Have I ever mentioned that Billy is loud? His volume settings are off and really, really loud. He’s been this way from the beginning–his bassinet next to the bed kept me awake because he made such loud moans and coos in his sleep. Now his middle of the night calls for Kevin (pardon me while I chuckle) are so loud, I’m sure the neighbors can hear his “Pa-ba! PA-BA!!”
Today at church, Billy showed off his loudness. His word of choice was “ta-da” which he says to just about everything. He picks up a toy, “ta-da.” He hides a toy, “ta-da.” He opens a book, “ta-da.” You get the picture. There are a lot of kids at our church, so it isn’t silent, but his exclamations made people chuckle several pews away.
Billy says a lot of words now and each day adds new ones. He’s picked up “why?” and “what?” from his brother. Anything that you can place on your head is a “hat.” Most of the time, he’ll warn you before chucking a toy at you with an “atch!” “Bye-bye” often accompanies his hand wave and when he makes a choice he’ll say “dis one” or “at one.” My favorite (and least favorite) is “No” which has many meanings: no, yes, perhaps, not right now, stop licking my head, Ricky come follow me, get me out of my crib, back off puppy, more milk, etc. Kevin has a really hard time resisting two of Billy’s newish words: “eese” (please) and “mmm’s” (M&Ms).
We haven’t talked to Ricky about his new upcoming sibling yet. There are many reasons. One is that it is still a very long time until February and he would be asking me every day if it was time for the new baby yet. It is hard for adults to wait, but so much harder for a little one. We’ll break the news post-Christmas, I think. Anyway, that doesn’t stop people from asking him questions about it. Today, he was asked if he wanted a baby brother or a baby sister. Ricky’s response was “um, I want a NEW baby brother.” I’m pretty sure he would trade Billy in for a different model if he could (Billy already knows exactly what to do to rile Ricky up and does it all with a grin)! Of course, when Ricky was asked last month if he wanted a new baby, his answer was “No. I want a baby dinosaur” so at least we are moving in the right direction.
On a totally off topic note, have you seen the Sonic Drive-In commercials? The ones with the husband and wife? For some reason, which I don’t see so much, most of my family sees Kevin in that husband. Since the husband isn’t exactly the brightest star, this provides much entertainment–especially each time a new commercial comes out. Again, I don’t see it so much–other than the guy has dark hair and is balding–but I have been wrong before! One day while watching TV, the commercial came on and Ricky looked up from his toys and told me that Poppy was on TV!
