Big Couple of Days!

We have had a big couple of days in the O'Callaghan household!  James has just exploded with new "skills".  I'll start with yesterday.  When I went to pick up James from school, I walked through the door, James looked up, pointed at me and said "Mama!".  It was two firsts in one!  The first time he pointed, and the first time he said Mama and knew what he was really saying!  He has been saying mama and dada for months, but until yesterday we weren't sure if he knew what he was saying.  Now we know!  So cool.  Then tonight he did the same thing when Sean was feeding him dinner.  He pointed and said "Dada".  Totally awesome.  We are real parents now!  

Backing up to this weekend, James learned that when he drops something, it's really cute to say "uh-oh!"  He now just drops things so he can say "uh-oh".  It is great.

Ok, so tonight, I took over feeding James the last part of his dinner, and he got really excited and started clapping his hands...on his own!  He has been totally obsessed with watching us clap for several months, but hasn't been able to put his own together.  After figuring it out tonight, he wouldn't stop.  He was so pleased with himself.  I was totally freaking out at this point with all of the new stuff.

Other new things are the addition of fish lips, tongue clicking, kissing (just not when you try to give him one- then you still get the open mouth slobber), and trying to say his name.  He is really close to that one.  He clearly knows what his name is and is also responsive when you say "no, thank you".  I swear, ever hour it is something new.  I also noticed that two more top teeth are showing and will cut through sometime in the near future.  This could explain a bit of his crabbiness last night.  His kisses are really cute air kisses.  Maybe I can get him to start blowing kisses soon!  Oh, and he also is moving around like lightening!

I can't believe what a great couple of days we have had with all these new things.