Halloween adventure

Dressing up as a skeleton.
Trick-or-treating on our street.
Trick-or-treating at the mall.
Eating the first Reese's peanut butter cup.
Greeting some trick-or-treaters.

Mr. J. loves beef chow fun.

Wellness visit

Mr. J. really does not like the doctor's office. He starts frowning upon entering the doctor's office, pouting in the waiting room, crying in the exam room, screaming when the doctor comes in, all in anticipation of getting a shot :(

Mr. J. is 25th percentile in height and weight, and 80th percentile in head size! Imagine if Mr. J. has a 50th percentile head, he would be closer to the 10th percentile :)

Mr. J. Is all smiles when he gets his sticker at bye bye time.

Binge Drinking

Mr. J. staggers around, way past his bed time, saying "doo dah... doo dah"
One cup of milk later, Mr. J. staggers around, way way past his bed time, saying "doo dah... doo dah"
Another cup of milk later, Mr. J. staggers around, way way way past his bed time, saying "doo dah... doo dah...kkkkkk"
Four hours go by, Mr. J. wakes up and cries "NAI NAI" and drinks another cup of milk.
Five hours go by, Mr. J. wakes up and cries "NAI NAI" and drinks another cup of milk.

That is 4 cups of milk in less than 12 hours.

The diaper holds... barely...

Mr. J. slept through the night

The night dada fell asleep on the couch, Mr. J. slept through the night - in his own bed!  Mommy got the whole bed to herself!

Moo and Dar

Mr. J. learns about the night sky from his Cloud b Twilight Constellation Night Light.  The turtle-shaped light has a plastic shell with holes through which beams of lights are projected onto the ceiling to mimic the night sky.  The in-room constellation consists of a new moon and many equally bright five-point stars.  Mr. J. points and says "moo" and "dar".

At dusk today, Mr. J. went outside with Mommy.  A half moon was visible in the sky.  Mommy introduced Mr. J. to the real moon.  He seemed to grasp the concept immediately, even saying "bye bye moo" when he returned to the house :)

How many ways can Mr. J. drink bath water?

1. Suck water from a wash cloth
2. Use a bath toy collinder
3. Dunk his face into the water

Updates on Mr. J.'s vocabulary

Mr. J. has quite a few words.

ABC (sometimes "abyss")
aboyji (EFG?)
(Mr. J. won't say "D")

aba aba (open)

ahwa (water)
aldume (all done - also used for "finished", "turn off the turtle night light")

amana (Amanda?)

ba (bus)

babwe (baby)
baby

boo (when he plays peek-a-boo)

book, bookuh (books, DVDs) 

boon (spoon)

bubble (bubbles or bellybutton)

bye-bye (he wants to go bye bye)

daji (daddy, ducky, doggy)
dar (star)

doe (toe)

dor (door, sometimes means close)

dool (school)
elmo (Elmo)

ernie (Ernie)

fishi (fish)

hi

jiji (cheerios, keys)

ka ka (car or I want to play in the driver's seat); bakaka (?)

maya (Maya)

mine

mommy (sometimes minemy, mommya)

moo (moon or moo)
mor (more)

nana (banana - although he doesn't eat banana)

nainai (milk)

no

oushy (outside)

owee

peepee

raya (rice)

stee (breadstick)

ubydown (up-side-down)
uhoh
upuh-byebye (pick me up and take me somewhere)
wowo (yogurt)

yay (when clapping)

yeah

Mr. J. sometimes repeats after his dada and mama and saya "aya", "neigh", "ba (sheep sound)", "woof", "moo", "park", etc.  When told to "say please", Mr. J. says "pea".

PaPa gets booted off the bed - again.

"I didn't really get booted.  I just got demoted to the foot of the bed," says dada.

(Mr. J. was right in the middle of the bed, stretched across horizontally.)