Our sweet Atticus - by Julie

We have really been enjoying this sweet little Atticus so much lately.  Not that we weren't before, of course;  he has just been so exceptionally cute as of late, jabbering away, learning to say new words this past week that I thought we needed to get some video of his cuteness and share it with all of you.  I'm excited for you all to meet him this summer.  He is 16+ months old but he doesn't look it;  he's bald so it makes him look younger and he isn't talking much (the other kids had a pretty extensive vocabulary by this age).  He's following his older siblings' examples and is already getting a little sassy and he is SO busy and cute!  

There's a number of things he has done that none of our other kids have done and I wanted to keep track of the ones I can remember.
 - at maybe 10 or 11 months old, he pulled open the oven door.
 - he is constantly on the table -- like, standing and walking on, not just climbing up
 - he empties out drawers - clothes, pencil/junk drawer, dish cloths, and if he can, climbs inside
 - he can peel a mandarin orange completely by himself
 - he waves his little hand in the air while he's nursing   :)
 - one day he got a bucket, pushed it over to the cupboard, climbed up, reached a banana, climbed down, took it over to his high chair, climbed up in it, peeled the banana and ate it all by himself.
 - he frequently climbs into the dryer, full or empty, and tries to close the door
 - he whips my glasses off and chucks them behind him (he chipped them the other day)
 - he climbs the bunk-bed ladders (at 16 mon.!! The other day I heard him crying out in distress and went in the bedroom to find him dangling off the top bunk hanging on for dear life.  He had climbed up and was trying to get down the other side.  Crazy child!!)

I know there's more, but that's all I can think of right now.  As you can see, he keeps me busy.  I think the Lord knew what He was doing sending him last.    :)   He is such a sweet, funny, busy boy and such a joy to our family.