Laurana has quite a few words that she somehow created, and uses consistently, but are definitely not “English.” Here are some of the ones we know of, in roughly ascending order of weirdness:

Dow = Down

Dow = Up

Moy = More

Tanta = Santa

Ank-do = Thank you

Pees (always whispered) = Please

Aiyou = I love you

Diddy = TV

Aiyo aiyo = (a request to sing/listen to Old MacDonald - a reference to E-I-E-I-O)

Baba = Belly Button

Doo = Nose (which is weird, because she’s great at saying “No” and can say “pees”)

Boppy = Bunny

Doggy = Cracker

Shhhh = Fish

Bapoo = Diaper

Mah-moh = Water (drinking water, bathing water)

Pihpih = Pretty and/or jewelry

Deedle-eedle-eedle-eedle (repeating) = Dirty

And my personal favorite:

Hop-ssss (always whispered) = Flower(s)

Additionally, she is a master at animal sounds, and says “woowoo” for a dog, “mow” for a cat, “weewee” for pig (as in this little piggy went wee wee wee all the way home), “booo” for cow, “baa” for sheep, “oohooh” for monkey (waving hands up and down), she beats her chest for gorilla, chomps her teeth for alligator, wrinkles her nose for bunny, roars and makes “claws” for lions and tigers and bears (oh my). Her duck is so good, trying to type it out would do it an injustice; suffice it to say it is very duck-like. She also says “ssss” for snake, “gob gob gob” for turkey, “eeeeee he he he hee” (like a horse neighing) for horse and various versions of high pitched squeaks for birds, mice, and chicks. Finally, my favorite is “ahhga-oodle-oodle-oodle-oodle (repeat as long as desired)” for rooster.

And the rest of 2006 (almost)… We’ve been busy putting pictures up using Picasaweb - it’s very easy to upload and everything gets sorted by date. You can find all our albums at http://picasaweb.google.com/yumbrad

We will still post to bozarthfamily.com in the event of big album updates, additions of pets, births of new children, etc…