn't actually do what I've asked of her, but she just seems agreeable. She also always says, "here you go" when she's handing you something. She will repeat almost anything, especially that her brothers say. If someone is doing something that she doesn't like, she will say, "Hey you!". If she can't find something, she'll say the item then ask, "...are you?" for "where are you?" For family devotions each of us takes turns saying what we're thankful for from that day. When it's her turn, she mumbles something that sounds like "I am thankful for..." then she'll clearly say the name of each member of our family. So sweet! Her latest favorite phrase is "I don't know" which comes out sounding something like "I-oh-no". Here is a sample conversation:
Mommy: "Mercy, where is your cup?"
Mercy: "I-oh-no."
Mommy: "Can you go look for it?"
Mercy: "Okay!"
But then she, of course, just stands there looking too cute. Eventually with a little prodding, whe will actually go look for her cup which she often knows exacatly where it is. She's a stinker! But she brings so much joy to each of us!! Here are a few recent pictures of our little one...
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| Check out this pose! |
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| She's beautiful even with bedhead. |
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| Still loves her pony from Grandma. |
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| Mercy loves going down the slide! |
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| She really enjoyed meeting her cousins and aunts and uncles while we were in the U.S. |
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| This was taken at Uncle Steve's wedding. So glad we got to be there! |
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| We worked really hard to get a good picture of her with Hannah, her only girl cousin on Daddy's side. |
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| Love our happy girl! |
