Evening Reading

One of the best parts of our day, during the work week, is spending a few minutes with John Patrick after work, before dinner. Tonight, Jude read to him, upstairs, as we all hung out together. I like this photo.

Winter Morning

This morning, as I got ready to leave for work, our nanny, Carley, put her hat on John Patrick. He liked wearing it, for a change, and looked quite cute in it.

Apple Sauce!

Spoonfed

Slowly but surely, John Patrick is becoming a little more adept at using a spoon. Last night, he fed himself most of a container of apple sauce. A lot of the apple sauce ended up on his face, but still, it was pretty impressive. Also, he was using his left hand, which was interesting. Maybe we've got a southpaw on our hands.

Uh-oh

Last night, while he was eating, John Patrick dropped some food off the tray on his high chair, looked at Jude and me, and said, "uh-oh." I had tried, without success, to get him to say it in the past. Now, all of a sudden, on his own, he can't stop saying "uh-oh." Late this afternoon, he seemed to be dropping Cheerios on the floor, just so he could say, "uh-oh." Pretty clever.

J.P. Cool

So you wanna be a rock-n-roll star . . .

Sweet Baby James

Last weekend, as part of my contunuing efforts to mentor Jude's brother, James, I encouraged him to loosen up a bit and drink a beer with me, as we played cards at our house. To make things a little easier on him, I poured a beer in a sippy cup and gave it to him. As you can see, he seemed to enjoy it.