the way we were

jeremy posted a comment under my last blog post under the name, "Dada, Stop!"  which is pretty darn funny with some background info for all of you.  rivers has a couple of new favorite phrases. the first of which is, "stop it!" and sometimes he'll proceed to tell you "annoying!"  yes, i have created a little monster and i'm not sure what to do. i'm almost positive he learned this from me. totally something that would come out of my mouth when talking to jeremy, jasper, or the cats. (and yes, i'm blushing - bad mama!)  rivers is all about telling everyone to "stop it!" last week i was singing in the car and rivers is yelling at me to "stop it!" my mom brought an outfit out yesterday morning to change him into and he told her to "stop it!" the worst part is, its pretty darn funny when he says it & many times i laugh. (i know, i know - soooo bad) but i mean really?! an almost 2 year old yelling at me to stop singing (trust me, i don't sing well) is hilarious! of course there are plenty of times that's its not funny & will potentially cause problems for him in the future. this just proves that its not only curse words i need to watch, but also little phrases that i normally wouldn't think twice about. he really is becoming a 2 year old and i don't know how to handle it. anyone have any good parenting books or websites they can recommend?? i'm afraid we're heading into rocky territory... man, i miss the days of him being a smiley little 6 month old who couldn't talk.  :)