Wedding Bells

Ok, I want you to picture this in your head....

We're sitting at the table (in the eating room, as Jeramyah calls it) eating dinner and Jeramyah says he's going to marry me when he gets big (he often says this). I lovingly rub his face and tell him that I'm going to be sad when he doesn't want to marry me any more. He says that he will marry me again and again and again. I told him one day he won't feel that way, that he'll want to marry some other girl.

As Jeramyah gets a bite of his burrito I can see his wheels turning. He tells me "Mama, ask me what I gotta do before I get married."
"What do you have to do before you get married and have kids?" (If you can't tell, I often ask this question.)
"Got to college."
"Graduate college."
"No, I don't have to do that cause I can't say it."
"Yes, you do have to do it, and yes, you can say it."
"Gramugawate"
"Grad ju ate"
"Grab ju ate"
"Duh not buh."
"I have to Grabdjuate before I can get married and have kids."
"Yes son, you do."
We both take a bite and I ask, "What do you think the name of your wife will be?"
"Huh?"
"Your wife, what do you think her name will be? Mary, Beth, Shanequa, Zoya, what?"
"I don't know."
"Guess!"
"I don't know mama. I'll know it later, when I know it."
"Are you going to have kids?"
"Yes."
"How many?"
"One girl and four boys." He shows me this with his fingers as he's saying it. (For those of you who don't know, J also tells me I'M going to have one girl and four boys.)
"Are you going to have a big wedding or a little wedding?"
"A little wedding. ..... did you have a big wedding or a little wedding?"
"I had a very little wedding. Sometimes big weddings are overrated."
"Oh. .... then I'll have a big wedding cause it's prolly gonna be obererrated."

Man, I love this kid!