Conversations with little e

So e has been saying tons of new "words" lately and I wanted to get some of them in writing before I forgot about them.  He is such a funny little talker.  When he is in a good mood he will just "talk" nonstop.  The funniest is when he just walks up to us, starts talking away, complete with head nods and hand gestures.  We can't understand most of it, but it's hysterical.  He will even do this to strangers.  He definitely has something he wants to say!

He does however, have some words we can understand, and he said his first sentence yesterday! "I wa O's"  (I want Cheerios.)  Now, obviously he needs to get a few manners, but if you know e, it's no surprise that his first sentence involves getting food!  I have since heard him exchange the Os for other favorites.  "I wa aga-aga," (water) or "I wa go-go" (yogurt).  Then I make him say please "eese." This all started because he doesn't say yes or no.  Just please.  So when I would try to figure out what he wanted, I'd give him options and when he said "eese", I knew that's what he wanted.  Now, he's just eliminating my guess work, and I love it!  His other newest word is quesadilla or "de-da."  Are you sensing a theme here?

He's just getting so big.  He and N now fight over who turns off the TV and turns out the lights.  N is still sort of protective (read - controlling) of e, and e is starting to get really upset by that.  He wants to do his own thing!  Even if it's not what Mom or big brother wants him to do.  He loves to play with drawers and cabinets, and N knows they are not supposed to.  With N the rule follower and e the free spirit, you can just imagine how that goes!