Fireman is silly

"Fireman is silly" is officially being recorded as Austin's first sentence. He has said a few others recently, marking 21 months as the point at which this skill has arrived. This is most memorable sentence, however, because of the association. We were watching television with my parents Thanksgiving weekend and watching Eddie Murphy receive the Mark Twain prize. They played a lot of old clips, which were hilarious, including a clip from "Delirious." We were all laughing hard and Austin looked at us and looked at Eddie Murphy, who was bedecked in his famous head-to-toe red leather suit and made a very astute observation: "Fireman" (clearly Eddie Murphy because of the way he was dressed) "is" (a verb!) "silly" (because he is making mommy, daddy, grandmom and pop pop laugh.)

His speech is amazing. He will say or try to say anything. But increasingly, so is his his grasp of more complex things. This morning he insisted on pouring his own cereal, which is REALLY annoying. I let him pour the dry cereal, but drew the line (at the high risk of temper tantrum) at pouring the milk. Luckily for me, he attempted to lift the milk and ceded the responsibility as he realized it was "heavy."

Amazing how quickly cognition develops. Of course I already mentioned the temper tantrums, which are frequent and dramatic. The other day he fought me to keep his coat off and then fought me to keep it on and all the while he was screaming and crying really heavy tears. I mean the kid was absolutely beside himself with devastation. I hear it's only four more years of this.

But he is truly a joy and so freaking cute. His blond curls abound and he hugs and kisses and says I love you all the time.