I would like to make a statement for the record: our boy is not the strong silent type. I have no idea how strong he is, but I can tell you with 100% confidence he is not silent. The boy talks and talks and talks, then he chats for awhile and then, he has something to say. He narrates his life. On the downside, it’s rarely quiet, on the upside, we know what he’s up to “Oh, I found it, hi bear, HI! Uh Oh, ripped it. No ripping. Hide it’
And then we know we need to find the tape, the bear book, and make some magic.
There were two verbal gems today:
This morning as we were in the kitchen and I told him that I would make him some oatmeal he looked up at me and said with complete seriousness ‘I want coffee’.
He also pulled his first prank today. When he was ~ 1, Mike got a very large teddy bear from his uncle. The bear was in storage while were in in DC, so this is the first place AJ has seen it. He has become friends with it and frequently talks about ‘Big Bear’- who currently resides on a bench in our hallway. He came running into the room tonight and declared ‘Bear fall down!’ so I asked him ‘Did the big bear fall down? Do you want mama to pick it up?’ and he replied ‘yeah’. We went together to rescue the bear, and lo and behold, it had not fallen down. I asked him ‘did you play a trick on mama?’ and he smiled and said with pride ‘yeah’.
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