Greetings from near Memphis! We traveled here today to be with cousins, and we had a very nice road trip because there was a comedian sitting in the backseat, laughing and 'telling jokes' from his carseat. He was in a great mood this morning, talking nonstop and laughing hilariously at something as yet unidentified. Very fun. He napped for an hour along the way and spent the rest of the time observing the scenery and making commentary about it. Didn't even have to get out the portable dvd!
His vocabulary increased by leaps and bounds today. He said "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "cat" and "dog" and "Steve" and "Ju-Ju" (the cousins' names). He pointed to a tree and said "tree". He also said "stop" and "pop" and "thank you" and "hey" and "ball". But the big surprise was his singing the itsy bitsy spider along with us. He sang the first phrase and then sang some other words along with us earlier today. Tonight, when we were all in the car together, we sang "the itsy bitsy spider..." and stopped, waiting for him to repeat after us when instead he sang by himself "crawled up the... spout". Of course we praised him like crazy, and he was delighted with himself and his singing ability. I'm impressed that he remembered the next line of the song when we hadn't sung it for hours.
He was so social today, talking and smiling and laughing constantly. He made friends at the catfish restaurant where we ate a fabulous supper. He chattered and gurgled and rolled his 'r's (Mommy cannot do this) and said all sorts of words on the way back from supper, some of them recognizable, some of them not so much. This is one of the most fun days I've ever had with him, just because he was so incredibly happy all day. If only they could all be days like this!
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