Curious Georgia Paige MacDougall

Hi Great Grandma Emma!!

I hear you are doing well and having fun in rehab.  I also hear the food is good so that is never a bad thing!!  My momma told me how you were learning to go up and down the steps the other day.  We have so much in common Great Grandma, I only go up and down one stair at a time too.  Sometimes, I like to slide down the stairs on my butt and say “whee.”  Maybe they will let you try that in your therapy session.  It is a lot of fun and it helps to work on your sitting balance skills.

Well, I have to tell you something Great Grandma – I went pee pee on the potty last week.  It really wasn’t that exciting and I am not sure why my parents were so happy.  I ended up getting a chocolate kiss to eat so that wasn’t too bad.  I’ve sat on the potty since then but nothing has happened.

Have you ever had an ice cream cone Great Grandma?  That is probably a silly question because I am sure by now you have tried one.  Well, I had my first one on Memorial Day.  As my daddy was making the cones for me, momma and himself I was getting sooo excited.  I kept trying to reach up on the cabinet to get it and constantly saying “mmm mmm.”  We went outside to eat it and I really didn’t understand how it worked.  I wanted my momma to hold it and then I would put my lips in it.  I decided to hold it myself and figured you eat the ice cream with your fingers.  That didn’t work so well.  My daddy kept sticking his tongue out at me.  I am not sure what his problem was!  Finally I figured I would just eat the cone so I started at the bottom.  It made a big mess and fell onto the ground.  I still tried to eat it off the ground because I didn’t want to miss out on anything. My daddy had to spray me down with the hose when I was done.

I can’t think of anything else new and exciting to tell you.  Keep up the good work.  Hope you have a nice visit with Uncle Kenny when he comes.

Lots of love,

Georgia

Hi Great Grandma Emma,

I hear you are getting out the hospital and going to rehab.  I am so happy for you.  That’s me cheering for you in the picture.  I hear you are doing great and getting stronger every day.  I know you will work really hard in therapy.  Don’t forget to share some stories while you are there.  I hear you love to tell stories and jokes too! Remember how I told you about the potty I got?  Well, I tried it out this week.  I sat on it for about 2 hours.  It seemed a little long for me but I didn’t mind because I got to eat chocolate and watch Mamo on the TV.  Nothing happened again but I did go pee pee on the carpet three times.  Once, I dropped a Hersey Kiss in the potty and my daddy thought it was poo.  That was funny.  My momma put the potty in the closet.  I guess we’ll try again when I get a little bigger. Oh, you are probably wondering what Mamo is.  His real name is Elmo.  He is the red, furry monster on Sesame Street.  I used to call him Mama but apparently that created too much confusion around here so I know I call him Mamo and everyone seems happy! I have a new fruit I like.  It is called watermelon.  Actually I LOVE it.  I don’t like it cut up.  I like hold a big piece and eat it.  My momma said the watermelon by your house is really good and we’ll pick up some this summer when we come to visit. I don’t really have any good stories for you right now.  My momma has been at work the past couple days.  We went to the grocery store this morning and I played outside for a few minutes.  It was a little chilly and I have a runny nose so my mom had me come inside.  I was tired and I told her “night night” and started to go up the stairs.  She knew I wanted to take a nap. Keep up the good work great grandma Emma!

Hugs & Kisses,

Georgia

Hi Great Grandma Emma,

My momma told me that you fell and hurt yourself.  Don’t worry Great Grandma, I know you will be alright – I fall all the time.  Did you cry?  I have been trying to cry lately when I want something – not really when I am hurt.  My momma doesn’t seem to like that but I keep trying anyway.  Maybe you should try it in the hospital.

I hope they are taking care of you are the hospital.  How is the food?  Are you ordering anything I would like to eat?  I love all kinds of food but especially love fruit.  So think of me any time you have a nana (banana), abble (apple), bapple (pineapple),  and babu (blueberries).  My momma and daddy don’t always feed me when I want to eat (I like to eat all day long) so yesterday I tried to said the word food but it only came out foo. I think they got the point.

Today, I wanted to take on more responsibility in the house so I tried to feed Tigger (my kitty) some graham crackers.  I put them in her food dish but my momma said our kitty only likes dry cat food and tuna fish.  How boring!

It is a bit chilly today here so I am not sure I will go outside to play.  Yesterday I got a couple new toys from a garage sale and I love them.  I love to go outside and run around and in some cases run away.  My momma said she needs to exercise so I am just doing what she asks, right?  I got another new thing last week.  It is called a potty.  I have sat on it a few times but nothing has happened.  Last night in the bath I kept telling my daddy poo poo and he put me on the potty.  Again nothing happened.

We went to church today and may go back again tonight if I take a good nap.  I really get excited going to church.  You should try to talk to people about Jesus when you are in the hospital.  Not everyone knows about Him.

Well Great Grandma, I have things to do and food to eat so I better get going.  Tell Great Grandpa Paul I said hello and my Grandma Phyllis too.

I LOVE YOU!!!  XXXOOO

Georgia

Hi Georgia,

You are just about to start forming some sentences. I’m kicking myself for not writing down when you started forming words but it’s been a little while now. Your first word, probably around Christmas time was “book”, pronounced “buh”, often in rapid succession “buh, buh, buh”. You love books. Following close behind was Mama and Daddy. You may have started calling our cat earlier then that, calling out kitty as “tee tee”. You really like making animal sounds. Your first animal sound was a dog, “woof-woof”. I was reading you a book and barking like that when you copied me a couple times. It took a while until you started saying woof-woof on your own. Your first animals sounds on your own were cow and sheep. Instead of moo for cow, you’d say “booooooo” and tend to go on for a few seconds. And then you started calling our cat Tigger with a meow as “meeeye”. Just last night you stopped saying “meeeye” and just said meow. I love how you do a horse sound, Mom and I say “neigh” and kind of draw it out. You try so hard to copy us, get all excited and go “eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee” at the top of your lungs. Now that it’s spring, you love going outside. You’ll stand by the door and politely ask, “siesie?”.

You do say more things now, those were some of the first. We’re about to get to the point where your vocabulary will be too big to keep track of. Mom and I hear what sound like sentences, you talk to Tigger, some toys and things outside. You have some pretty complete conversations but we don’t quite understand you yet. I’d love to know what you’re talking about.

And I love it that all your conversations are so fun for you.

Love,

Dad