Goodbye Mom and Dad....

That's right, Carter rarely call us Mom and Dad anymore. He seems to prefer Melissa (pronounced Meyissa) and Zach. I really started to notice it last week and it's still going strong. He's gone through stages before where he realizes that I answer to names other than Mom. For instance, when he was little he noticed that Zach called me Masha. It apparently stood out to him more when Zach was in the back of the apartment and needed something so he would semi-shout "Masha" and I would respond. So Carter had a stage when, if he had to call me for something he would always call "Masha" not Mom. Then next time came when we lived with my family this last summer. Out of the seven kids I'm the only girl so all my brothers, my parents and even some neighbors call me Sis. Carter notice this and would try it out every once in a while. It was kind of comical because whenever he called me Sis he would kind of squint one eye and raise his eyebrows like, "Will it work? Will she answer me?". I'm not sure how long this current trend will last. We'll have to wait and see. I'm sure it will pass eventually but until it does I answer to Meyissa.