"Awwwww. Tute!"

Drew's vocabulary is astounding. He speaks so well, and says so many different things. Some of my favorite phrases that Drew says right now are:

• When he sees something that he thinks is cute, like if I wear a new shirt, or his baby moose animal shape, he says, "Awwww. Tute!" (Translated: Awww. Cute!) It is so sweet!
• When he is kidding around and being goofy, if you say something to him that he thinks if funny or doesn't think is right he will say, "No waaaay!"
• When we are playing, he will lay himself in our lap and say, "I a baby, Mama. Gooo-goooo-aaaa."
• Whenever he sees a game on TV (no matter the sport or the team) he says, "Gooo wions!"

He also is doing a great job counting and can usually count to 13 without help (although he sometimes goes from 2 to 5 ... ).

On our way to St. Louis the other day, I gave Drew a Doc Hudson car (from "the movie Caarrs" as Drew says it) to help keep him occupied for the long drive. One of the things that Drew has done for the past year and a half, or so, is that he pumps his arm up and down as we go by "beep-beeps" (semi-trucks) to try to get them to beep at us. After I gave him Doc Hudson, he kept bouncing Doc up in the air when we passed a truck and when they didn't beep at us he would say, "Ohhh. DocHudson missed it. Oh, man!" and then he would purposely giggle. It was so funny. Tim and I were cracking up! It was dark so none of the trucks could see Drew or Doc Hudson, so he said it over and over.

Each night before bed we pray with Drew and we often pray that Jesus will heal Papa's memory (Papa is my dad, Fred). This morning, when Drew woke up I asked him if he slept well. He said yes. I asked him if he had any dreams. He said yes. Then I asked him what he dreamt about. He said, "Papa-wroose. They get better." I am not sure what this was all about, but if it was a dream about Papa's memory being healed, I say bring it on, Jesus! :)

I love this little boy -- he is soooo tute! :)