Jump! Jump!

Will suddenly loves to "jump". I say that with quotation because he does the whole wind up thing with knees bending and arms swinging and a huge grin on his face... but his feet never actually leave the ground. It's so hilarious to watch and Will has such fun doing it. He likes it best when someone stands across from him and takes turns jumping. I got some really cute video of him "jumping" with Papa Riedeman on Sunday. And then last night, Will and Craig were jumping in Will's new room.













Last night, we spent some time just hanging out in Will's new room. I put his step stool beside the bed and he can climb up on his own. He thought it was pretty cool to be up there and pointed out the "pillows" and the "yight" (the lamp on the nightstand) to me. Then he called "Bru-too!" (our dog Brutus) to come jump up on the bed with us and we read a couple books.








Will has really started to take an interest in the dog. They've always kind of left each other alone and kept their own spaces. But Will loves to see him scratching at the door when we come home and he's been calling his name and trying to throw his ball or bone for him to fetch now. He also likes to pet Brutus and say "nice doggy". Unfortunately, Brutus seems to prefer the way things WERE and isn't digging this new friendship Will's trying to create. Brutus doesn't get nasty with Will by any means... he just sort of ignores him and doesn't try to play. It's too bad, because I've really neglected playing with Brutus since Will came along and he'd finally have a friend again if he'd open up to Will. Then again, my sister made the point that if he became more playful with Will, he might get confused as to why he can't be so playful with Sophia. Maybe it's better this way for awhile...


In other Will updates, he's learning to count! He actually can count from 1-5 on his own, then skips 6 and can usually make it up to 10 from there! Pretty impressive huh? His favorite number seems to be 8, so when he gets confused, he always falls back on 8. LOL. His favorite toy right now seems to be his wooden puzzles and he has several, including number, letters, and shapes. He recognizes and says circle, oval and square. And he also recognizes but can't yet say triangle. And finally, we've been practicing saying his last name (he says "Ree-dee") and spelling the letters in his first name. His first name letters hang on the wall above his crib, so he will say "dub-ee" (W), "I", and then I have to remind him of the "L" sound. Too cute!