June 2000

Orr is 1.5 years old
Hilla's first month

Both Orr and Hilla have spent this month getting used to each other. They seem to get along just fine, and even like each other.

Hilla is a great baby, she smiles a lot, eats a lot and poops a lot. She enjoys looking at her colour wheel (It's Orr's old colour wheel that is not in Hilla's bed) and her other various baby toys. It is now July, and she rolled from her side to her belly for the first time last Thursday! (July 13th)

Orr is learning to say verbs, more words, and she now says sentences with 2 words. For example:

Otsi (short for Lehotsi - to take out)
Ptach (open)
Lisgor (close)
Nagev (wipe, towel)
Holech (walk)
Nadned (swing)
Chzik (short for lehachzik, to hold)
Koom (get up)
Ka (short for Nitka, stuck, like when her game gets stuck running on the computer)
Gilgul (to roll)

She also knows to name objects in the house, like Kos (cup), Kumkum (teapot), mazleg (fork), Kaf (spoon), Kapit (teaspoon).
Clothes, like Hultsa (shirt) and Ka (short for Kova, hat),
Shapes, like Igul (circle), Lash (short for meshulash, triangle), and Bua (short for Ribua, square),
All (and I do mean ALL) the colours
Food like Artic (popsicle) and Baga (which means Gamba, pepper),
Words in plural like Orot (lights), Ananim (clouds) and Kot (short for neshikot, kisses)
And she complates long names like Ramat Hasharon (she says "Ron") and Ben-Dov.

Her new 2 word sentences include:
Aff Nagev (Wipe nose)
Kelev Dam (Dam is short for Nirdam, sentence means "dog fell asleep")
Aba ba (Dad came)
Parpar oof (fly butterfly)
Doda shev (sit sunt)
And a new song called "Aba WAP" (dad WAP), which is based on a story about her dad that aunt Ayelet made up for her while Guy was away in Amsterdam.
It goes like this:

The story of Aba (dad) Guy:
Ayelet: Once there was an Aba called...
Orr: Guy.
A: And an Ima (mom) called...
O: Einat.
A: and a big girl called...
O: Orr
A: and a baby called...
O: Hilla
A: and one day Aba Guy took a big Avi...
O: ron (Aviron = airplane)
A: and he flew far far away to Amster...
O: Dam.
A: and in Amterdam he met a...
O: ish. (man)
A: and the man came from Ameri...
O: ca.
A: and what did the man want from Aba Guy?
O: WAP!!
A: that's right! So aba Guy promised that he'll give the man a lot of WAP. he took the big aviron and went home. And who was at home?
O: Orr!
A: (here we repeat the names of the family), and Orr promised her dad that she'll help him make a lot of WAP for the man.

The end.

For some reason Orr really really likes this story :)
She also learned that grandpa Shimshon makes sushi, and she even ate some of it and liked that too.

And now, for this month's pictures. Those were taken at Grandpa Shimshon's house. He had a sushi party, and Grandma Gita, aunt Ayelet, Guy, Einat, Orr and Hilla were there.

Orr trying to explain that she is ready to eat now.

I know I look cute, but do you *have* to take my picture
while I'm having my diaper changed...?

Teletubby sun face!!!

Hey grandma, wanna help me cook?

And now you're going to have to taste it!

Hilla doesn't care much for sushi, so she slept...

And hung out with grandma Gita too!