It's dark and chilly out tonight, 54 so far at 11:30 p.m.

We have three new kittens, courtesy of the kid's grandmother, and one less banty hen, courtesy of Bo.

James was very excited over the kittens, laughing and giggling as they ran around chasing paper, and jumping on him. He finally got hold of one by it's ear, and being 8 months old proceeded to "hug him, and squeeze him, and call him George". (remember that cartoon?) James promptly ripped a whisker off the kitten, who squealed really loud. We had to get the kitten away from him by prying his fingers open, which left the whisker behind. That was stuck to his sweaty little hand.

We received two inches of rain today, roads were flooded as we traveled into San Antonio. We were over by Talley Road and Potranco and the Road was under water, the police had barricades up, and people were still driving through the deep water like idiots. The police weren't there when we went by (we drove around the Walmart and out the other side to avoid the deep water and the barricades), but were there ticketing people who went through the road block.

Managed to get the banking done, and then headed back to Walmart to get a few things:

duct tape
pacifier (James keeps losing his by chunking them ???)
small heater for the bathroom ($9, it's cute!) - works great so far
warm pjs for girls and socks
jeans, two shirts and a sweater for me (finally something to wear that isn't over a year old and maternity clothes)
a couple pair of sweat pants for James.

I managed to get everything on sale, and within budget, so that is a plus

I have enough food, warm clothes, the bills are paid, and life is good.
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Wanted to mention that James is trying to crawl, gets around by sitting on his hiney and turning around in circles until he gets across the floor. He is also rising up on his knees, and using different things to try and pull up. Yesterday, he tried to pull up on the high chair and pulled it down on himself. It hit is face and scratched his eye. He reminds me of the lion Scar in the Lion King cartoon. Poor baby.

Today, he was pulling up on my knee as I was sitting on the floor. He thinks he is funny, but he is actually scaring me. He has extremely weak ankles. LOL. I think he might actually walk before he crawls if he keeps it up.

He is also developing a very bad temper and gets quite angry when I tell him no. He tells me no back and waves his hands, trying to smack me.

So far his favorite words are "good" "dog" "no" and he likes to shake his head "yes", though I am not sure he knows when to say it..