Blaise looks very much like his mother did as a baby. The only people who don't think he resembles his mother are those who didn't know her as a baby. But Blaise's budding ability to communicate very much resembles his dad.
His father, my son-in-law, is a very engaging person who is hilariously funny. I see the beginnings of these traits in Blaise.
As Blaise learns to talk he has added some emphatic, and rather funny, expressions. Shortly after learning the word no, Blaise started saying no way, only he emphasized the way as though it were an emphatic suffix. He would say no oo-way. And this in answer to simple yes/no questions such as Would you like some juice? No oo-way! I'm sure he wondered why everyone would chuckle at his responses. He was just expressing his own personal intensity.
More recently he has added the expression Okay, fine. And this again in answer to a yes/no question. Would you like some oatmeal? Okay, fine. It is as though he has learned another way to add an intensifier to his answers. I find it linguistically interesting as well as humorous.
I think my favorite example was when Blaise learned the expression Come on! In various situations he will say Come on! It's hilarious. Once there was a repairman in his kitchen trying to fill out a receipt. The pen wasn't working. He shook it, scribbled, shook it again, and quietly said under his breath (to the pen) "Come on." Blaise echoed him with a forceful, "Come on!"
This child is just so funny. Grandchildren are such a gift.
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