Happy Thanksgiving!

We celebrated James' first Thanksgiving at home with Nana, Uncle Mike, Aunt Karyn, Uncle David and cousin Tristan. James napped through our meal, but he feasted on carrots, peas, squash and rice cereal when he woke up. Mmmmmm!

James is a big boy!

This week, James had his first ride sitting in the grocery cart and his first ride in the jogging stroller! Our little man is growing so fast!

James in the bath

Bath time has not been been a fun time in our house since James was born, but he's starting to come around!

James loves food!

James loves everything we've given him so far! In fact, each time we've introduced something new, he's eaten the entire jar (except for what's on his face, of course)!

James and peas

James and prunes

James and carrots

Smiling James

James eats avocado

James and Daddy

Weekend in Austin

This past weekend we drove down to Austin to spend some time with family and friends. Saturday started with James teaching his uncle to play the piano. Uncle Mike is a very talented pianist, but James was able to teach him a couple things!

On Saturday afternoon, we walked around the Botanical Gardens with Dave's good friend Aaron and his fiance Jean. Then we went to dinner with my good friend Stacey and her daughter Ella. Stacey and Ella both had a birthday this past week. Happy 1 year birthday to Ella, and happy 2nd 29th birthday to Stacey!

James and his buddy Cole

The Warner's came over for dinner last night which means James got to play with his friend Cole. Cole is almost 3 months older than James, so he gave James a preview of what's to come... sitting up and crawling! James did get his first lesson in sharing. Cole really liked James' favorite toy (a little music box that lights up), and they kept trying to get it from each other. It was fun to see them interacting.

Cereal face

What a cute face!

Naked James

We let James play naked on the floor for a little bit last night, and he had the time of his life! When he is older, he will probably kill me for posting this video, but it's just too cute!

James is 5 months old!

It has been so amazing watching our little man grow and learn new things each day. This past month has been no exception! Here's a list of all James is doing:

1) He wants to crawl so badly... when he gets on his belly, he kicks and kicks his legs to try to move forward. He hasn't quite figured out what his arms are supposed to do.
2) If we prop James up in sitting, he can hold the position for a few seconds. He is definitely getting stronger trunk muscles.
3) James is eating rice cereal 2 times a day. He seems to like it and pushes less and less out of his mouth with each feeding.
4) He puts everything in his mouth, including chins and noses if you get too close! The other day he was gnawing on my shoulder so hard I had to stop him because it hurt. And that's without teeth! I imagine that we'll be seeing some teeth pop up soon.
5) James is talking up a storm! He loves to get our attention with all his little noises.
6) He smiles and giggles all the time. James is really ticklish and if we get him laughing hard, he still gets the hiccups.
7) He is still waking at least once a night to nurse, but it's getting better and better. His longest stretch of sleep has been 8 hours.
8) James loves to blow raspberries. He gets spit all over himself, but he thinks it's so funny!
9) If we stand James up in front of the coffee table, he can hold himself up for a good while.
10) He still loves to jump in the jumper. I think this is his favorite pasttime!

Halloween

Sweet Baby James dressed up as a cute and cuddly bear this Halloween. We couldn't let our baby cub out without a family, so we were "The Three Bears".



James' bear outfit was quite hot, and our masks were quite uncomfortable, so here's a family picture out of costume.

Watch out! James will put anything you're holding in his mouth!

James and family

James is hanging out with his cousin Tristan

James and grandpa