Talking

It has been awhile since we have posted. James is doing so many cute new things but it is impossible to get it on camera. As soon as he sees the camera he goes to grab it. James has had a "language" explosion. He has really been into the nonverbal language for a long time, but recently he has started jabbering constantly as well as saying a few words. He says:

"rock rock" when he wants to get on his rocking horse, or if he is rocking on the couch or in his high chair

"roll it" while rolling his arms for pat-a-cake

"no" all the time

"yea!" mostly when he turns the light on or off, followed by clapping

"Loa" that one is obvious

James also does three animal sounds, although getting him to do them on cue is difficult, and he usually gets stuck on one a day. He has been "barking" like a dog for a long time, but more recently he has also been doing a monkey and a horse. While I was going through the videos trying to find the best ones every time the video would say "what does the monkey/horse/dog say" he would do it! I guess he just doesn't like preforming on camera!

If you notice in this last video James is wearing his Monkey backpack. It is so funny because he will walk over to where it is hanging up and pull on the tail, or sometimes bring Doug or I over to it to get it down, once it is down he turns around so we can put it on his back. Once Doug tried to take the tail off so he would trip on it and he threw a big fit! Of course once the monkey is on he thinks it is time to go outside and goes and stands by the door.