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May likes to drive....

Things May likes to do

So, at some point in the past, we got a book out of the library that detailed the noises animals make when they eat. Kitties say lippity, lippity. Bunny goes nibble, nibble. And bears go grum, grum.

And since May loves to wear her spiffy Christmas bear hat, she spends a lot of time saying grum grum. And then making a bear face. Demonstrated here:



When May is not wearing her bear hat, she likes to wear Daddy's hats. Usually she wears his Red Sox watchman's cap or his ear-flappy nordic hat. But last weekend she wanted to wear his tweed driving cap.



She also likes to beep noses. (Well, except for Daddy's. All Daddy noses say "Auuuuuugha!" like a fog horn.)



Finally, she likes to run and scream. For preference, at the same time.

Entering year three

So, May turned two yesterday. Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!

Let's see, some vital stats. She's 35.5 inches and about 30 lbs. (Honestly, I thought she was much heavier!) She's in the 80th percentile or so and very healthy, according to our fabulous doctor, who saw her yesterday for the two-year check up.

Her favorite things to do include running and galloping and jumping up and down. She likes to draw -- "I draw train! I draw doggie! Mommy draw doggie! I draw Josh and Nathan and Aunt Barb! I draw Mommy! Mommy draw Mommy!" She likes to dance and often has her various dolls and stuffed animals dance with her. What does she like to dance to? Well, she's very fond of "Your Personal Penguin" and often requests that we watch the video of Davy Jones singing it. She also likes Bruce Springsteen and Flogging Molly, because they are "fast dance" music.

For singing, her favorite songs are The Wheels on the Bus (especially the "Daddy says I love you" verse), Baa Baa Black Sheep, Take me Out to the Ballgame, and Twinkle Winkle Little Star, complete with the Ferry-family ending, which is the opening to "Why Does the Sun Shine?" by They Might be Giants.

Also, as of today, she likes the Chicken Dance -- thank you Seth and Sarah, who sent her a birthday card that plays that song. She likes it so well that she played it 72 times over breakfast.

Her favorite books are... well, all of them. But she's really very fond of "Things to Spot" and the Richard Scarry books her Godfather Steve bought her. She also likes Sandra Boynton and (save me!) "Fox in Socks." I stink at Fox in Socks.

She can count, reliably, to four. She can also count to eleven, if you don't mind that she skips 5-7. "One. Two. Free. Four. Eight. Nine. Ten. O. Eleven." I don't know what "O" is, but she always puts it in there.

I've already said that she sets the table, puts away groceries, and gets her own books for bedtime in an earlier post, I think. She likes to play at cooking with her cook sets, including slipping imaginary food in her saute pan, and putting her bowl of "pasta" in her "oven" and saying, "HOT! Two more minutes!" When I cook, she pulls a chair over to the counter and helps me by stirring.

That's the latest on Miss May. We've got a web cam, thanks to my dad, so if you're also web-cam-enabled, let us know and we'll call you for baby video conferences. As soon as we, you know, set it up.

No more than two

Happy 2008 everyone!

Sorry, again, for the paucity of posts but it's been crazy mad busy around the Ferry household for the past month and I'm just now sitting down for what seems like the first time since Thanksgiving.



Let's start the post with some good news. My brother, Seth, and his girlfriend, Sarah, got engaged on New Year's Eve! Hip hip hooray! I've seen a cell phone photo of the ring and it's lovely (if a bit blurry -- I have a lousy phone-camera). No word on the date yet, but we're all very happy.



Miss May turns two on Monday, but don't tell her that. We've moved her birthday party to the 19th, to save us some headaches. We'll mark Monday with a low-key dinner and save all the hooplah for a few weeks hence, once she's calmed down from the holidays.



The holidays were lovely, if frantically busy. We enjoyed seeing everyone and May loved all of her presents. Everyone was very kind and generous.

May has learned all kinds of new things in the past month and I promise I'll detail them them more later. Right now, though, I've got to finish up some Christmas presents! Be well and have a happy new year, everyone.