Happy Birthday James

James is 2 years old today!

At 2 years old:
1. James loves to sing. His favorite songs are: "Backhoe, Backhoe," "Come, Now is the Time to Worship" and "Only a Boy Named David" which he refers to as "Round and Round."
2. James likes things to be neat. He doesn't like sticky fingers or things dropped on the floor. He does insist that "Mommy do it." Already in his 2 year old eyes it is Mommy's job to clean up spills, pick up after him, etc.
3. James loves to jump on the edge of his bed and sing songs. He likes us to watch and sometimes to sing along.
4. James says a lot of words and more and more phrases. His newest favorite words are "mine" "what's that" and "go away." Still he is a sweet, sweet boy.
5. His favorite toys are still cars, trucks, and recently trains. He also loves Elmo. He knows many different construction vehicles and wants to know the names of every part of a train, car, truck etc. He'll drive his cars all over the house and sometimes his cars have conversations with each other.
6. James likes to draw and has just started painting. He really likes the color yellow. He knows yellow and blue and sometimes red. He'll proudly point out everything yellow or blue that he sees.
7. He can count to 11 and sing his ABC's. He misses the number 7 sometimes and mumbles over the "LMNOP," but he practices this over and over again through out the day!
8. James loves to cuddle. He gives great hugs and kisses. He also gives licks, which he calls "yucks," but only to Daddy. He gives Mommy more hugs a day that she can count, and he loves to sit on her lap.
9. James is great a stacking things. He really enjoys building with Duplos and working at nesting blocks. He'll work to figure things out and then exclaim "I got it!"
10. James helps Mommy set the table, and he holds the dust pan when she sweeps. Sometimes he'll help with laundry, but mostly he wants to explore tools when he is in the basement.

We feel so blessed to have our little boy who is growing bigger every day. Happy Birthday James.