Booger!

Magda was like the Energizer Bunny after dinner tonight. Running around the house in her not-so-sure gait. Swaying from side to side in front of our pendulum clock. And just generally talking up a storm.

I'm glad to see that she's moving on to more interesting vocabulary. Tonight she'd run around yelling "baggah", "baggah", "baggah", while holding her index finger up in the air -- then stop to stick it up her nose -- and then continue announcing her boogers (which, by the were, there were none).

She has formed a strong attachment to the doll that she got from the Hsus. She often talks about "baby" (and has switched from signing to the spoken word) and likes to feed her a toy bottle or set her in her stroller or on the sofa. As with many of Magda's toys, Rose has had her way with "baby" and chewed off a few fingers on one of the hands. Occasionally Magda will bring her doll to you, point out the mangled hand and starts babbling all sad and concerned. Of course, just as often she tries to feed "baby" to Rose.

Some of the new words that she's started using include: "collar", "paw", "bowl", "bone" (yes, there is a pattern), "Zoe", "shoe", "car", and "bus" and "yes". I'm still waiting for her to say something in Czech, although Jfer claims that she has heard her say "uši" (ears) when pointing out Rose's body parts.