Happy Easter

James is saying Happy Easter. He looks like he's making you an offer you can't refuse, but that's just the sun in his eyes. We went to a sunrise service that was outside the church, which James seemed to like. Afterward, we went inside where James and his friend Jenna ran around and played tag for an hour or two, and everybody else enjoyed breakfast. Then we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house, where James got to put on comfy clothes. That's a clip-on, by the way. A fun easter for all of us.

James continues to add to his vocabulary every day. This morning, he looked at a picture of the Lundberg family at Christmas, pointed to Grandpa, and said, "Empah." Close enough, we think. He also says "opah" every time he tries to open anything, which is often: he tries to open doors, drawers, books, bags of pretzels, cups of yogurt, and anything else that looks like it might be openable. And he has learned to count to three on some occasions. He helps Mommy make her coffee in the morning, and together they count out the scoops as Mommy puts the coffee into the filter. We count as we go up and down the stairs as well, although James doesn't make it all the way to eight yet. Throughout the day we try to find other things to count as well.

James is pretty good at throwing a ball now, as we see here. We're going to keep working on the left-handed curveball, however.