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Derek likes to wear his Thomas the Tank Engine pajamas. He has several different ones with Thomas on them, and one with Spiderman and one with Batman. I found him a slightly bigger one at a yard sale that has Bob the Builder on it. He is growing so fast that he'll be wearing it soon!
When he wears the Batman one (Uncle Tim bought it for him for his birthday) he runs around the house saying, "Nat-nan! Nat-nan!"because he can't pronounce "Batman!"
Some of Derek's interesting words:
Chewah: pizza
Hug-hug: hot dog
Beeloo: balloon

Right now, he can't pronounce his own name, so if you ask him who he is, he will tell you he is "Boo," which is his nickname! We have called him that since before he was born. He does know that his name is Derek, though-he just can't pronounce it right now.
For a long time, he was not very adventurous about trying new words. He knew every one of Thomas' friends' names, he just couldn't pronounce most of them. He could name Duck and Douglas and Duke and Boco, but that was about it. If you pointed at a train whose name he couldn't say, he would identify it as, "choo-choo!" If you named them, he would gladly point to a photo of the correct engine, though. Lately, he has branched out and is now naming Murnog (Murdoch) and Gurdon (Gordon) and is even making a valiant effort at the names Percy and Spencer, but he won't even try "Thomas"-poor Thomas is still only "Choo-choo!"