Teagan

Teagan is learning new words everyday. It's funny to hear how impressed he is with himself when he says new things. His latest is calling my mom Diya instead of Grandma. He never really says Grandma to anyone but his Grandma Reita. My mom always felt a bit left out. He calls my Dad and Darryl's Dad Grandpa, but he only says Grandma to Darryl's mom. Well, I guess he thought my mom should be called by her first name, Diana. He can't say it perfectly, so he just says Diya. It's adorable when he calls for her. He runs in yelling Diya! until he finds her. 

He also calls for Lynn now too. He uses the same high-pitched screechy voice my Grandma Larsen uses when she is upset with Lynn. Teagan decided that must be how you are supposed to say it so he yells in this high-pitched voice LYNN! It's really funny. Even my Grandma had to laugh.

We were watching the Utes game at my parents house and Cambria brought over some doughnuts from a new place called Beyond Glaze. They were gourmet doughnuts in lots of different flavors like apple pie, nutmeg, peach cobbler and just about anything you can think of. We had fun trying the different kinds and Teagan especially liked it. Devin went to give him a bite and told him to say doughnut. Teagan chimed right in and said DOUGHNUT! Then he was really surprised at himself for saying it so perfectly on the first try. He has said doughnut doughnut doughnut not stop since then. It never came up before now since we rarely eat doughnuts. Darryl doesn't like them and I just never think to buy them since I am not a big breakfast eater. I think this was his very first doughnut. He thoroughly enjoyed himself. 

If he happened to stop repeating the word endlessly, Cambria would say doughnut and Teagan would start again. It was like Marco Polo. She would say doughnut and no matter where he was, if he could hear her he would yell doughnut back.

That night, I was reading him a bedtime story and decided to mix it up a bit. He insists on reading One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish every night. We usually throw in one or two other books that are always different each night, but this time I decided to forgo the "ISH" book and read ABC's by Dr. Seuss. I just felt like reading that one for some reason. He was almost asleep but not quite to the point where I could stop reading and I got to the letter D and it mentioned DOUGHNUTS! So much for him going to sleep! He sat straight up in bed yelling doughnut doughnut doughnut. He is so proud that he can say that word so well. It was funny.

He is such a sweet little boy. I am so glad I get to be such a big part of his life. He makes me so happy and I don't think it's possible to love him more. I am so proud of all his little accomplishments whether it was learning to walk or just saying doughnut. He is my sunshine, my little lovey, my sweet baby boy. (I call him sunshine and little lovey a lot. I guess I am a nickname person. He already has too many nicknames to count. These are the ones used the most . . . for now.)