Playtime

Here are James and Katie having a fun time playing together. James had a couple of hours of Katie all to himself, and he had such a fun time. I love the picture of them getting into trouble together at the dogie door. Thankfully, they (Katie) only figured out how to open the flap and not crawl outside. The best part was when Zion came back to the dogie door to come in and couldn't because Katie and James were so excited to see him they blocked the door. Zion loves Katie, and followed her all over the house like a little lamb. James tries his best to keep up with those two, and frequently came to me and gave me a look that said "Mom, help me catch her". So cute!

Little bunny

This bath robe is too cute and I just had to share! Check out my little bunny.

Here he is dangerously close to the shower pull. Someday I just know he will pull it before I can stop him and the shower will rain over us.

This past weekend James started waving. He waves at puppy, and he waves when he walks around the house like he is on a parade. My favorite though is when he waves back at me. He gets so excited and smiles and talks and waves all at the same time. I love it!

Balance

James is really starting to want to walk all by himself. Yesterday he walked from our front room, rounded the door into the kitchen and stopped right at Zion's food bowl. Also know as his favorite place to be naughty. Today he hasn't been quite as brave and is only walking a few steps. But still, he is walking all on his own. This is very exciting, but also very scary!

Do you think...

...James is trying to tell me something?

A typical Sunday evening

This Sunday was a very relaxed day in our household. We went to church this morning and then out to lunch for hamburgers. James sat next to his best friend Eli, and the two had fun sharing toys and even snack! Eli was so sweet and shared his rice cakes with James. So sweet!

James didn't get any hamburgers at lunch, but for dinner he had beef stew. Surprisingly he loved it! He hasn't been too keen on meats yet, but he ate a good portion happily! The best part about beef stew is it gets all over his face.

So that means it is time for a bath!
James loves his duckies the best at bath time.

Until of course he finds Mr. Frog. Look at his sweet little grin!
And yes, his face is still covered in beef stew.

Ah! All clean and all smiles! Ta da, here is a clean baby boy!

When bath time is over James is wrapped in his soft fluffy towel.
And, this is what we call the "baby burrito".

Will you be my valentine?

Here we are at our Junior Prom, just after our first Valentines together. If I remember correctly John brought me roses and made me feel like a princess, and I think I made him some baked goods. Not much has changed in 2008. John brought me some roses that are beautiful and he still makes me feel like a princess. Unfortunately I am too busy to cook, but that is probably best if we ever want to look as skinny as we did in high school. Ha! So take out Chinese it is!

Happy Valentines Day!

9 month check-up

James made it through his 9 month check-up with flying colors. Although, upon seeing James' very active nature, the doctor did suggest that we baby-proof one room of our house VERY VERY well, so there is at least one place that he can play however he pleases. This was right after he tugged at her stethoscope. Oh, silly boy!

Here are his stats:

Height: 29.5 inches (75-90%)
Head Circ: 18.25 cm (90%)
Weight: 21 pounds, 8 ounces (50-75%)

As you can see James has been slimming out, which the doctor assured is very normal around 9 months as they start to move around more on their own. And move around on his own he sure is doing! His commando crawl is so fast, he can almost chase puppy around the house. Look out Zion, here comes James!

My smallest valentine

Here I am with my smallest valentine. Aren't we cute!

We dressed James in his finest pjs hoping that he would get some sleep while John and I attended the church's valentines banquet. I don't think he got much rest with all the excitement in the nursery, but at least he was nice and cozy!


James gave Mommy and Daddy an early valentines present by being such a good boy and giving us the night off! We ate steak, enjoyed a valentines themed show, and spent time with good friends. Thanks sweet baby boy, you are the best!

9 months old

Today we celebrated James' 9 month birthday! I can't believe it! He decided to pull out his bag of tricks and show us how big he is walking with his toy car.

What a big boy!

Babbling

Here is my sweet boy all smiles the last couple of days! He and Daddy had a great time hanging out all day on Monday. They even went to the park and played in the swings. What a lucky boy!

This morning James has been babbling a lot. I listen very carefully when he babbles to see if he is going to say "Mama" and today he got really close. It went something like this:

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