Genius Baby?!

The following montage is what happens when you ask Reese to "put his paci in the compartment."

So, I'm not really sure if this is something a normal one-year-old could do, or if Reese is just a genius! Well, I have my biased opinion! One morning we were just hanging out in the den and I said, "Reese, can you put your paci in the compartment?" I was blown away when he actually walked over to the activity table, opened it up, and stuck his paci in there. I thought it was surely a co-incidence, but everytime I asked him to do it, he did! Then, he usually opens it and takes it right back and sticks it back in his mouth. I mean, where did he learn the word "compartment"!?!

Here are some other things he's doing that I think are pretty smart:

When I ask him "who am I? What's my name?" he very enthusiastically responds: "Mama!". He does the same when we ask him about Cameron..."Dada!"

He rolls his trucks on the floor while blowing raspberries with his lips (don't know where he got that...I didn't teach him that!)

He knows that juice and milk are two different liquids and he cannot be fooled!

He knows and says "quack, quack!" when you ask him what the duck says.

When you ask him if he wants to put on his pjs he walks to his room, when you ask him if he wants to go wake up Mommy or Daddy he starts walking back to our room.

He will pick up his brush and "brush" his hair.

He can point to his teeth and point to your nose.

I'm sure there are many other things he can do that I am leaving out, but those are the things I can remember for now! He amazes me daily and I love to see his little wheels turning in his head and the light in his eyes when he figures something out. The little mind is wonderful!!

Lions and Tigers and Bears...Oh, My!!

Well, maybe just lions!! Okay, maybe just one lion...but he sure was a cute little lion. Reese was a very scary lion for Halloween. Since he was so little last year (read: barely 1 month old) we did not dress him up last year. So this was his first real Halloween. Our next door neighbors invited us over on Saturday for a chili supper and trick-or-treating. There were probably about 40 kids that ended up being there. They had four vehicles pulling trailers of hay for the kids and parents to sit on. Reese and Cameron took off on a trick-or-treating adventure. That lasted ten minutes. I stayed behind and about ten minutes after they left, Cameron came walking through the door. Apparently Reese didn't care too much for the noise of the ATV he was being pulled by and started screaming. So they got out at the first house and walked back home. Oh, well...maybe next year. Enjoy the pictures of our scary little lion!!

If you look closely at the last one, you can see Reese's pumpkin has his name carved in the mouth!