Paul recently noticed that his mobile over his crib is a pretty fun toy. He'll look at it and try to sing with it sometimes.

Growing up

Paul's getting to be a big boy. Here he is hanging on for dear life in his swing.









Aunt Jamie likes to do his hair.












Here he is in his cute bug overalls from Aunt Cheryl and his giraffe shoes from Mrs. Jill.















A couple of guys from the 2005 Spanish Mission Team showed Paul some pictures from the summer. Note the shirt. It was a gift from the Casillas twins.














And last, but not least, here's a little number I've entitled "Duck Hunter."

Boppy

Here's Paul playing on Boppy!

Playing

Paul has just begun to start taking notice of toys. He enjoyed his new vantage point from Boppy yesterday, but he was more interested in eating Boppy than in playing with the toys.

We went up yesterday to the missions displays for Bob Jones's Missions Emphasis Week. We saw several people who remembered Jon from his time in the Missions Office. Needless to say, with such a cute baby tagging along this time, he did not make fast progress through the displays. But Paul loved all the attention!

I've included some pictures of us after our walk the other day. Paul is now sitting in the "big boy" part of the stroller instead of the car seat that attaches. He was rather proud of the accomplishment as you can see.

"Talking"

It's been fascinating to observe his "language acquisition." He is loving the "ooh" sound. So far, the only other vowel sounds he's making is one that's not in English--kind of an "eh/oh" combo--and the short "a" sound every once in a while (as seen in the video), but he usually sticks with "ooh" and "goo." The "g" in "goo" is placed pretty far back in his mouth. I think he's actually using the sides of the back of his tongue rather than the top most of the time, but occasionally he'll let out a clear "g" sound. I think sometimes he just gets a kick out of watching Daddy and Mommy try to reproduce his sounds! Here are some of them for your viewing enjoyment.

Charlotte

Last weekend we were in Charlotte visiting Grandmother and Granddaddy Crocker. Paul also go to meet Uncle J for the first time (awake) as well as Great Grandmother and "Big Mac" McCarson. He is a little charmer. He seems to know what people will think is cute. He's a very happy baby, and he loves attention. He can always count on grandparents to give him plenty of that!

Yesterday we went to see Aunt Jamie play in her society league championship volleyball game. Paul loved watching the action, and he even joined in one of the cheers. It's getting to feel like fall here, so we put on Mrs. Nix's sweater for the first time. Here are a couple of pictures of that.

While he's asleep. . .

Here are a few more!

More Paul News

Paul will be 2 months old Sunday. In some ways it seems like time is flying. On the other hand, I feel like we've always had him. That day heading to St. Francis seems like a very long time ago.
We are so thankful for the way the Lord has given us this . . . well, "little bundle of joy" seems quite appropriate. It has surprised even me how much delight he constantly brings us. Though we're contriving all sorts of plans to help the little guy sleep through the night, when he awakens me from a sound sleep to go give him a snack so he can make it until morning, I can't help but thank the Lord for the time I can spend with him (while I admire how cute his little feet are sticking out of his sleeper gown).

But now, what you've all been waiting for. Here are some new pictures. Well, our main attraction is hungry. I'll put up some more later. Enjoy!