By Leaps and Bounds

Colt learned how to scale the couch tonight! I was impressed and clapped in praise of him. Then I started thinking about the proportions with which Colt was dealing. The couch comes up to his shoulders and he lifted himself off of the ground and up onto it. That would be like me trying to dead lift off of the ground and onto a Honda Accord ... Now that would be a funny site. When you think about it that way, Colt pulling himself onto the couch is very impressive! You go baby boy, you deserve a cookie for that unprompted feat of strength!!!

"Jo-Jo"

We are blessed to have several couples that we can hang out with on a regular basis that also have kids. They both have girls, Addy and Savvy, so Colt is the only boy in the mix. But that's ok by him ... he can be quit the flirt.

Last night we all had a wedding to go to so the kids came over to our house so that they could play together and we could share a sitter. Addy and Savvy both have a stuffed animal that they love. It is a small, used-to-be-fluffy pet dog. Addy started it off by naming her little puppy "Jo-Jo". Then, when Savvy turned 1 Addy gave her a "Jo-Jo" of her own. The girls take their "Jo-Jo" dogs everywhere and even though they are the same stuffed animal, they know which is which.

The kids were all in bed last night when we got back from the wedding so we didn't get to talk to Colt after his little play date. This morning we were downstairs playing with Colt and he started asking for "Jo-Jo". We thought it was cute and dismissed it. But he kept saying "Jo-Jo, Jo-Jo, JO-JO"! He got so worked up, as only Colt can, so I handed him a giraffe stuffed animal that Addy gave him when he was born. He got so excited that he dropped to the ground and clapped for me. For the rest of the afternoon he would ask for "Jo-Jo", I would hand him the giraffe and he would clap for my understanding.

It is so cute to see him growing up and catching on to what items are called. It is hard to think that my baby is now a little boy but I would not trade the process for anything.

Live. Laugh. Love.

I am finally joining the "blogging train"! Although I have been reading your blogs for months I am just now beginning my own. After being inspired by you, I am going to start posting the snippets of my life: my living, laughing, loving (and sometimes complaining)! When Michael and I got married we made this quote our family motto. Since that time we have tried to live life to the fullest, laugh at things that don't matter and love others with all we have. That has lead me to realize that all of life falls into these three categories. For these reasons I feel compelled to write this blog. My goal is that by reading this blog others will be able to look at their own life to see laughter and love.