Where'd the TIME go!?!?!

... as James would say! Where'd THAT go? Where's JAMES go? Yes, it's been a while since I checked in, that boy is BUSY! He's running, climbing, HIDING! He LOVEs hide 'n' seek! We take turns hiding.. I'll say, "James, go hide!" and he runs out of the room (with his determined little steps!) and hides behind the bed or crib in ours or his room. My favorite, though, is when he hides behind the coffee table in the FROG (Finished Room Over Garage.. orange / family room). The problem is that he drops to the floor in front of it so that he's there the min you walk into the room. So, I have to walk past him so that I'm on the other side and THEN pretend that I can't find him! Heehee. Also, if he wants to play, he'll cover his eyes and say "where'd James go?!?!" Silly bug.
New words 'n' stuff: "all gone", "moo-ehn" (moon), "moo" (what does the cow say?), "neow" (what does the cat say?), "muuuh-siiih" (music, accompanied by the sign for it), he actually SAYS "more" in additional to signing it, "huunhh" (hungry, accompanied by the sign for eating), "nigh nigh", "digh digh" (bye bye.. hey, it beats "see ya!"), "icceseeam" (guess what that one is!)
Stuff: climbs on EVERYTHING, kisses, shakes his head no and says "mm,mm" (James, want to get up? mm-mm.), knows what DVDs are for (will bring one to you, point the TV, and sign "Help"), hits the TV and says "on", asked me for music yesterday in the car... pointed to the CD player, signed, and said "muuh-ssiiih?".
Oh yeah, he also stayed with Grams and Grandaddy W. again this past weekend, which ROCKED because Mommy FINALLY got our bedroom drapes done, but he came back RUINED! The boy won't sleep, and he won't let go of Mommy for 5 mins.. guess he had some separation anxiety that he didn't realize until he got home.. sheesh. Pics posted to the album.

Pumpkin Pickin'

Who knew that the humble pumpkin, serenly beautiful in it's gourdly nature, could be SO FREAKIN' COOL?!?! Apparently, if you are 19 months old, it is the hottest thing since Balls Everywhere! We went to the Pumpkin Patch, which is between here and Miss Valarie's. They have one of those giant inflatable pumpkins that cracks James up every time we drive past, so I figured, how much would he LOVE if that's where we got our pumpkins? The answer is: a TON. First he just ran up and down each row, giggling like a sociopath and stopping every now and then to pat a pumpkin or try to pick one up. He moved around all of the gourds, and said hi to the other little ones who were doing the same thing, and whose parents also apparently thought that buying pumpkins here was the price you pay for some cool photo ops.
Other pics will be on Shutterfly if today's technical issues get resolved (tried to post 2x earlier), but here's the money shot:
P.S.: Can you believe how BIG he's getting! Yeeks!

Someday my prince will come...

Yesterday morning I felt like a princess! James always snuggles with us and sometimes lets us catch a few more winks in the morning before we really wake up. Yesterday he and mommy slept in a little after daddy went to make coffee, and I felt him stirring. I like to pretend I'm still sleeping even when he wakes up just to see what he does. He sat up, leaned over, and KISSED me good morning! How awesome is that?

This morning I was awakened by the usual slap in the face (literally.. a smack on the cheek). I guess he's back to being a frog.

Also, FIRST SENTENCE!! This morning I said, James, can you say hi to dadda? He looked right at Sterling and said "Hi Dadda!". Sure, he says "alldone", and "see that?" and "where did that go?", but really thinks those are all one word. This was two individual words that he normally uses separately! Yay! Also, while at the lake he said "Hi, ducks", and "hi, doggie".. and also said "turtle" (tuhduh).

Sorry for the backlog of info, but it's really been a developmentally busy week! He LOVES SpongeBob Squarepants, and was looking at the cover of the DVD, imitating his open-mouthed grin.. very funny. He then opened the DVD, brought it over to me, pointed to the DVD itself and signed help/open and looked at the TV. The little stinker knows that DVDs play movies, and that this one played SpongeBob. Wow. For the record, he cracked up while we watched about the first 30mins... for those of you who haven't seen it (the movie), well worth your time. It's freakin' hilarious!