That's what Colin has called Christopher ever since he could call him by name. However, over the weekend he perfected "Christopher" and it sounds like he'll be leaving the nickname "Dih-duhr" behind pretty soon. In the heat of an argument or when he breathlessly wants his older brother's attention, he falls back on the old pronunciation... but I think Dih-duhr's days are numbered.
The second Colin-ism I have to jot down has to do with his love for hiding. After he's finished dinner and the remaining three of us are at the table eating or talking, he'll come over to the side of the table and pull a scarf over his head. He'll stand there patiently (visibly grinning through the transparent fabric) waiting for someone to say, "Where's Colin?" Then he whips the scarf off of his head abracadabra-style and joyously exclaims, "THERE ME ARE!"
** I should note that we are not fans of baby talk... in our household, it's on the same level as
nails running down a chalkboard. That said, there have been a handful
of mispronunciations during the kids' speech development that we have
found to be pretty darn cute. But does that count as baby talk? Probably
not. I'd define baby talk as something non-babies do when they're
talking down to babies and young children. **
