Ianisms

Ian didn't say a word until he was 20 month old. He is making up for his delay now. He never STOPS! It's fun to see him learning how to use the language with a lot more complexity.

1. Tyler always tells our boys how handsome they are. On Sunday, Ian stood up at our mirror and said, "let me see how handsome I am". Tyler has engendered a great confidence in him...as far as looks are concerned at least.

2. Ian uses 'with' as a verb. He uses the right conjugation - just on the wrong word. He always asks me what cam is "play withing".

3. He has started to add es and ed on the ends of words. He uses them properly, but adds them on the end and pronounces them just how they look. Example: glove-es, make-ed, watch-ed. I kind of like how it sounds, and sometimes find myself calling them glove-es too.

4. In my opinion, many children's movies look like they are influenced by drug induced hallucinations. I thought it was a recent development until we watched "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" the other day. I hadn't seen it for years. After about a half hour, Ian said "mom, this is getting really weird, let's just turn it off". If you haven't seen it, you should watch the adventures of Mr. Potts (the inventor), his children and Truly Scrumptious. Seriously, that's really her name.

5. Ian's grandparent's (Grammie & Poppy) are in Africa on a mission. He hasn't seen them for awhile. We've been talking a lot about them because they are coming home in a few months. The other day, I asked Ian if he remembers what Poppy looks like. He said he "looks all green in his crocodile suit". I pressed him further to see if he remembers what color Poppy's hair is. He said it was pink. A few days later, when we were quizzing him on who was in a picture of the First Presidency, he identified President Uchtdorf as "President Poppy".

6. Ian is now experimenting with music. When he's not tired enough to fall asleep at bed time, he will make up songs until he falls asleep. His favorite backhoe broke (for about the 10th time - but I think this is the final blow for the poor little toy), so he sings a song that goes something like this "oh.....i had a backhoe, my favorite backhoe.....and now it's broken." That's the end of the song. His dog song goes like this: "ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff!". Do we have a future song writer on our hands, or what?

I don't want to leave Cameron out. He is extraordinarily moved by music. He dances a lot and any time a catchy tune comes on, he starts bouncing his head back and forth. I think he needs a drum and some maracas for his birthday. In the last few weeks, he's started taking his first steps. He is up to three or four steps now - but every now and then, he'll surprise us and walk four feet. I'm not sure how much of it is intended, and how much is stumbling. I know a lot of people don't want their kids to walk early - but I am always ready for them to walk as soon as they can. It's just nice for them to have their hands out of the dirt and muck.