Accomplishments

James, James, James. He has had a very busy two weeks. He said his first word, "Dada", and repeats it very often. Then he got another tooth. Then he started crawling on all fours. Then he pulled up on his crib railing. Then he pulled up on our bed, and everything the right height in sight. Then he sat himself up! He has been doing so many new things! He is also a jumper. He loves, loves, loves, to jump. He goes nuts in the Johnny Jump-up. He will jump on your lap, jump on your belly, whatever you put his feet onto. One cute thing he does is point his left index finger and bangs his highchair tray with it. He now has Daddy completely wrapped around his finger with the thumb-sucking issue. Jason thinks he's the cutest thing in the world when he sucks his thumb. I quite agree.

Joel had his 3 year portraits taken. He did very well; he loved it. He made up his first song today, entitled "Daddy's Starbucks". He sang it for about 10 minutes straight, then ended with a soulfull "I'll Fly Away" with clapping and all. Joel knows very well who he is and who he isn't. If you ask him, "are you a cowboy?" he says, "no, I'm Joel". With the exeption of Aunt Jeana almost convincing him that his name was "Bug" Wilkinson one time (because she thought it was hilarious that that is my nickname for him), he will not be anything or anyone but Joel. Although, now, thanks to Opa, he'll say, "I'm Joel of the Jungle". Or, "I'm a Joel Man"!!!!!! - to the tune of Soul Man