Character Boy (aka, Mini-Joel)

I never in my life thought I'd have a child to whom I'd have to say "Okay, it's time to stop talking now". That child is Hunter. He not only talks non-stop all day long, he repeats himself over and over and over if he doesn't get an immediate (and I mean immediate) response. While I have to say that boy adds delight to my days and keeps me laughing with the things he comes up with (he just licked my face...for no reason whatsoever as I sat here typing), he also wears me out!

Joel says that he remembers as a little boy company coming over and at some point in the evening and his mom would say "Okay, time to go change your clothes". While she meant change for bed, he thought it was time to change costumes...so he could perform for the company. Hunter is this child. He is SO EXCITED about everything in life and wants you to be excited with him. He makes it hard to be in a bad or sad mood, and I love that about him.

Here are pictures of him first cracking up hilariously with "Nunkle Dam" and then asking (over and over, of course, even though Dan obliged immediately and repeatedly) for "more stories!". Hunter-Roo. I love you.