Looks like our guy has even more of both his mother and his father in him than anybody could have guessed! Daily conversations make it rather obvious, though: he is a total know-it-all.
Unlike his dad, however (hee hee) he isn’t actually always right. It’s just this routine that he has developed. Here’s a typical conversation:
It’s unbelievable that our monkey recently turned 2. Ridiculous, right? And those of you with older children, adult children, and grandchildren are thinking, “2 years? That’s absolutely nothing.”
Birthday party is this weekend, but here are a few shots of the little guy demolishing a cupcake:
Just a link today. But trust me, you’ll want to click it:
http://jvlphoto.com/pixelpost/index.php?showimage=916
Update: for Flickr types, you’ll notice a link to the Flickr version (larger) from Justin’s blog post. You can check it out there, too, and if you’re involved in the Flickr community at all it’s a good place to leave a comment for the man himself, add it as a favourite, etc.
Other update: Alex and I were chatting about it, and laughing about how when he was doing the “hanging from the bar” part of the shoot, he let Justin take a few shots and then calmly said to me, “Codey done.”* So cute. We wanted to try to get as many as possible, though, so I asked him “Can you go up for one more?” “Kay.” he said calmly and didn’t fuss. A few like that and we gave him his freedom. 
*this is what he calls himself.
Took the monkey to the Aviation Museum today (Aviation and Space? I can’t remember its name now). On the way home we had this cute conversation:
Monkey: Love you, daddy.
Me:
Monkey: Codey love mommy, also.
Me: I know you do. Daddy, too!
Monkey: Mommy love daddy.
Me: You betcha; we love each other a lot!
Monkey: Mommy kiss daddy day. (here, ‘day’ means ‘today’)
Then some general laughter and carrying on.
So cute. Love that boy so much.
More about the museum (with photos!) in a day or two.
Mainly wanted to post a little “something” to let y’all know that I’m not forgetting about you. I’m just crazy busy!
As usual, I can’t get enough of the little Monkey’s vocabulary growth. Lately he’s really starting to piece together language and come up with his own phrases based on “passing” information. In other words, he’ll say stuff and Alex or I will look at the other and say, “Did YOU teach him that?” “Not me, you?” “Maybe he learned it at daycare!” But sometimes it wasn’t learned at daycare either. It just filtered in through a combination of overhearing conversations, catching something on tv… whatever…! It’s pretty cool when it happens.
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Monkey House is populated by three lovely and wonderful simians–Greg, his wife Alex, and their son Cole. He is a jack of all trades, she is a scientist/athlete, and their son is a poopsmith.