I have met my match...

Look at that mischievous face!

...and he's 19 months old (today!). In our daily wars of wills, I think he wins most of the time. We are in the full-on "no" phase, which is his response to most everything I say from "Let's eat some lunch" to "Time to go to bed." He's incredibly mischievous and knows what he likes and what he doesn't like. His new thing is putting the word "due" (two) in front of anything he likes or anything he wants to emphasize. He'll say "Due Sara!" Sara is his beach buddy, and he's obsessed with her. The other day I asked him if he needed his diaper changed and he said "Due poo poo!" He wasn't exaggerating. Today I told him that on Sunday we were flying to see Grandma Mimi (when he hears a plane lately he screams "Merica!" - for him all planes apparently go to America) and he said "Due Mimi!"

After the four days spent at the beach with his nonni last week he's speaking much more Italian than English and is now speaking in short phrases. It will be interesting to see how he reacts to hearing English all the time. I think he will switch over pretty quickly because he definitely understands that his mom speaks English and his dad speaks Italian and he speaks to us in the "right" language.