This kid amazes us....

Seriously, this kid is (at least, we think he is) so smart and amazing!

1. With no prodding or instruction from James, Kemper picked up a folded up dirty diaper and walked it into his bedroom, went straight to the Diaper Genie, opened it up, put the diaper in and shut the lid. When asked to repeat with his diaper before bathtime, he did the same thing. Where in the world did he learn this?! I know he sees us put diapers in there all the time, but I never thought he was really paying attention because he's usually crawling around the bed while I put the diaper away. Crazy!

2. A few nights ago, I was taking him to bed after his bath and said "tell Daddy nite-nite!". This tiny little voice says, "nigh nigh". YAY Kemper!

3. Thanks to Mrs. Josee (who, oh my goodness, we miss like crazy at CDC. Our first day in his new, temporary room went ok, but the teacher was short and snippy with me because Kemper wouldn't nap. No kidding it's frustrating, I got that, but what can I do about it?!), Kemper can now tell us when he wants to eat, when he wants more, and when he's all done by using sign language. We had been half heartedly working on it with him at home, but he came home and is just signing away. How awesome is that?! Also, today, I think, *think* that he said "all done" but I can't be certain. I'm trying to get him to say it again.

4. He now knows where his ears and his belly are and will tell you how big he is (SOOOO BIG!) when asked.

5. We are only letting him have his paci in the car and in the bed. When he gets up from a nap, I walk with him over to the dresser where I have a basket that holds his pacis. I started out by telling him to please drop his paci in the basket and helped him put it in there. Now, I simply pick him up from the crib, he takes his paci out and holds his arm out until I walk him over to the basket where he promptly drops the paci.

6. He LOVES to dance and will dance on request. He doesn't need music - oh no, this boy can boogie! Also, today in the car, in a fit of desperation, I asked Kemper to sing to mommy and demonstrated by singing "la la la la la" to him. He was quiet for a moment, and then started singing "la ma da ba la". Haha, he cracks me up. I love that kid!

On a different note, we had our very first kicking and screaming temper tantrum this morning. After 10 straight minutes of him lying on the floor, beating his arms and legs on the ground, I picked him up and took him back to bed. He fussed for about 5 minutes before I went back into his room. It was like he totally forgot that he was mad at me, he smiled, put his paci in the basket and we went on with the rest of our morning. The tantrums crack me up for now. I'm sure as they continue and get more frequent, I won't find them as funny, but for now, I have to sit back and chuckle while he throws his fits. He's just too cute not to laugh!