Genius

Probably all parents have moments where they think their kid is a genius. I think it has to do with how totally amazing kids are. They kind of are, all, for the most part, genius. That said, lately Elijah has been blowing me away with what a for reals genius he is! He has started word combining . . . and he can't even really talk, yet. So, for example, this morning he woke up between me and Marty and we were both like, blahhhhhhhhhhh, and he was all, hooooooooooooray, and it apparently took me too long to start to rise, so E grabs my head in his hands and says dee da (translation: up) mama. So, of course, I dee da-ed right away. Another example: we've been working really hard on trying to teach him to be gentle with the cat. We even checked out a book from the library called Tails Are Not for Pulling. So now we ask him: Elijah, are tails for pulling? He thinks about it for a while and then shakes his head no. As of yesterday he started actually saying "no." He says nnnnnnnnu. So this morning when he went to give the cat his daily greeting/morning attack, we said: Elijah, are tails for pulling? And he said: Adn (his "meow") nnnnnnnnnnu. Also this morning he said "dis sssssssssssssssss." Translation: read the snake book. Total genius!

Also just wanted to mention that he's been talking in his sleep a lot. Mostly he wakes up asking for us to read: dis dis dis. One night, though, he didn't wake up but he said "Dada" really loud and then giggled.