almost two

Jonah has started saying thank you and it is quite possibly the cutest thing ever. (I am not biased, obviously.) I hand him is coat and he says "tank you!" I give him a hug and he says "tank you!" I give him milk and he says, "tank you!" It kills me. 

I remember back when he was a tiny infant and he first started to smile, it made me feel so much better, like he was actually a person and not just a blob. I want to go back in time and tell myself not to worry, that one day he will thank you for giving him dinner!

He also says please, though that one is harder for him to remember. When he wants something he really wants it, so saying please is just a step too far, it seems. 

I also loves to say "cheers!" and clink his sippy cup with my cup. Then he has to go say "cheers!" to daddy, then back to me to say "cheers!" again. I'm not sure how he learned that, but I love it. He also has a very funny and embarrassing habit of switching the sounds around in the word coffee, so it comes out like the f-word with "ee" at the end. He does it with buffalo, too — that sounds like "buddafo." Cup is now cup, though, I'm happy to report. 

He tries to play with the dog now, and thinks that her sticks and toys should be his. She disagrees, obviously, and when she takes a toy from him, he yells "SHARE!" a tactic he clearly learned at daycare. I think he's figured out what sharing means, though, so he switched to yelling "MINE!" instead. Much more accurate, though Freddy pays him no mind. She's still has the upper hand (for now). 

Jonah loves books and always asks to "pick a book" as soon as we go upstairs. Book snuggles are the best. When we're done reading, he asks for a kiss and tries to weasel his way out of bedtime. Hard to believe he's almost two.