Little Stinker!

James got the rest of his birthday presents this week. Grandma and Grandpa sent a cute turtle sand box with some trucks from Uncle Scott. At first I think he was just so excited to get outside that he didn't really pay attention to it. But after a while he was having so much fun playing in it and dumping the sand out. He even laid down and pretended he was in the bathtub. James also got to pick out a couple of toys at Toys R Us with some money he got from Great Granny and Grandpa. He picked a hammer toy that you hammer the pegs in. It is really cute watching him try to hammer. He grabs the end and hits with the top of the hammer. He also got the tow truck attachment for his ride on Tonka truck. It only has two wheels for when he walks around so it doesn't support him at all. But that didn't stop him from walking around with it. This proved to us our theory that he can walk he just chooses not to.

Today we saw that James can walk, on his own holding onto nothing. He was wearing his cute overalls he got for his birthday and wanted Dad to walk with him. Doug decided to just hold him by his overalls then let go. When he let go, James walked. Not just a few steps either. He walked into the kitchen turned around and walked back. So the little stinker has been able to walk for who knows how long and just wouldn't. Now that we know he has been walking a lot more on his own.