The Sucker Test

When JT was about 7 months old, he fell off the bed while we were in a hotel room in Las Vegas.  I was totally freaking out, which did nothing to help calm down JT.  I saw a sucker sitting on the counter and gave it to JT to calm him down.  He calmed right down and seemed to have forgotten that he had fallen off the bed.  There have been many falls since then as well as bumps, bruises and scrapes.  Every since that fall off the bed, when JT gets hurt, I do the "sucker test" to see if he needs to go to the hospital.  That sucker test has prevented me from an ER visit all but once.  Tonight- JT bumped his forehead pretty hard on our iron bed while he and daddy were playing.  Of course, I did the sucker test.... what do you think?  Was an ER visit necessary?  Not only was it not necessary, but when I brought the camera out - JT brought out his charm.  He is such a poser.



 

My Little Man ~ My Little Ham...

JT is such a ham!  I guess since he has had his picture taken every day since the day he was born, he is pretty used to the camera and pretty used to "working it" for the camera.  This morning, at breakfast, he looked over and saw the camera that I had left out last night.  He stopped eating and pointed to the camera and babbled at me non stop.  I told him to eat - but he continued pointing to the camera and babbling. I said "JT, do you want mommy to take your picture?" And he smiled brightly, so I grabbed the camera and snapped some shots.  Boy - was he working it for the camera today!  Striking poses right and left.  His cute little expressive faces were cracking me up and we had a wonderful time with our little photo shoot.  These are the pictures I snapped of him, in the order they were taken.