A Few Firsts

Jack has been on rapid-fire lately with new things he's doing and saying.  I think I've mentioned before that he has some animal flashcards that he absolutely loves.  I got them on a whim one day at the dollar spot at Target... who knew they'd be such a hit?  Anyway, as we've been going through them, I've tried to point out special features about each animal (but there's like 50 or more..).  He has his favorites, and right now it happens to be the coyote.  So, here's his latest animal noise:

We had a play-date with our friends Tammy and her son Beau this week.  I jabbered about the play-date all morning but didn't think Jack would actually call Beau by name when we got to the play center.  On several occasions, he said his name.  This is the first friend he's called by name :)  And, when we got home I gave Jack the birthday invitation from Beau's party with his picture on it and now he walks around saying Beau.  Here they are after wearing themselves out at the play center.

MDO started back up this week (PTL) and on the first day, he came home with THIS on his diaper.  I'm ok with the fact that those aren't the diapers I sent for him (we use Pampers..) but what's up with his name on the diaper??  Can anyone explain that one to me??

While playing at the park this week, Jack saw my shadow on the ground and stopped dead in his tracks.  He looked at it inquisitively and said "Momma??"  I really wish I could get the tone across in writing.  He has such a cute little country-kid accent.  Anyway, he's been really fascinated with shadows ever since and I've enjoyed watching the innocent learning take place.  

Good times!!