Growing up

K is growing into his two-ness. You can have an entire conversation with him now. Example:

K: Sad.
Me: Who's sad?
K: K sad.
Me: Why are you sad?
K: Because... toys over there. (He points to his toys at the far end of the tub, where he can't reach.)

Sometimes he just says "because" and trails off, but I like that he understands the concept of "why" and "because."

He's been surprising me lately with how much he understands. He'll rephrase what I said instead of just repeating it. If I skip a sentence in a book, he'll stop me and fill it in. When he makes me read a story over and over, I can tell he's memorizing it, and he'll start using some of the words in new sentences.

The other day we were looking at pictures of Thomas engines on JW's Mac, which lets you click and drag images. "Look, here's one Gordon," I said, dragging the image, "and now there are two Gordons!" "Now there are two Emilys," he said, when we dragged the picture of Emily. Then he wanted to see Mighty Mac. "Mighty Mac has two faces," I pointed out. I dragged the picture of Mighty Mac. "Now there are four faces!" said K.

It blows my mind that only a few months ago, he was just starting to communicate original thoughts instead of repeating or pointing out things in the room.