Dishwasher Days

For his 9 month trick, James showed me how he can climb up INTO the dishwasher! Gonna have to keep a close eye on this mischievous one :-)

I've fallen waaaayyyy behind in my blogging, so here are school reports from James for the past 2 weeks.

Monday, 12.07.09 :: "James has been standing everywhere and is doing well getting down. He also has been showing a lot of interest in the action-reaction toys/ cause-and-effect. His teacher pushed the little car and James quickly went after it :-) "

Tuesday, 12.08.09 :: "James has had a good day today" -- 99.8 temp though later in day :-(

Tuesday, 12.15.09 :: "He had a great day today! He liked to play with his friend Sarah and he liked to stand up by holding something".

Wednesday, 12.16.09 :: "James had a busy day moving around"

Our Reindeer, James

I'm pretty James would let Rudolph play in Reindeer games :-) Gma Chele made James some antlers when she visited the Lincoln Park Zoo and brought them over for James to try on (thus, the HS graduation blackmail pictures). He does make a cute reindeer!
Below :: Gma Chele is a cute reindeer too

James getting a piggy back ride on Easton-deer

Meeting Santa

James went over to his friend Katie's house to meet Santa! It was the first meeting for both of them...they did OK but neither of them were overly smiley that morning (usually that's James' best time of day). We had a great time sharing this experience with Katie's family and meeting her Papa too ;-)

We've Been Elfed

The only way I like Christmas music :-) I had some fun with the JibJab website using photos of Jim, James, Easton and myself. It expires Jan 15, so watch it soon! (Sheryl, I re-posted it because you're probably the only person that found it since I started that back about 15 posts ago, ha) http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/2XuqJH7SO6a4MZcEdplc

James v. Teddy 9.0

We love our Bug! I can't believe James is already 9 months old! I also can't imagine life without him -- he makes us smile every time we see him and brings us joy beyond words -- getting home to him is what we live for these days :-D He's now spent just as much time outside in the real world as he did cookin' inside -- pretty cool to think about his journey!

James had pear pineapple for the first time and also used the baby food masher to have some bananas and strawberries -- Easton has become a big fan of James eating in his high chair and getting more finger foods = more dropped on the floor for him to enjoy :-)
The only way I could get James to sit for his 9 month picture with Teddy was to put him in his Johnny Jump Up -- it was still tough to get him to actually face me for a picture, but we got some great ones!

Pics from Jimmy

Jimmy gave me the pictures he's taken since Thanksgiving and here are some of my favorites (yes, there are a lot)!

Above :: how James spends a lot of his days: with his hands in his mouth

Below :: Smiling nicely at Mommy so Daddy could get a great photo

Upside down baby boy!

Chillin' watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

James' 1st ornament -- it lights up and is a snow globe, too.

Such a handsome doggie all clean from his professional bath the day before :-)

James sitting in my computer chair
Definitely his father's son with the computer! He's always trying to pound on the laptop too :-)

Playing During the Week

We opened up a new toy from Great Grammy -- the Choo-Choo Train was a big hit and James chased it around and around for a good half hour and only stopped because we made him to get ready for bed :-) It has 3 balls that it digests and "poops" out the back and James couldn't decide what to do -- chase the train or go pick up the ball to put it back in!
His first bite of pear raspberries :-) Yummy! I also really liked the skull cap/bib look ;-)

GO ILLINI GO!!!