Halloween 2012

Yes, I realize that I'm completely and hopelessly behind on this blog. I have hundreds -perhaps thousands - of photos and videos that I could post and tell you all about, but I figure I'd better start from the present and then go back in time if I get the chance. 

For Halloween this year, we dressed James up as Batman. 

He had fun crawling/walking around with his cape trailing behind him.

 Whenever we put the mittens on his hands, he ran around with his hands balled up in little fists punching everything he came across. 

It was really funny, like he knew he was supposed to be a superhero and beat up those bad guys.

One of his recent developments in the past week or two is making a silly face when he gets his picture taken. Seems fairly appropriate for Halloween. 

  Don't you just adore those little gappy monster teeth on top? I can't help but giggle myself. 

Someone asked me how it was we got him to make his "monster face". The truth is that he started squinting when the red eye reduction light went on, and then he just kept making the face because we were laughing at him so hard and he's a class clown at heart.

We are so grateful every day for our wonderful little miracle boy. 

He certainly keeps us on our toes, but we wouldn't give him up for anything!

I hope this lovely autumn finds you all well.

-Amy

Utah trip for Marjorie Higginson's funeral, May 2012

Obviously this happened a few months ago, but I still hadn't gotten around to uploading photos or posting any updates since then. Tom lost his Grandma Higginson in early May this year, so we made a road trip down to Lehi, Utah to be with the family and attend the services. Everything was really nice and it was good to see family we either don't see very often or in some cases had never met.

James had a difficult time with the road trip, but by the end we were getting pretty good at entertaining him with one of us riding in the back seat, talking to him and helping him eat and play with toys.

James sits patiently while his cousin Lorena tries to mold him to her will. He's not that patient anymore, let me tell you!

 James posing with his uncle Jeff, aunt Crystal, and cousins Leo and Ella

 Showing off his ability to almost get up on hands and knees and crawl

Funerals are always a lousy reason to get together, but still it was really nice to have an excuse. We were really grateful we were able to be there.

-Amy

Piano man

First swim

5 month sense of humor

Four months old

James is already 4 months old, and we can hardly believe it. At his checkup about 2 weeks before his 4 month mark he was weighing in at 14lb 7oz and measuring 26.5 inches. He's wearing 6-9 month size clothes and getting more fun to be around every day. Some of his milestones this past month have been:

* Rolling over in both directions, though still not on purpose
* Making crawling motions like an inch worm, and actually moving
* Going to regularly eating cereal every day
* Grabbing his spoon as we're feeding him, as well as grabbing at our bowls and plates. I even caught him shoving his fist into my pasta the other day, trying to grab a bite for himself.
* Fully reaching for toys he wants
* Turning himself 180 degrees while playing on his back (The other night I caught him with his bum stuck up against the side rails of his crib, feet stuck in the air, completely unable to extricate himself. He didn't find the situation as funny as I did)
* Sucking on his toes
* Discovering he likes kissing (James LOVES kissing people on the forehead with his open fishy mouth)
* Holding onto other people's hair/nose/ear/mouth as a handle and not wanting to let go
* Doing much more babbling - more constant, as well as more kinds of sounds. He wants to be a part of every conversation, and he wants to sing along to songs with lyrics as well, though he's silent for instrumental music


Here's the latest picture in his Star Trek onesie:

3 month smiles

Just ignore the fool I'm making of myself and pay attention to the cute smiles. Please.

-Amy