... of full sentences

"Suh-gwaaaa-sus"

Abram has been so much more communicative lately. He repeats pretty much everything we say to him and we are often surprised by what he remembers from seemingly inconsequential conversations or comments. Today, I showed him where our friends, Cort and Anna, were on a map of the U.S. (because he kept asking for them). I told him they were in Texas and Abram was in Colorado. The rest of the day he kept repeating "Abey Co-wado".

Playing piano with Papa

By far, his most repeated phrase is "Ah fah down". Everything "falls down" all the time. This became a very applicable phrase for him when he fell out of the back door to the house onto his face. He cried for a little while, but calmed down pretty quickly. Quinn and my mom prayed for him when it happened and, while it might look bad, he has not been bothered by it at all since then. And whenever anyone says anything about his nose he responds with "Ah fah down".

Right after

Day two

Day three.

I posted this video on facebook, but just in case you are not a facebooker, here is one of my favorite Abram videos yet.

With conversation comes more defiance, but overall he is doing very well at obeying and listening. He tests boundaries often, but I don't think it's any more than any other almost 2 year old.

Pretty much, he's getting more adorable every day :)

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...of a name

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...of three

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... of a shower

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