Scott and I have been amazed over the past couple of months at the speed and extent to which Levi's vocabulary has grown. It's like someone flipped a switch and he suddenly started repeating everything we said. He went from a total Barney fan to being obsessed with Thomas the Train in about two weeks. He knows at least twelve engines' names (Thomas is his favorite, of course) and knows at least six or seven of them by sight alone. Crazy!
We've often wondered if Levi has any memory of Aaron or our long stay in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. We have pictures of Aaron in several places in the house, but Levi usually doesn't mention them. One morning earlier this week, we were standing by the fridge gathering a juice cup and heading to school. Levi was looking up at several snapshots of Aaron on the fridge and he started naming off everyone he saw in the pictures. "Daddy," "Nanny," "Bebi" (his name for himself), he said, pointing at everyone. I pointed to a picture of a sleeping Aaron and said "who's this?" not really expecting him to know. Instead, he startled me by saying plainly "dat's Ahhh-non...he's night-night." I handed him his juice and smiled because it warmed my heart to know that he hasn't forgotten his brother. He smiled at me and I told him, "that's right. Aaron lives in heaven with Jesus." "Jesus," he said, and headed for the door.
Our conversation made my day. He is a proud big brother, still.
2 comments:
Amazing...you have to know that God whispered those words in Levi's ears, right before he said them outloud to you!!
that is some good stuff. thanks for sharing
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