So, anyway, just to update everyone on Hannah's latest antics. Her speech is improving by leaps and bounds everyday and she can make simple sentences and communicate 2 or 3 words at a time. It is now possible to have a simple conversation with her and she can understand everything that is being said.
For example, the other day we were at the supermarket and she accidentally knocked down a few clothes which were hanging on display. She said "Put back, aunty meh-meh (scold)" and she actually bent down to pick them up and hung them back.
Also, I took her for ice-cream last Sunday afternoon as a treat. After looking at the menu for awhile, the waitress approached our table and asked for our order. I pointed to a sundae in the menu and asked Hannah if she wanted that. She very firmly said no. So I asked her if she wants just a single scoop and she said yes. I then asked her if she wanted strawberry flavour (my personal favourite) and she said "mai, mai" (no). I then asked her if she wanted chocolate and she said "ha" meaning "yes". The waitress sure had a good chuckle :) So small already know how to choose :p
Another funny incident was when we were in the car and she saw the Penang High Court. She can recognise it when we pass by and she will say "court!". By the way, she can also recognise places that she has been, not necessarily the exact place but the area around it. For example, her Ah Gong and Ah Mah go to close the door of an office every night and set the alarm system. Sometimes they bring her along for a ride. So the other day as we were approaching the office, she said "guan men" (close door). She can also recognise the place where her Ah Mah takes her to cut her hair, she said "jien tou fa" (cut hair).
So anyway, back to the court, I asked her "Who goes to court?" She said "Daddy". I then asked her "Does Mummy go to court?" She said "No, Hannah!". So I then said "What does Hannah do in court?" She answered me "Waiting". How true indeed, out of the mouths of babes. What else do we do in the court besides wait around? Wait for the judge, wait for the registrar, wait for our case to be called up, wait for documents - half the time is spent waiting. Indeed, Hannah, you have never said a truer word :)
Here are a few cheeky pictures of her which I took one morning before leaving the house.
Her sign for "good" used to be pointing her index finger up. The other day, she suddenly realised that she could point both her thumb and her index finger. She was so excited and she called me to look "Mummy, Mummy, good, good!" I sure had a good laugh as she was pointing her fingers like a gun. I tried to bend down her index finger so just leaving the thumb but it was not very succesful. Later, she got all confused as to which finger should be up and which finger should be down. So now her "good" is making a "gun" with her thumb and index finger, like this:
And this:
Favourite drink - Vitagen Less Sugar grape "purple" flavour. Even then, we usually drink half the bottle and she gets the other half.
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