"Conversations" with Daniel

I put that in quotes because Daniel can't really put together sentences that make much sense to us yet. But he has been able to say a whole lot more and we are recognizing how smart he is and (mostly) how much we need to watch ourselves so he doesn't pick up anything we don't want him to! So here are some conversations between Daniel and me and that happened recently...

#1
Daniel: Daddy? Daddy? (asking where Matt was)
Me: I think Daddy's watching TV right now.
Daniel: Football?

Matt watch football? I know shocker. One of the results of having Matt as Mr. Mom is Daniel watching a whole lot of sports and sports center.

#2
Daniel was taking bottles out of the recycling and sorting them based on the label.
Me: Good job sorting. Can we put them back.
Daniel: (pointing to the Dr. Pepper bottles) Daddy!
Me: Um...ya that's Daddy's.
Daniel then brings me a Pepsi bottle. Think that means we need to cut back on the soda.

And then today...#3

Me: Daniel we need to leave. I'll count to 5. One...
Daniel: TWO!
Me: (shocked that he knew two...) Three...
Daniel: FOUR!

I didn't even know that he knew how to count until today. I didn't think we did the whole counting thing enough for him to pick up on it. It's been pretty entertaining though listening to him learn to communicate.

Last little chestnut that makes me laugh. You know how for most kids mommy kissing a booboo or a bandaid will fix any owie? Not Daniel. When I asked him if he wanted me to kiss his owie, he looked at me like I was crazy. It was like I could see him saying in his head "uh, what's that gonna help?" No, he wants his booboos run under water in the sink. That makes it better. What a nut!

The Ruffle Bottom Bowtique

I know that most people are expecting a Christmas post right about now. However, unwilling to post in writing the events that transpired on Christmas, I'll just be getting pictures up soon (when I get them from my camera onto my computer). In the meantime though, my friend Jessica has started a little business that I think is fabulous called The Ruffle Bottom Bowtique. She creates the cutest little bows, clips, and headbands and I cannot wait to have a little girl! I put a button on the side of my blog but you can also click here to go to the website and check them out. Like I said, they are super cute and very reasonably priced. I'm personally a fan of the dragonflies. Here's a few pics but you should totally check out her site.