Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Aunt Sissa and Plurals

Adam Ernest (Ade) had a busy day. Mom had bible study at 9:00, Ade spent the day with Great-Grandma Patterson (Grams), he loves to have her hide plastic Easter eggs for him to find. Later in the day the Holtmeier and Patterson families converged to bid Aunt Sissa adieu on her trip to Italy. Great-grandma and Great-grandpa H. were there, as were Great-Grandma and Grandpa P., and Oma and Opa. We all enjoyed delicious pizza from Paddington's. Aunt Sissa will be in Italy for 8 days, serving on a mission trip organized through Corban College where she is a junior.

Plurals? Yesses. Ade pluralized words for the first time today, specifically adding an "s" to his word for cracker, "rara" to make "raras" in reference to a bag of pretzels. "No big deal" you say? Ok, well, I'm pretty amazed at how fast he is picking up the English language. His speech continues getting clearer and more understandable all the time. Another new-ish habit is saying "um", as in tonight I asked him what he would like to eat and he said "um....raras." Pretty cute.

On the BBB front, Ade has adjusted well to his new bed situation. He is getting much better and going to bed and not coming out many times. He does however like to come into Mom and Dad's bed at 4:00a.m., Mom and Dad don't have much to say at this hour and lack the motivation to return him to his own bed so he gets to stay and cuddle. It isn't the most comfortable situation as Ade likes to lay on the bed one of two ways: Sideways, with body parallel to the head and foot of the bed, or directly on his Momma's tummy, which makes it difficult for her to sleep.

Until next time....

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