Maybe I Am Too Proud

I know I am not very consistent in my blogging.  In fact I go a month or two then sit down and bombard everyone with posts.  That is how my life is though.  There is always so much going on.  I wanted to take a minute to take note of J's accomplishments.  I will make lists to the best of my memory of what has taken place in the last few months.

Signs He Can Sign:
More
Bath
Help (with prompting)
All Done (with prompting)
(Shakes His Head No)

Signs He Understands:
Cookie

Words:

1. Jacob
2. Da-da
3. Ma-ma (*He knows this word yet chooses to say "da-da" when he sees me.  We think he uses this as a greeting rather than as a name.  He will call for me if I am not in the room.)
4. Dog (Though he would rather bark.)
5. Cat
6. Milk
7. More
8. Cookie
9. Pops
10. (They tell me he says Granddaddy though I haven't heard it myself.)
11. Outside
12. Bath
13. Hello
14. Hey (He did say "hey there" the other day when shaking hands at church.)
15. School
16. No
17. Go
18. Hot
19. Duck
20. Cup
21. Nana (banana)
22. Door
23. Yes
24. Belly
25. Amen
26. This
27. Touchdown
28. Car
29. Truck
30. Church
31. Up
32. Sit

He must be prompted to say these words.

J also tries to mimic many other words.  He has learned how to sing just in the last few days.  He may not know the words, but he does "sing." I can ask him to point to certain things in his book or to body parts and he will do so. Now, I will say some of these words are probably not at all recognizable by others but, because we are his parents, M and I can decipher what he is saying pretty well.

Animal Sounds:
Horse
Cow
Duck
Dog
He can also roar so we are working on putting that sound with the lion.
We are working on "meow" for cat.

J's motor skills are coming along as well.  He is learning how to put on hats, take off clothes, twist, hug (oh his hugs are the best hugs in the whole wide world.  I don't know what I will do if he ever stops wanting to hug me.), kiss, he can clap, point, wave, stomp, spin, patty cake, clasp his hands to say prayers, raise his hands, bounce, dance, walk backwards, sit up in a chair, and climb (stairs are his favorite of course be he climbs other objects as well). He recognizes people and songs.  One of my favorite things that J does is at church.  When we walk in the door he wants down so he can go and shake everyone's hand.  They all say he will be a preacher or politician but I am holding out for something else.  I think he is just overly friendly.

I have got to gain some balance.  I am way to crazy about this little boy.  I don't understand how there are people in this world that don't love or want their children.  My life is so much fuller since I have had this wonderful little boy.  I am sure I will mention my love and adoration for him about 852 billion more times before my life has ended (at least).