The Big Three

I have seen lots of kids who like to carry around something small in their hand/s at all times. My friend Kjersten's little girl Kennidy always carried around a plastic Barbie shoe. She never lost it - and always knew where it was. Harrison does the same (minus the Barbie shoe of course).

He has THREE things that at any given time during the day - he will have at least one of them clutched tightly is his chubby little fingers.

I give you the big THREE.....(all of which are wooden puzzle pieces).......

The Fire Engine (the most popular)

The School Bus (which is now beginning to peel away)

The Number 4 (the most recent addition now that he knows all his numbers)

It is so funny to watch. I will go into his room as he wakes up from a nap and the first thing he says to me is "fie ingin. Ah need it. Ah wan it. Fine it."

Occasionally he throws us a curveball and needs something else.....like one Saturday morning after Christmas we woke up to him yelling from his crib: "double-you! double-you! Ah can't fine it!" Over and Over and Over. Jordan and I just laid in bed cracking up. He loves his new letter puzzles and magnets and for some reason he needed the 'W' right then and there. He can now identify and name all the the letters in the alphabet and shouts them out as he sees them while we are driving down the street:

"E........F........X........D!!!!!!" as we followed a FedEx truck down the road. Precious to be sure.

He has also started to put little sentances together:
"Ah wan et"
"Chris es running"
"Take a bite"
"Ah wanna see em, Daddy - see em"
"Daddy.....where are you?"
"Cwaire.....where are you?"
"Jackson....has stairs n carsn twucks"
"Daddy! ah wanna westle"
and my personal favorite any time he drops something or falls over or whatever....."Ah jees."

It is hilarious. I love watching him try new words - and say them over and over until he gets them almost right. The best is probably Sesame Street. When he wants to watch it he says: "SeeSwee Stweet!!"