Front teeth, finally! Plus, James's spelling and reading (in two languages)

Stephen will soon stop looking like a baby vampire--now besides the two upper teeth, second from the front, and two little front bottom teeth (that have come out half way), he is finally showing his top front teeth. He'll finally have opposing teeth to bite the food.  He is already getting better working on chunks of banana and even little pieces of bread. He nurses less, but when I'm around he still likes to be in the nursing position most of the time, sitting in my lap facing me and holding on like I'm his favorite toy.

James continues to teach himself to read and write.  He's been spelling his friends' names in school since he was 3 1/2, and since then the school has been teaching him some sight words, which he learned quickly (I remember seeing words like he, she, it, is, not, door, sit, there, the, this, boy, girl, etc. at the beginning of the school year), but now he reads words from books at home on his own to show off to us and does an amazing job.  These are not the same words he learned at school.  He sounds out words in both English and Serbocroatian.  As I read a book to him, he'll stop me for a few moments to read a few words on his own.  I love it.
Then he'll grab a piece of paper and write some words of a sentence.  A couple of weeks ago he put a sticky note on our bedroom door that said 'Dad is ugle' (ugly), and later, 'Dad is kull' (cool), as a joke.
 He'll copy a sentence from some book, too, to practice, but then, the way James is, he'll remember those words and be able to write them on his own when asked.