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Camden, what sound does mama make?

August 14th, 2008

Just because this is something Amy wouldn’t blog about, I’ll relate this. 

We were on our way back from a trip a few weeks back when, toward the end of the day, we were both trying to keep Camden occupied.  One of his favorite toys is a small Beany baby monkey.  He takes it everywhere.  Amy would ask Camden, “What sound does a monkey make?”  Then she would pipe in with “ooh! ooh! ooh! ah! ah!”  He never seemed to make the connection and just stared at her blankly. 

After many an attempt at this we were all tired and ready for a relaxing nights sleep when I had an epiphany on how his mind works and asked, “Camden, What sound does mama make?”  He immediately chimes, “ooh! ooh! ooh! ah! ah!” 

Made my day. Now he’ll say that almost every time I ask him that question and it makes us all laugh.

Stoner…

Mama

August 14th, 2008

Son #1 has finally consented to calling me Mama.  He has called his father Daddy for months and has even attempted “Aunt Leisl”, but never Mama.  He calls our animals by name, calls his brother “Baby”, and says Paw Paw perfectly, but never Mama.  When we would ask him to say Mama, he would just smile coyly and point to me.

This week however, he has decided to honor me with a title instead of just random yelling when he wants me.  It is a sound that I am honored to hear and I hope he always feels comfortable calling it whenever he needs help.

Mama….  I am officially a Mama! 

now to work on Grammy….