Saying "dog"

James' 2nd word, after dad, was "dog" -- it comes out more like "dawwwwwggg" (thanks to Pops saying "hot dawwwwggg" all the time) but he definitely knows what he's talking about (it usually accompanies a point to Easton or another dog). He's also taken to pointing out other dogs as their owners walk them in the neighborhood and then waving "hi" and "bye bye" at them both with a smile on -- such a sweet boy!

James Dancing, Blowing Raspberries & Talking

We keep expecting to wake up and find James with a mouthful of teeth because he's teething on everything and anything -- but no luck so far! Santa, can you hear him (me) asking for them? Please! He's been such a good sleeper for such a long time and he's woken up 4 nights in a row now -- not fun (last night had filled his diaper though, but was still 45 minutes to get him back down after all was said and done).
I love his Peanut Bear jacket

James is dancing to one of his kiddo videos -- "athleticBaby - basketballs" from the Konopacks. He saw all the basketballs on the video and made a bee-line for his tub of toys and picked out his yellow beach ball to throw on the floor -- I'm tellin' ya, this lil' man is too smart for his own good!

James' latest trick. He usually makes this sound along with some "ba ba ba"s or "da da da"s. "Ma" usually gets it own string minus the spitting sounds :-)

James now has the "ba" sound down pat to add to "da" and "ma" and sometimes "ta" -- we've actually both heard a clear "Mom" and I'd like to believe it was said to me, but that's still out to the jury for first word.

Babbling in Gerber

James has started on the babbling with lots of "da da da" and "ba ba ba" directed at us both :-) He just started at it one day in full force out of nowhere!

Gerber Talk

James has been chattin' me up here the past couple of days! Here is one of the times I actually caught him on video talking "Gerber" in his pterodactyl-like screech (he usually goes silent as soon as he sees the camera as he gets easily distracted...hmmm, wonder where he gets that from? not me, hehe). We were actually woken up this morning, not by an alarm clock, but by James having a pretty in-depth conversation with his mobile animals :-) Wonder what was so exciting at 7:15am in his crib...maybe they were planning a big shindig for Friday night? This stage might just be my favorite.

Talking My Ear Off

During his happy times of the day (and while not eating), James "talks" my ear off! He has a lot to say too! I've translated the Gerber talk somewhat to know that "uh-goo" means he's in a good mood and that he, of course, agrees with me on whatever topic we are discussing. He'll respond to my talking with him and get really excited. It's amazing to watch him practice using his mouth and lips to form sounds (they come from so deep down and take so much energy and focus to get out, it's crazy) and know that one day he'll figure it out. I am just waiting for him to bust out with "Hey, Mom, how's it goin?" I swear, he's going to skip the "Dada"s and "bah"s and just go to complete sentences with the looks on his face when he's talking it up! Above is a video of him talking to me this morning. He was chatting me up and kind of clammed up once the camera out (I think he is distracted by the red light it makes when it is focusing), so this is the best I could get today to post -- enjoy! :-D