...is non-stop. Just ask G&G Terreri who spent a few days with Evan recently. I often tell people that, in the mornings (no matter how early), Evan is 0 to 60 in two seconds flat. The two seconds being the time it takes him to get out of bed and cross his doorway. His non-stop-ness is not so much activity as it is his voice. The kid talks ALL THE TIME. It's as if he's narrating the world around him, play by play, checking in with me (or whoever else is
Don't get me wrong, he's a really good kid. He says please, thank you and even excuse me on a regular basis. Melt downs are becoming few and far between. And nowadays, his level of comprehension is so great that we can actually start to reason with him. And when that doesn't work, our fail safe is, "it's broken."
Lately, I've been tickled with some of the things that Evan does. For instance, last night, when he caught Jason & I standing near each other, he grabbed us both in a big hug (albeit at knee-height) and said, "famiwee!" It was so cute and sweet and totally surprising! And today, he was pretending to change the diaper of one of his stuffed toys (actually, it's a Teletubby. I know, I know, don't say it. But it was a gag gift from my college days). I asked if he was going to feed "Tubby" and he pretended to nurse him. Ha! I thought it was adorably funny. I'm sure later in life, he won't find this story as amusing. We're also in the stage of Pete & Repeat these days. He'll go on streaks of copycat-ing everything we say. They say imitation is the highest form of flattery, but it's only a matter of time before he repeats the wrong thing.
And one more funny story to leave you with.... I found out today, that at the ripe old age of 2, Evan is embarrassed by his mother. As I was singing along to one of his CDs in the car, Evan said "Go away, Mommy." After explaining that it wasn't nice to say that, but instead he could tell me to stop singing, he said "Ok. No singing Mom." And there you have it.
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I feel like we live the same life except with different people and in a different place if that makes any sense. The 0-60 thing is Cole 100%. People often say, "does he talk that much all the time?" as he continues to dominate the conversation in the entire room. He also imitates several words and I often tell Chris it's a matter of time with the words I don't want him to repeat.
I also used to think his room was haunted...it was either that or my hormonal mind was playing tricks on me because I was SURE I left him in an area he was no longer in....hmmmmmmmm.....better figure on the hormones :)
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