Monday, August 03, 2009

I love Tatems cute little voice, although she has currently learned how to scream, but that's for another entry.

Her little jibber jabber sounds are so sweet. She comes up with some funny sounds and combinations. She loves to find my cell phone, (or take it away from me) tuck it in her neck, and then walk around talking in the loudest voice possible. She's one of "those" people, ya know, the kind of people that can't talk quietly even in the grocery store, or in the public restroom stall. Those people drive me crazy. Please, I don't want to hear your one sided conversation! When Ian first witnessed her out loud, very loud, babbeling into the phone, he looked straight at me and said, "She learned it somewhere! I told you you're a loud-cell-phone-talker!" Ya, I guess I'm one of those people. But I swear I never answer the phone while using the bathroom...in public.

So, yesterday at church Tatem was feasting on a bag of gold fish crackers. She was eating so many I thought for sure she'd poop an orange whale by the end of the 3 hour block. So I hid the bag from her when I thought she was distracted. Well, she was onto me, and she saw a glimpse of the bag as I was trying to shove it behind my back. In her "loud-cell-phone-talker" voice she started repeating over and over, "Uh-oh! Uh-oh!" as she climbed over her dad, and over to me, and started digging behind my back. But for all those who know my sweet little Tatem, her little "uh-oh's" are not gentle and dainty like. They are filled with gusto and begin with a huge "Wh"!! They go something like this: WHAAAH-Oh! WHaaah-Oh! WHaAah-OH!! And she kept saying it over and over until I finally gave her the bag of helpless gold fish.

But my favorite was when she put together this new combination for all of the congregation to hear, "ahs-ol! ahs-ol! ahs-ol! Now where on earth could she have learned that one?!?! I was waiting for Ian to look over and me and tell me I mumble under my breath louder that I think I do!

6 comments:

Anna said...

don't you love that...when Owen first started really talking a lot, fork sounded like the "F" word...it was lovely (thankfully we drilled it into him that it was f-oR-k)

THE BANGARTS said...

She totally learned that from you and you know it!!! Ok, maybe not, but that's pretty funny. Is it really bad that I get a kick out of little kids swearing in church? Oh well...

Jennybug said...

Oh, I am falling out of my chair....laughing.....crying....time to go to bed.....

Julie and Todd said...

So cute! I love the loud voices at the most inappropriate times. Keeps the silent places that even the adults are bored from getting too stuffy (a.k.a. church)

Willow said...

Hi, Natalie: I've just been looking at all the pictures of Tatem, and she's just so gorgeous. Maybe her eyes will never change. So nice to be able to watch her grow up even though you guys are 'way out West.

Lisa Gottlieb-Kinnaird

Nikki said...

Hi Natalie! It's Nikki Brown-Dale. I totally blog stocked you from Amy's blog to Lindsay's blog to yours. Your daughter is so cute! Congrats! I am having my first daughter in about 7 weeks. Hope you don't mind me peeking at your sweet family.