Tyler is talking and talking in a big way. He will hear something someone said and the next day will use it and use it correctly. It is eerie. He can tell you when you upset him - there is feedback now. Like he is not only watching me, but can tell me what he sees. It is a new phase and stage for both of us. I really have to pay attention to what I say, because those words and statements do come back to me through him.

- Chris was Christmas shopping for me with Tyler. They went into Victoria’s Secret to purchase a bath robe for me. Tyler saw the bras and told his Daddy, “boobs! boobs go in there!” Daddy was a little embarrassed….

- Tyler loves to make lists. In the car while heading to the Riverwalk he was looking out the window saying, “buildings and cars and Grandma and Pop..”. Driving home from San Antonio I heard him saying, “and Grandma and Pop and water tower and water falling”.

- Driving home again today, we hit Austin and I hear Tyler say, “I saw a railroad crossing for choo-choo train”. He also said somewhat randomly, “I chew banana, that’s good banana”

- Nursing Quinn to sleep I heard Tyler say, while playing in the sink, “I spilled water, Daddy. I spilled water on the floor.” I had a moment of panic thinking that Daddy wasn’t around, but thankfully he was.

- When we see something cool on the road like a digger, Tyler will often say “more digger” and I respond, “keep your eyes open and we might see another one”. The other day Tyler saw a digger and said, “Digger. Keep your eyes open, Mommy, keep your eyes open!”

- Last night when putting TYler to bed, Chris asked TYler if he wanted covers. Tyler responded, “need covers, feet cold”

- Tyler listend to the music we play in the car and starts singing to it. Today he said, “it’s just like Christmas” and “Santa brought me blues”. It is so funny, because you don’t realize that he is paying attention, but he is!

- Tyler was enamored with my parents’ clock because on the hour it played a song and turned. Anyway, if it went off and he was somewhere in the house, he would say, “I hear clock.” I was fascinated that he understood “hear”. He is also getting the pronoun “I” now.

- Last night, he was really tired after the Riverwalk. I was changing his diaper. He said “Mommy hold you”, so I held him. Then he said “get up Mommy”, so I stood up. He then said, “rocking chair”, so I rocked him in the rocking chair. It amazes me how he can now tell me exactly what he wants and gives me instructions.

- We will often ask Tyler “what are you doing?” Today he was outside playing when I asked him. He responded, “I doing outside!”