Words

It's amazing how powerful words can be for a little guy. M's vocabulary is expanding on a daily, minute by minute basis. Most days he chatters happily and you can understand half of what he's telling you. The last few days he's been really clear. This has been a slight problem as well as a really great thing. The problem being that I said a bad phrase... and he repeated me. Which caused us all to laugh (completely wrong reaction) so he said it again. You get the picture. Now I'm trying to say "no honey you mean to say sit" hmmm, I wonder what my bad words were.

The upside is the moments where he can get his point across. Yesterday he finally said "love mommy" He's said this to other people but never to me. This morning he was angry and frustrated over a toy and he said "M sad" Maybe he doesn't entirely understand but he knew he was crying which means he's sad. He can use his words to ask for help, to voice his displeasure and to tell us he's happy.

While I'm finding the 2's frustrating, I can also see this wonderful, stubborn, willful little boy developing and it's beautiful to watch. I'm sure I'm in for a whole lot of frustration over the years but a few "love mommy" and "hug" moments will more than make up for it.