Rubber Duckie, You're the One...

Thanks Uncle Joel & Aunt Elizabeth! James received an inflatable duckie tub for Christmas from them and used it for the first time tonight. It was delightful watching him splash. Just last week James started sitting up for minutes at a time on his own, so until now he's had his baths lying down on a big bath sponge. He's never minded baths, but tonight he LOVED it! I took at least nine videos but will just include this short one from bathtime.

(Does anybody else remember Ernie's song he sang about his 'very special little pal,' Rubber Duckie, on Ses*me Street? "Rubber duckie, you're the one....you make bathtime lots of fun...Rubber duckie, I'm awfully fond of you...bo do do di doe" I just looked it up on YouT*be. Vintage Ses*me Street is what came up. That makes me feel old.)

Our other big 'sitting up' adventure occured at the grocery store. I usually prefer to grocery shop without James, because I've never really mastered the skill of fitting his carseat carrier on the shopping cart. I just feel like it's never very secure. So I've always put him in the basket part, which leaves next to no room for groceries and defeats the purpose of making a grocery run. Until today! I took along the shopping cart cover my mom made him for Christmas (it has monkeys and bananas on it--really cute) and he sat up in that. He acted like he was the king of the world. He was just thrilled every time I picked up something crinkly or rattly to put into the cart, and he smiled at and 'talked' to lots of people! Sitting up has been a pretty big deal around our house!