More Funny Pics

I had to pull the camera out for this moment today, too! We have been working on James using a fork and spoon the right way. He was doing pretty well (for a beginner at least) and I really had to go to the bathroom, so I thought, " I'll just clean it up if he makes a mess!". Well, I came back and he was trying to drink his food out of the bowl. Since he was already making quite a mess, and I was starving, I thought I'd let him just have at it and sit down and enjoy my yummy left-overs. He was cracking me up trying to eat with his fork. He'd get a big bite, put it up to his mouth, and turn it just a little too soon to where it'd fall in his lap. They say that you have to let them learn sometime! I went to get the camera, and he started playing peek-a-boo with food all in his hands, getting it all in his hair! He's a funny kid! We went straight to the bath after this!







My little Jamesy is getting to be such a big boy! He's changing by the week! There are so many things that he's doing right now where I think, "I need to blog this", but then I forget. He's losing a lot of his babyness, which every once in a while gets to me, but it's being replaced by his adorable little personality that I am in love with! Some things I want to remember about him right now...

-He's so loud!! Anywhere we go, you can hear his hilarious, raspy, loud voice from pretty far away.

-He's very talkative and "asks lots of questions" in his own language. He looks at me like I know what he's saying and wants an answer!

-His real words are getting so clear and he's using them more and more every day!

-His favorite things to talk about are doggies (a lot of animals are doggies), shoes (anytime he sees one he yells "SHOOOE!"), and balls (anything that's round, even grapes, which he tries to throw like a ball). It seems like he comes up with a new word a week!

-He loves sticks, which includes rakes, brooms, bats, etc.

-He growls every time he sees an animal, but yesterday and today, he's been mooing when he sees a cow!

-He's super independent. Forget me holding him when we go out. He wiggles his way down as FAST as he can and yells (ok, sometimes screams) when I try to pick him back up and he doesn't want me to. This is what makes it SO hard to go out and about right now.

-He's very curious. One of my favorite faces of his is his concentrating face. He makes this a lot when something's really interesting or new to see. Yesterday, we went to the dentist together and while I was getting work done, he was straddling my lap facing me. He was completely still for about 30 minutes (never happens) and intently watching my dentist work in my mouth. I sat there and just enjoyed staring at him, since I never get to do that anymore. It was so cute how fascinated he was!

-He loves books! This is another of my favorite things to do with him, but he'll bring over a book, back up, and sit in my lap. Some books he wants to read over and over, like Goodnight Moon, one of his farm animal books, and his Baby Talk book, that his Aunt Jo Anna gave him. He points to the right thing when I ask him where the spoon, cookie, etc. is. There's one page where it asks you to sing, and he "sing" which is one of the funniest noises.

-He shakes his head no now when you ask him a question and he doesn't want to. I asked him for a kiss the other day and he looked at me with a little attitude and shook his head!

-In the midst of all of his busyness, he'll still stop and give me big hugs and kisses. Every once in a while, he'll want to just snuggle for about 10 minutes or so, and then that's it! He's off! But I totally eat it up when he does!

-He's all boy, but he's the sweetest, happiest, funniest little thing, trying all day long to make me laugh or smile! He plays peek-a-boo like it's going out of style! I've never seen anyone play it so much! He thinks he's a comedian!

-He blows kisses a lot now, anytime Daddy or someone close leaves. He very passionately puts his hand to his mouth, puts it out, and says "Muuu!"

-I almost forgot, but how could I forget..He loves to climb!! He scares me half to death sometimes, but he climbs on everything he can now!

I know there's more I've been wanting to add, but I'll have to just make a new list another day. I'm going to go try to get some more things done during his nap!