ask the monkey

i have probably mentioned a number of times how social and imaginative david is and how opposite casey and i are from that. oh, we have our moments of both but our comfort zones are more introverted and task-oriented. so david is "forcing" us to grow in these areas which is not bad. the picture above is a prime example - it is of david and his monkey Marvin [the current favorite stuffed animal]. marvin likes to ride in our car, eat dinner with us, play football and read books. i will admit seeing david with marvin makes me giddy about david becoming a big brother - he will be amazing. but the kicker is that marvin spoke last night. yes, much to david's surprise marvin spoke to daddy. the look on his face was priceless but the real fun began when it was bedtime. we did our usual nighttime routine and then left marvin and david to fall asleep. for the next five minutes david could be heard talking with marvin. it was clear marvin wasn't very chatty because david kept asking the same questions over and over. we just sat and listened to his imagination go wild with marvin. how easy it is to trust when you are two.