James popped two new teeth through this past month! He now has his upper two canine teeth, which makes for a full set on top except for the very back molars. He promptly caught a cold right after the teeth popped through, so we had a week or two of rough naps/overnight sleep, but we're on the other side and he's doing great.
James enjoys reading, coloring, playing with finger paint, being outside in any way, shape or form (even if it's terribly hot). He loves to play in water, climb playground equipment and go down slides backwards on his belly. He loves other children, and always recognizes some of his favorites whenever we see their picture or in person (Maja and Emerson, my friend Becca's kids, and Ezra, James' BFF and my friend Casey's babe).
He loves to go out in the backyard with me and check on our garden. We're starting to have lots of tomatoes and basil to pick! And we're working on our colors, because he always goes for a green tomato to harvest! While we're out there, sometimes I pull a carrot to see how they're looking (with a plan to harvest in the fall) and James loves to eat them! If I give him a carrot out of the fridge, he won't eat it. But out of the garden, he eats the whole thing!
He has started to be willing to eat more meat and has gotten more adventurous wanting to taste anything that mama and dad are eating. So, we're continuing to work on expanding his palate :) However, unfortunately reaching for our plates means sometimes he gets a handful of scrambled egg and subsequent hives! Or he tastes something random and then breaks out in a rash and we're just not sure what it's from since he tasted so many things. Yesterday, James had just a nibble of my peach and another nibble of my toast with sunflower seed butter and wild grape jelly from Aunt Jill and Grandad... all foods he has had before. He promptly broke out in hives and then vomited! So, his first anaphylactic reaction to... something? Hard to say what it was. It really scared me, and then I was really embarrassed about how scared I got because Stuart was so cool about it. He was pitiful, but after some Benadryl and a long nap, it passed. Praise God his airway wasn't involved, and thankfully we have EpiPens at the ready in case it ever is. Food allergies are the worst.
New words this past month:
No "neeee"
Pierce! "Pew"
Garage "graw" - similar to gate, but it's all about context
Boot "boo"
Outside "ow-sigh" or just "sigh"
Amen "mmmmmeh!"
Nana "Neh"
Garden "gaaaahr"
New animal sounds:
Sheep "baaaa"
Goat "maaaa"
Rabbit and Crocodile - chomps like eating something
Horse "neeeh"
Pig - snort through nose :)
Cat - high pitched "meeeeh"
Dog - sometimes sticks his tongue out like panting, sometimes high pitched "arr"
He loves to go around the house looking at pictures and through photo albums - both physical and digital - and name all the people and things he knows, and then point to the ones that he doesn't know how to say. He loves to point to our Pierce family picture on the fridge and name Nana and Pop, then point to every single aunt, uncle and cousin to hear all of their names. He really likes Alden and Will (our nephews)! He can't say James yet, but he does say Pierce!
He loves to tell me to go outside to the garage (one of his favorite places to play) or to put the gate up at the bottom of the stairs. He's a smart one, that Jamesy boy. We like him a lot and can't wait to see him as he owns the roll of big brother here in about a month!
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