Dada is in Florida for 10 days of sales training. Tyler definitely understood when we told him Dada was leaving and the morning he left, Tyler couldn't stop talking about it. We told him Dada was going on an airplane and will be working for a while. "Dada. Fly. Airplane," was all Tyler said over and over the first couple of days. Tyler talks to Dada on the phone and is learning to carry on a pretty good conversation. "Hello Dada," he says, listening intently to whatever Dada is telling him. Last night they were making animal sounds for each other. It makes Tyler's day when Dada does the elephant and as much as he wants to hog the phone when Dada calls, he is willing to pass it back to me after he's heard the elephant sound. Fulfilled! So this morning while getting ready for school, Tyler and I talked about Dada and instead of "Dada, fly, airplane" Tyler said "Dada. Elmet."

Grandma Wan & Grandpa Neb came up to help poor Mama out. Tyler quickly became his grandpa's shadow. He's always shy with his Grandmas and aunts, but not his Grandpas and uncles. I wonder if that's normal. Maybe normal for Mama's boys. With Dada gone, Tyler has definitely become more clingy than usual. He prefers to sleep with his head on top of my face, his arms wrapped tightly around my neck. He wouldn't care if he suffocated me, as long as he is holding onto me.