8 Things about JG

My dear friend, Carrie, 'tagged' me to write 8 things about JG on my blog. So, here are 8 things that I know and love about my son and my observations of his little 15 month old life:

1. He loves, loves, loves to MOVE. He runs in circles around the house or in trails up and down the kitchen stomping his little feet as he goes.

2. He has picked up an amazing amount of sign language. His verbal words are still limited to dada, haaaaa (for happy the hippo), mama, so he compensates by being able to sign the following words: all done, more, please, thank you, milk, cracker, drink, light, hat, car, hot, cold, cereal, stars, moon, train, eat, sleepy, apple, help, down, ice cream, banana, flower, and maybe a few more I'm forgetting at the moment.

3. He likes to snuggle for a little while after waking up from his nap. This may only be a few minutes, but it is precious to ease him back in to play mode.

4. He now likes to have his face and hands and legs 'tickled softly'. And last night, for the first time, he grabbed my hand and put my fingers on his cheek and moved it back and forth like asking me to tickle his little head and face.

5. He loves cars, trucks, fire engines and any other moving vehicle that makes a noise. If we are out for a walk and a truck drives by with a big diesel engine, I hear from inside the stroller, "whoaaaaa!"

6. He likes to takes things out and put them back again. Including tupperware (which he now relocates from the kitchen to the living room where he attempts to stack it on the chair or table), smaller toys into bigger toys (the best example is his toy cars into the urinal I stole from work. load them in, dump them out, load them in . . . and yes, I did say urinal. it's clean and has never been used for its intended purpose.)

7. He likes to open and close things. Flaps in books, doors on cars and in the house. He likes to go into the closet in the dining room when Todd and I are finishing up dinner and have us close the door on him. A second or two later he pushes it open and then asks us to close it on him again. And we do this over and over and over. . . .

8. He blows kisses to people when saying bye bye. He'll also go in for a real smooch if he's in the mood. This involves leaning his little head toward you with open mouth to slime one on your face. Aunt Erika got a real treat the other night during story time when she was laying down at his level. He crawled all over her to give her kisses on her nose and cheek and chin and forehead!

So there are my (rather lengthy) 8 things about my darling son right now. So, now it is your turn!! I want to hear 8 things about your kiddos: Emily, Julie, Erika, Danielle, Nancy, Lucas, Stacy, Kelly and anyone else who wants to chime in!