16 Months

This little guy is 16 months old today! As you can see in the picture, he's got six teeth....the only six teeth he's had for months now! We're just sure he's going to pop in a few more any time...but no show yet!

James feels very cool in 'his' glasses. He likes for other people to put them on also so he can admire them, too. Here he is with his Uncle Jeff.

And now for some toddler antics. James has learned (originally from his Aunt Gail) to drink from a straw and definitely feels like a hot shot doing so. He likes to hold on to the straw all by himself, thank you very much.

This really is the only shot I got of him not attempting to eat the crayon...but he's trying to color a little! This was taken on a very ambitious day when I thought I'd start to teach him colors.

Anything to get just a few inches higher. James is climbing on everything! Kitchen drawers, bottom shelves, laundry baskets turned upside down, toys....I really do feel like I save his life multiple times a day! (never mind the silly outfit--striped green socks, black pants, and blue fleece?!)

Here's where we've seen the most toddler-like behavior showing up: meal time. If there's a spoon or fork involved, you'd better believe James is going to be the one running the utensil...or else. If it's too tricky for him to 'load' the food (say, stabbing small veggies with fork) as soon as we hand it to him 'loaded', he rests it on the tray, and then picks it up himself...I guess so that he feels like he really did it on his own. SO independent.

Anyway, he's totally transitioned to one nap, still using his pacifier at night and naptimes, LOVES brushing his teeth, takes any opportunity to climb up and down stairs, and has been speaking gibberish sentences for a couple of weeks. He looks so sincere when he says them--we wonder what he's saying! It terms of English, his most clear word (with two separate consonant sounds, I might add) is cup. He also is half-way saying a good handful of other words but some of them are most easily interpreted by Mark and me!

Looking forward to the next month--never a dull moment, that's for sure!!