He's becoming his own person

Creed is suddenly talking so much more.  My little parrot is teaching me the phrases that I must say a lot.  Two weeks ago he started putting one finger in the air and telling me, "A minute.  A minute."  I'm constantly saying that to him: I know you're hungry and your lunch will be ready in a minute, I'm on the phone with dad so I'll help you in just a minute, wait a minute before you get into the tub so I can get the water just right, etc.

The one that surprised me was when he started saying, "I mean it!"  What?  Since then I realize that if Creed ignores something that I say, I find myself saying things like, "It's time to go.  Go get your shoes . . . Creed, I mean it.  Go get your shoes."  Now if I don't do something he wants he tells me, " I mean it!"

And since he's saying so much more, we're finding out a lot more about what he wants.  Like yesterday when I put a shirt and jacket on him, but he refused to wear the pants I picked out.  Instead, he decided that he want to wear the chicken pants from the bottom of his chicken costume.  If that's what makes him happy, that's fine with me.  Besides, wouldn't that site at the grocery store make you smile?

And today, as we were digging through his toys, we found this bow-tie buried in there, and he had to wear it immediately.  And he did not want to take it off.  He wore it to the toy store, he wore it proudly through the library, he wore it to pick up dinner.
Where does he get his sense of style?  It's not like we dress like crazies. 

Oh wait, maybe we do.