Good Idea, Buddy!

We have an echo in our house these days. Peyton is repeating everything we say. He'll even repeat a whole sentence now and again. The most boring and unimportant things we say are suddenly transformed into adorable and memorable moments when they come from Peyton's mouth instead of ours. It's incredible to hear him speak to me with more and more clarity every day.

For instance, the saying of the day last Sunday was, "good idea." He used this like a broken record for the ENTIRE day! But, now he's mastered it and proudly tells me on a daily basis. Examples: "Duh and Goo, good idea!" (Translation: Duck and Goose - his favorite story) Or, my personal favorite, "Go ou-side, good idea!" Just melts my heart to hear him speak.

Another heart melting moment was two nights ago. As Steve and I were tucking Peyton into bed for the night and quietly whispering our good nights and I love you's from the door, Peyton lifted his sleepy head to watch us go. Then, while waving good-bye to us, he quietly repeated, "Good nigh, I love you." Now, who doesn't want to hear those words at the end of a very busy day? It was all we could do to hold it together until the door was closed and before we both just melted into two puddles of proud parent, right there in the hallway!

Here's a video, like most of mine are:
Peyton is clearly preoccupied with something else and I'm
trying to recreate a moment that once was, for the camera: