When you figure out what it is that Ivan truly wants he now roars “YEAH!”
Do you want cheese on your pasta? YEAH!
It’s hard to get the cuteness of this across in text, but the “YEAH” comes out with the same ferocity as his dinosaur imitation and a giant grin.

His vocabulary is expanding daily and we sometimes get two word phrases. “No bink” which means “I do not want my pacifier” or “Wehzee go” which means “This is Ezri’s coat.” His word for coat sounds like go.

His pronunciation on “chicken taco” is particularly adorable. It sounds something like “TeekoTaco.”

“Weh-zee” or “Wehbee” is his word for Ezri.
She was away for a night at her grandparents for a Seder during his bedtime and he refused to go to sleep. He would say her name and then sob and scream. He loves his sister.

We also get to have misunderstandings. I asked Ivan if he wanted to go for a walk thinking to put him in his stroller and walk around the neighborhood.
As soon as I picked him up headed towards the stroller, he looked indignant and said, ‘No. WOK! WOK!”
Walk is one of his new words and that was what he wanted to do. So, we did a little walking in the yard and did not take the stroller out for my idea of a walk. He insists on walking more and more as opposed to being carried. This is sometimes convenient and sometimes just the opposite.

He has a favorite song. It is Stompy the Bear by Caspar Babypants. He will ask for it as “Beh” which is his word for bear and then point either at the speaker or at the computer that controls our iTunes. If you play it for him, he will then dance along and stomp trying to sing along at times. He knows the point at which the singer yells, “Go!” and this is his singular favorite moment in the song. Ezri can sing you all the words to Stompy the Bear and will correct you if you sing the bear colors in the wrong order. We’ve heard this song a lot in Blau haus. If you want to share the joy, here’s a youtube video of Stompy.