This number is probably inaccurate, but searching my blog for the word “update” returned six entries related to Mago. And I can’t think of a better subject header. And 7 is a nice, magical number.
This morning I forgot to say goodbye when going for work and he cried. I hurried to him and apologized, and picked him up, and he calmed down and gave me a tight hug for a long while. I want to forget tomorrow so I can have the same thing again. Though he often gives hugs after naps and in the morning.
The other day while Tia held him, he forcefully turned her head to the side to examine a hair clasp on the side of her head. She turned her head back and he forcefully turned it back again, all of this with a very serious expression on his face.
He looks at and grabs my new self-made necklace, specifically the boat charm/pendant on it (about that next entry, pending), and says “Boa.” he says water (“Wawa”), flower (“Fwowa” or “Fowa”), apple (“Appum”), and a baby-sitter apparently taught him “Hippo”. This morning he clearly said “Happy”. Also this morning he heard me say doggy (I forget why) and he sniffed like a dog.