Exer-Saucer

On Monday we tried the exersaucer again to see if Peanut could touch the bottom yet....and his lil toesies just made it! Within 10 seconds of being in it he was playing with the red/yellow/blue spinners and was SO EXCITED!!! He's such a curious guy so this new adventure was right up his alley.

How does your Hybrid sound James?

James is a TV junkie...he really likes the VW commercial when the car asks the guy "how does your hybrid sound?" and the answer is "haaaaaaaaaaa" in the hushed tones...he gets all giddy when I ask him the question, so I'm guessing it's a hit with him :-)

4th of July 2009

James and Easton made their first trip to Cleveland for the 4th of July weekend to meet my side of the family. We had such a blast -- thanks everyone for coming out to meet them and for the Garners for hosting us all weekend!

Catching Up Slide Show

To catch up on the blog and show off James' 16th week, I've embedded the slideshow of pictures. We had Eddie and Jamie over for tacos, hung out with Easton and went on a playdate where James was the only boy with 4 little girls -- LADIES MAN!!! We've been enjoying the coverage of Wimbledon during the daytime -- he is a big fan and loves to watch (in some awkward positions if you check out the pictures). Enjoy!

First Trip to Gma's Pool

Gma Chele got a still picture of Jimmy putting James in the pool for the first time...here is the result of the Daddy Dip...not such a happy camper! The water was 78 degrees -- I'm with James, chilly! You can see Easton in the background mid-jump -- he was having a ball :-)

Mommy had a happy baby before hand though -- even with the floppy hat that's way too big on to protect his pretty face. There should really be a sunscreen safe for babies under 6 months - seriously, this is 2009 people, get on it!

I've titled the below picture "Mommy, just give me the bottle and I'll do the rest." James has been holding up his bottle by himself for a few weeks now...you have to put it in his mouth and help when it's almost empty, but he does a good job and definitely knows that he wants what's in there!

PS -- Sorry Sheryl, I forgot to change the picture upload size this time...I'll remember soon, promise!

Father's Day 2009

James helped Jimmy celebrate his first Father's Day :-) We had some homemade (by Daddy) waffles for breakfast and then took some much needed naps! We got ready for the day and headed over to Gma Chele's for James' first trip to the pool. He screamed when Jim put his toes in...I'm guessing it was a bit too chilly for him :-) I got video of it on his video tape but will have to get still pictures next time. Now, Easton, on the other hand, had a blast!!! Last year it took us the better part of the summer to get him to really enjoy the pool. We had to keep telling him to "leave it" to keep him out yesterday.

Jim helping James play in a blanket fort as E keeps a watchful eye as guard dog for them.

James got Jim a vanilla reed aroma dispenser, a hot pink iPod portable speakers dock (it was all the store had left and I really wanted to get him one), part of his bday grill, and an 8x10 of the photo below that my friend, Kasey, took of James when he was 3 months old on our trip to Indy (isn't it an awesome picture?!? It was so hard to pick which picture to get printed in the big size bc she does such a great job).

Cubs v. Indians Game

On Saturday, John and I went to the Cubs game for an early birthday present and Jimmy stayed home to have some QT with James (his longest stretch alone w/ the lil' man...he survived ...whew). It was an inter-league play weekend and the Cleveland Indians were in town -- my two fav teams! I didn't know who to cheer for, it was tough! I found myself cheering for the Indians but also clapping for the Cubbies. We had some SA-WEET seats -- 5th row even with the bullpen home plate on the 3rd base side.

Actor/comedian George Lopez led us in "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the 7th inning stretch.
Here's a photo of my favorite Cubbie, Mr. Ryan Theriot (Tear-E-Oh) up to bat.

We decided to leave at the top of the 8th because a) it was hotter than hot and we were both soaked with sweat and b) we needed to get back home in time to shower before church that evening as a mass was being said for Jim and John's dad -- it's been a long year since he passed away and we all miss him dearly.

The marquee outside Wrigley Field showed a tie game when we left. We got home and the game was still going and we really didn't miss anything -- the Cubbies ended up winning in the 13th inning off Kerry Wood's second blown save in as many days (to his defense, the catcher did airmail a throw into center field to move Fukudome to 3rd base and in scoring position...THEN Wood threw a wild pitch for the game winning run to score). Oh, Tribe, how you break all of our hearts!