This is fragile

I don't think Ryan's newest words will ever cease to amaze me! Yesterday he was playing near one of our cabinets in the family room. He was making up all kinds of games and doing tons of pretending. That, in and of itself, still amazes me. It worried me so much that he no kind of pretend play up until close to 3....suddenly it started and I still just feel in awe every time he brings me a plain, ordinary toy and says "this ice cream". I gobble it right up and smile inside over how far he's come in such a short time. So, back to my original story.....the other day he was playing and I walked in. When he saw me he pointed to the curio cabinet in the family room and said "this not toy, this fragile". What an amazing word for him to just pull out of nowhere! If there was ever any doubt that he's taking EVERYthing in, that word certainly put those doubts to rest.

I'm so thrilled that our biggest obstacle now is getting his speech more clear. His speech is more choppy than most kids and he gets the order of words mixed up sometimes, but he can definitely get his point across. We joke about how he's just making sure to keep the listeners attention to the very end because he often says things like "I like salt not". In fact, just about any time he uses a "negative" in a sentence he puts it at the end. It's become one of those endearing little traits that we just love as part of Ryan. So, when he gets mad at me I frequently hear "I like you not!". Sounds kind of cute when it's said like that, isn't it? :)