He Called Me Mom

Music to my ears today. I was upstairs, and Amarin called from downstairs, "Mom!" This was the first time he's called me "mom" directly. He has referred to me, usually with his brothers, as "mom," but never called me that directly. I know it may not sound like much, but every single tiny step is HUGE! And this, my friends, was HUGE! I'm "mom!"

In addition, we've had Amarin with us for four months now. One of my goals was to keep track of his new words for his scrapbook. I did fine for the first two months. I've now given up on this goal, and I'm quite happy about it! His language is really blossoming. Today we sat down and recapped our adventures from yesterday (we saw the Little House on the Prairie musical) and he had so much to say about it....mostly about what he snacked on during the performance and what he ate for lunch, but that's OK. He is trying so hard to speak, and is really starting to get his ideas across to us.