Hooked on Phonics

The first thing Justus does once you put him down in his room is head straight for his bookshelf and pull down all the books he can reach (which happens to be every book on the bottom two shelves). This apparently never gets old. He does it every time without fail. His favorites right now are Bunny Kisses, Five Speckled Frogs, and Get Ready For Fun. What do they all have in common? Buttons that make noise when you push them. Genius. Annoying after awhile, but genius.

First Father's Day

As you all know, Justus has a GREAT dad! To celebrate Father's Day, he did the following: peeked in at Trav while he was showering and got himself completely soaked, then proceeded to eat breakfast in nothing but his diaper (since his pj's were sopping wet), went to church and rode around on Trav's shoulders afterwards, fell asleep on him, helped him open his present, and just enjoyed being loved by his amazing dad! Happy 1st Father's Day, Trav :)

22 Pound Shoulder Pad

One of Justus' favorite things to do is ride on Trav's shoulders. So as soon as Trav gets home from work, he puts him up there and they just walk around. Justus seriously loves it up there. I'm pretty sure he would stay up there all day if he could.

And yes, for those keen observers, that is a string of drool flying from his mouth in the second picture! What a cutie :)

Play, Crawl, Stand, Repeat

Justus has pretty much settled into a routine now that we've been living with 'Kay Kay' for a few weeks. He has his own little play station (no, it's not a PS3) set up downstairs with his favorite toys and books. He loves to pull everything out so that it's all over the floor, then crawl out into the living room and pull himself up on the couch or chair, then crawl over to the sliding glass door and stand up and peek out at the dogs, then crawl back to his toys and start all over again. He will seriously do this over and over for about an hour until he wears himself out! He seems to have endless energy...just like his dad!!

Time Flies

Sorry for the long break between posts...we have officially moved out of our house and into my mom's for the summer! It has been a little crazy getting everything in its place but we are finally feeling settled. In the meantime, Justus has learned a few new tricks: clapping, giving high-fives, and, his favorite, pulling himself up into a standing position on anything he can get a hold of. A few other notables: he ate dog food for the first time (can't take our eyes off him!), he peed on Kay Kay's carpet (woopsies! my fault...I had him naked before his bath when he got the urge), and his top two teeth are breaking through. He's growing up way too fast, in my opinion...