Humpty Dumpty

This week J.David received his first cast!  That's right, he fractured his forearm!  Poor thing.  Wednesday he fell off the kitchen chair onto the hardwood (he has had so much interest in my parent's kitchen chairs since we've been here).  He's got a pretty high tolerance for pain so i knew when  he kept crying and showing me his "boom" that something was wrong.  We went to the Dr. office that evening and everything appeared ok, there was no swelling, brusing, or deformity anywhere.  So we went home and gave it that night thinking he maybe just jammed it or brused his wrist real bad....WRONG!  Still hurting after a short night in mom and dad's bed we went to gete xrays.  FRACTURE!!  One of the bones in his forearm is fractured a little below his elbow and the top of it is angled pretty badly.  OUCH!!  I think he handled the pain better than I would have.  He would only cringe or wimper when pressure was applied and proceeded to play like normal.  Now he has a red cast ( in honor of Cardinal post season and the fact that Fred bird was his comfort toy of the day yesterday) and thinks it is so cool.  He wants to show everyone, including the dogs and Morgan (again) as his first order of business this morning.  ha ha.  Now that he has it on its like he's always had it, such a boy!!  I just have to follow behind him to keep him from climbing on things, which is his #1 activity everyday....I'm in trouble!  Here is a picture of our little touch guy!!

Hoo-dee-nee

I don't really know how to correctly spell the title of this post, so I simply sounded it out.  this is a pictureless post given that we have no photo of the sneaky sneakiness of my son.  My son that has officially learned to climb OUT of his pack n play!!  We are staying at my parents' house this week and the little booger climbed out twice!!  The first time I found him standing at the top of the stairs (don't even want to think about it) and the second standing at the gate now living in his doorway.  We still have a few more nights to go, so hopefully he will lose interest in this "new trick" before we get back to his crib.  I can't even imagine.  I am not quite ready for a big boy bed and all the freedoms that go with that.  ha ha.  Not to mention I have not even decided how I am going to decorate his big boy room!!  (priorities, of course) 

A day at the farm!

A few weekends ago Morgan took J.David out to the family farm with my Dad/Pap-pa.  JD got to help Pap-pa water his grape vines and also got to visit some of my cousin's animals.  He had sooo much fun being out there with the boys.  Here are some of the pics they came back with.  I love the tractor pic!

Simply J.David

It's been a while since I have done a post 100% about JD.  So here is what our amazing toddler is up to at 22+ months old:

LOVES:

waffles

The Little Mermaid and Cars

being outside

climbing and running

Helicopters and Airplanes (he can hear them coming before anyone else and won't stop til he finds it)

milk, especially if its chocolate

his wagon

play kitchens (he asks to go to the nursery at church by saying..."kitchen, kitchen"

Jaxon, the dog is the first  thing he asks about in the morning

Daddy, duh!

Puzzles

his new tee-pee

veggie tales

sing and dance

anything that looks like a ball, especially and basketball or baseball

Fred Bird @ the Cardinal games (this is a new development) 

hats

sunglasses

shoes

yogurt (good tip moms: drinkable yogurts with a straw pushed through the foil)

getting his picture taken  "CHEESE"

Some of my favorite things he does:

He gives the best "monster" hugs.  He will wrap his arms around my kneck and sqeeze so hard!  I love it!!  He is a snuggler and I am so thankful for that.

He is funny.  His sense of humor is hilarious.

His facial expressions

His is Mr. Independent.  This is as wonderful as it is challenging

He is talking soo much now!  We are still trying to "translate" a lot of it but it is becoming easier to get it.  It is so funny to watch him think of other ways to communicate what he is trying to say.

He loves talking on the phone, he asks to talk to who ever is on the other end.  "phone mama,  I phone."

He sings all the time and dances.  He will hear music and start singing to it, hilarious!!  He loves to sing veggie tales.  I will say parts and pause and he will fill the words or phrases..adorable!

ok, now this one is hilarious, so brace yourselves:

J.David thinks he is magic.  He will wave his hand and say "aaaahhhh" (Abra-ca-da-bra).  Well. of course we encourage this, so he believes that he opens and closes the van doors. (they are operated with the key remote)  It is routine now for him to open and close the door each time he gets in and out.  Now he will even blow to lock it.  cruel? maybe.  Funny?  You Bet!  We need to get it on video, only since he has been doing it for so long now the excitement in his face is starting to fade.  Sometimes he even looks at me what i ask him to open it as though it is a chore.  ha ha ha.  oh well!

This is long..sorry!  Just needed to get this stuff in the record books!