UV expressed

Tonight was a huge night for the tree frog and his parents. Since the moment I can remember we have told Renn that we love him prior to bed. As his vocabulary has grown we have been hoping/wanting "love" to become one of his words. But, to no avail. We would continue to say it each night (repeatedly) hoping for it to be reciprocated but it never came in words. The last few weeks he has become such a parrot of all we are saying we thought certainly he would say it but it did not come. Till TONIGHT! I was carrying Renn to bed and Eric was doing dishes. Eric said "love you, son" and out of no where Renn turns his head and says "uv you"! I screamed!!! DID YOU HEAR THAT? DID YOU HEAR THAT? Eric was giddy with laughter!
It was so real and heartfelt. It didn't feel like he was just repeating daddy but that he got it!
IT WAS AMAZING! AAAAmazing!
P.S. - I will admit there was a tinge of jealousy in me that wishes it was said to me but I will take it however it comes.
WE LOVE YOU TREE FROG!!!

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Parrot

We recently got a Parrot. It is male and 2 years of age. He is very colorful and energetic. Our parrot is also extremely quick to learn and literally repeats the last word(s) of everything you say. You have to be cautious with your words, music and TV around our parrot. Our parrot also helps us realize the words we use the most:
I don't know
yeah
I got it
yeah
okay
everywhere
yeah
it's coming
okay
what's that?
yeah
this way
okay
yeah
okay
yeah
okay
and yeah, yeah, yeah.
We are attempting to replace the yeah with "yes"
If you would are worried about being mimicking then beware of our parrot, his name is Renn.
P.S. Our parrot also loves the word ausaurs (dinosaurs)

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