Amusing words

Arram uses three words consistently:  Mama, Dada, and Uh-oh.  Every morning, he wakes us up by throwing his teddy bear at our heads (his crib is next to our bed) and yelling, 'Uh oh!  Uh oh!  Uh oh!'  He's also very good at saying Mama and Dada, and uses our names for the right person.  But usually only in the context of complaining.  "I don't want to take a nap!  Mama! Mama!  Mamamamamamama!"  "Pick me up, Dada!  Dada!  Dada!  Now!"

Amiri is talking a lot more now--I guess it must be all the mental stimulation at school.  He's learned so many songs by heart and constantly makes me smile with his innocent little renditions of Old MacDonald or Itsy Bitsy Spider.   What really melted my heart, though, started yesterday.  We were having a nice day together and I peppered my sentences to him with pet names... 'Here comes the bus, sweetheart, get ready.'  'Please hold my hand and we can go over there, sweetheart.'   

He picked up on it and began calling me sweetheart too.  'Mama sweetheart, I go see?'  'I have some, sweetheart?'  'Look sweetheart, I run fast!'  So silly and sweet.