Uma Watch Day 7175: Now with even more.
  • Thursday, November 30, 2006

    Are you sure that doggy won't bite my head?

  • Help, my Daddy's being mean to me!
  • Wednesday, November 29, 2006

    Strike a pose, there's nothing to it.

  • All smiles in the big chair.

    Whatever Daddy did must have been pretty funny.

    Uma delivers some fiery oratory.
  • Tuesday, November 28, 2006

    Uma quite likes her doggy friends. This one doesn't run away when she pokes it.

  • Look, Ma, no hands!
  • Monday, November 27, 2006

    Take the can, man.

  • After a long weekend, it's back to the daily grind.

    Uma can't see herself, but she knows something's up.
  • Sunday, November 26, 2006

    Faster! Faster!
  • Saturday, November 25, 2006
    gock-a-miyo
    Yesterday afternoon, Uma was rather agitated about something. Finally, we asked her, "Uma, what do you want?" She replied rather matter-of-factly, "gock-a-miyo." Now, we have no more idea what she meant than you do. If it was an actual word she was saying, she would have said, "gawa" or something like that. Gock-a-miyo, though, was just some word in Umese. We couldn't help but laugh. Uma, not wanting to be left out of the joke, laughed too. Then she danced.

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  • Aaji gave me something funny tasting. I don't think I'm going to take any food from her anymore.
  • Friday, November 24, 2006

    Sssshh. Someone's sleeping... a little too late. She's not gonna like this.

  • Uma is.... the Moose Whisperer.
  • Thursday, November 23, 2006

    Pickles are part of a balanced meal.

  • Have you ever looked at your hand? I mean, really looked at your hand?
  • Wednesday, November 22, 2006

    Uma likes to sneak up on her Daddy.

  • Pucker up, cutie.

    Uma navigates by sonar.
  • Tuesday, November 21, 2006

    Uma really likes her books. She also really likes that shirt. It has a "gur" on it.

  • Uma does a Donkey Kong impression.
  • Monday, November 20, 2006

    That's the man! That's the man who's always following me taking pictures!

  • Uma doesn't mind eating off a dirty table, which is good, seeing as she might have had something to do with it.

    Red is a lovely color for Uma.
  • Sunday, November 19, 2006

    All dressed up for Diwali.
  • Saturday, November 18, 2006

    Staring from the stairs.
  • Friday, November 17, 2006

    I don't understand why Daddy insists on sticking bread to my nummy, nummy cheese.

  • Girl in da hood.

    Uma can sometimes be a basket case.
  • Thursday, November 16, 2006
    anti-oxidant power
    Uma has developed a real taste for green tea.

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  • Vroom?

    Why yes, I will have some more of these yummy snack sticks.

    Uma makes friends with gravity.
  • Wednesday, November 15, 2006
    the slide (say-oh)

    Aaaah! Sliding! Look out below!


    Whoa. What a rush.


    Phew. That was tiring. I think I'm gonna have me a lie-down.
  • Tuesday, November 14, 2006

    Uma raises her sippy-mug in a Viking salute.

  • Uma is puzzled by some of the dinner-time customs ("Happy Birthday" to someone else).
  • Monday, November 13, 2006
    19

    1. Uma is 19 months old today

    2. She says "achoo" when someone sneezes

    3. She says "please" (as "pssss")

    4. Uma really, really, really likes pecan pie

    5. We watch the garbage truck every week

    6. She likes the slide

    7. Uma is now 32 inches tall (the changing table is 31.5"; guess what tipped us off?)

    8. She really likes feta cheese, straight up

    9. Trucks say "vvvvvv"

    10. Uma can put all the pieces in the right spot in her circle/triangle/square puzzle

    11. She can climb up and down the step stool and dangle from the bar like monkey bars to jump down

    12. She climb up on fireplace and can sometimes get down, but usually yells for Mommy or Daddy to get her down

    13. She likes to laugh along with Terry Gross on "Fresh Air"

    14. Uma can climb on and rock her rocking moose all by herself

    15. She likes pointing out men at the grocery store: "MAH-YAN!"

    16. When she wants music, she sings like a whale

    17. Sometimes Uma loves swings, other times she can't stand them.

    18. Uma has a shirt with a picture of a girl on it that she thinks is awesome. When she wears it, she often points at it and says "guh" (girl)

    19. She thinks one of the drawings of a kitten in "Goodnight, Moon" looks like a white squirrel. I agree.

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  • Still working on teaching her to chew with her mouth closed. We're almost there.

    Here fishy fishy fishy...
  • Sunday, November 12, 2006

    Uma demonstrates a move from her upcoming exercise video.
  • Saturday, November 11, 2006

    How come I keep seeing this flashing light?
  • Friday, November 10, 2006

    Broccoli is considered especially funny.

  • Uma gets her sweep on.

    Dinner is a riot.
  • Thursday, November 09, 2006

    Fwawa.


    Uma wants you to know that she wasn't the one who picked a green belt with a purple top.


    Oh... so this is what a lawn is supposed to look like.
  • Wednesday, November 08, 2006

    Steps aren't just for stepping.


    Outside is nice. I like outside.


    Ooooh.... shiny sticks.
  • Tuesday, November 07, 2006


    Uma considered dressing up as a fiddler crab chef for Halloween.


    Sometimes the box pushes you, sometimes you push the box.


    Ooooh.... cheeeeeeeese.
  • Monday, November 06, 2006
    playing around


    OH NO! I lost my arm!!!!


    Tee hee. I fooled you.


    Where's a wall I can color?
  • Sunday, November 05, 2006

    Sometimes Uma just feels lazy.
  • Saturday, November 04, 2006


    Uma helps adjust the clocks after the end of Daylight Savings Time.
  • Friday, November 03, 2006
    the pitter patter of little feet
    Uma has learn to run for real, or at least close enough to it. It's a wonder she can manage it through the giggling. She can also climb into the tub by herself now; it's fun to take off her diaper and clothes before bath, put her back down, and watch her scamper off.

    October wasn't a fun month. Uma closed out September with some heavy teething. She started October with a stomach bug that plagued her for over a week, with a couple of rather unpleasant days in there. That segued into a few more days of teething, which got her all prepped for allergy season. She's had a constant runny nose for the last couple of weeks. Then Daylight Savings Time came along to throw off her schedule. She's doing ok, though. At least now she'll let us wipe her nose because she knows she'll feel better, even if she finds the wiping itself distinctly unpleasant. She's still sleeping pretty well, though I wish we could convince her to push back the 6:30 wake-up call.

    Her vocabulary continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Uma's diction is still where it was a month or so back. She knows at least 20 words that start with B, but says them all baow (except bus, which she can say perfectly). She knows at least 10 words starting with S, but says all of those say oh. On comprehension, she's even better; she's blown past the toddler classics like cat and car and moved into more esoteric words like newspaper, dining room, and pomegranate. A favorite recent acquisition is ice, which she also says perfectly.

    I'm pretty sure Uma's put on a few pounds in the last week. She feels heavier. Our scale's precision isn't quite enough to tell for sure, though she sure likes standing on it. With other kids her age, she seems tall, too; I've seen few her age taller, and many are shorter. Tall and slim is not a bad place to be.

    This week, we're graduating Uma from the high chair to a booster chair at the grown-ups' table. It's kind of messy, but she's getting the hang of it.

    Remember how I claimed a long long time ago that Uma's canines were just about to pop? Girl, was I wrong. The bottom ones have only just come in with the most recent round of teething. The top ones are still hiding, but I expect they'll be along soon enough, as Uma's teeth have tended to come in together.

    You may have noticed some minor technical problems with the site. Hopefully, those will be squared away in the not-too-distant future; it's out of my hands.

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  • play time


    Strength and balance, strength and balance.


    *sigh*. I push this box day in and day out, and for what?


    Music now! Music now!
  • Thursday, November 02, 2006


    Hmmm.... what to order...


    Just shovel the food in here...


  • Look! An exciting thing over there!
  • Wednesday, November 01, 2006


    I'll defeat them with smile power. Um. What's a them?


  • Uma mid-twirl.


    I'll just sit quietly and hope that Daddy goes away, hopefully to shave.