Where are the videos?

So, like Uncle Dan, I am getting frustrated with blogger's utter inability to consistently make videos available to readers. Sometimes they're viewable, sometimes they're not. It's an irritation. So, to make myself feel better, I thought I'd post some pictures of James at various intervals from the past several months. And grrrrrrrr, blogger.

This is James reading with his Auntie Erin.

This is James and Grandma at the Botanic Gardens in DC over Christmas. They had this incredible display of trains and little houses and made entirely out of natural materials. It was amazing, but I think James appreciated the trains far more than the intricate craftsmanship.
James saw tons of snow over Christmas in DC. I think it was something like seventeen inches. However, he did not see any snow fall. So, a week or so ago, when snow was falling here, he was euphoric. Apparently snow is the greatest thing ever when it falls out of the sky, but not all that interesting once it reaches the ground.
Sledding was fun though. At least, it looked like James was having fun. I have no idea where my sled is, so there was no big people sledding during this most recent snowfall. Patrick tried to sit in James's sled, but he did not fit.
This, I thought, was incredible. Now, admittedly, I am somewhat biased. However, I drew the heart on the window, and James colored it in. Almost all in the lines! For someone who misses his mouth every other time he tries to stick a piece of macaroni in there, I thought that was pretty good.

Snow day

We got such a tremendous amount (a couple of inches) of snow last Friday that Mommy got a day off from work. We went out and played in it for a while on Saturday, and James got to use the sled he got for Christmas. We didn't think we would have much use for the sled here, but it's a good thing we brought it back with us.

James enjoyed running around in the snow as well. He enjoys running around everywhere, actually. It's been too cold to go to the parks, though, so we've been looking for inside places to run around in - the library, the mall, Wal-Mart, Home Depot. We also run around the house a good bit, but other places are more exciting (and bigger).

James has expanded his vocabulary, and he can now say the following:

mama

dada

up

ball

kittycat

bath

bus

duck

fish

bubble (usually bub-bub-bub-bubble)

moo (what a cow says)

baa (what a sheep says)

woof (what a dog says)

uh-oh

ah-choo

He says a lot of other things, but most are in his own language. Hopefully we can either learn his language soon, or he will continue to pick up English.

One of our favorite indoor activities is drawing, either with markers on paper or on the windows with grease-pencil-type markers designed specifically for that. Occasionally some marks end up on the furniture, but not too much. James is very good at putting the caps back on the markers, which 1)shows very good hand-eye coordination, and 2)is a great habit to learn early.

Haircut!

Mommy gave James his first haircut this week. He just needed a little trim; he was looking a bit like a hippie around the ears.

As you can see, though, there is still plenty of hair to fashion into fun designs using broccoli-cheese casserole as a styling product:

I think he was going for a Flock of Seagulls look.