Terribly, terribly BUSY!

James had a great time visiting Mimi and Clancy earlier this month. Mimi took him to the Atlanta Botanical Garden one day, and he promenaded around the ellipse. You can see in these pictures that he was, at the time, in the habit of running around with his binky hanging out of his mouth, in much the same way that my uncle will sometimes smoke a cigarette. He's less interested in his binky now, just a couple of weeks later.



James also enjoyed the pool. (So did the pregnant lady.)



Naturally, all this excitement wore him out.

Oh, and I'd thought he wasn't interested in speaking. It turns out he's just been waiting for something important enough to bother saying. We were singing "The Wheels on the Bus" the other day, and I did the verses in the wrong sequence. James could not allow this to continue. "No, do this! Please." he cried out, making the right gestures. He's also started adding "please" ("bees" or "pees") to requests generally, and said "thank you" ("n'cue") to Dave for breakfast this morning. Yay!
He's also decided that my name is not Mama. Instead, it is Bear. This is usually pronounced "Bah," but I've also heard "Beh" or "Bayah." I wish he could explain why this is, but it remains a mystery.