Toby

Sometimes my days are filled with things I need to do that I forget to slow down and really observe the changes in Rafael. He just surprises us with things that he observes and remembers. Since he was about over a year old and more so now, he adores Thomas and Friends. He also loves Lightning McQueen of Cars the movie.

I usually let him in my office around 5:30 pm, as I am just wrapping up with work. He brings his seat over and I let him watch Youtube clips of Thomas and Friends from my laptop. Last week, while watching a clip, I noticed a character I wasn't familiar with. I know most of the characters (seeing and hearing them 2x a day, it just sticks) but this one character I didn't know and I asked him who it was expecting that he wouldn't know either. He said: "Toby!". The character's name is Toby. Then I continued to ask him the names of the other characters being shown. Then he said: "Percy, Emily, James, Gordon.." and so on! How amazing is that?

I must've been really occupied the past few months that I haven't really "listened" to him. I 've got to do a better job of being aware of his progress. Otherwise, I won't see it coming one day when he'll say: "Dad, meet my girlfriend".

Toby:

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