HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES!!! 9.22.09

James had a great first birthday and is looking forward to celebrating it fully with all of his friends on the 3rd! James tried cake for the first time, and while covered in it he did not enjoy eating it! It was so funny watching him grab the cake out of his mouth and throw it across the room. He did have fun playing with the cupcake!!

September Fun

(Pooped -- crashed on the floor)

(Yes, I got on the second shelf - time to read my book)

(Hanging out in my toy box!)

At the park on a beautiful fall day! Climbing up the slide is more fun then going down!)

James has gotten so big! He is now walking -- when he wants, too. He can be lazy and just crawl. He loves to talk and even figured out how to ask for more by signing. Now, if he could just get the rest of the signs down we all would be a lot happier! He is loving school and of course the new cooler weather! We cannot believe he will be a year old in the coming days! James loves to read books - they are his favorite and a close second is Barney. He is a stubborn little boy who loves to have fun and get into mischief, but we are all having so much fun. As you can see from above James is also a little monkey, climbing into bookshelves, doing pull ups on tables and climbing up on anything he can find!

11 Months Old!

Vacations - Cape, Syracuse, & Darien

We had a fun but hectic two weeks of vacation! First, we were off to the Cape for the Falmouth Road Race. James loved staying at the Nichols and hanging out with Tricia, Justin, Steven, Tracy and her parents. He loved trying to get into trouble and of course the beach! He had so much fun at the Houlihan's watching Liam, Abby and all of the other kids play, trying to keep up. But, most of all, he had fun watching with daddy, mommy run the 7.4 mile race.

Next we were off to Syracuse, James had such a great time seeing his grandparents, uncle Jeff and uncle Neil! He loved watching Reilly and terriorizing the house -- especially the stairs! He loved going to the beach and seeing his great grandmother!



Last stop on the tour was down to CT. James had so much fun visiting his GiGi and Gramps and of course his aunt Molly. He also had a ton of fun playing with his best buddy - Cameron! They had so much fun playing on the beach and swimming! James also had a lot of fun playing with his friend Aurora.
It was a busy two weeks and we are all happy to be home, but we had so much fun! Thanks to everyone who made it such a great time!

Ears!!!

James had his tubes put into his ears! The surgery went very well and all the doctors and nurses at Children's were amazing! James is now talking up a storm and he loves his being able to hear! The tubes have really been the best thing we could have done!

Ten Months Old! -- 7.22.09

Happy Fourth of July

(James at the Beach)

(Cameron and James waiting for the parade to start -- of course they started ripping the decoration off the wagon)

(James, Cameron, Me, Whitney, Mark, Matt and Nan with the cute bull dog!)

( James at the kids concert at Tilly Pond! We had so much fun dancing to the music)

Happy Fourth of July!!! James had a great weekend with his girlfriend Cameron. They went to the beach together, had lunch together, and even participated in a parade together! We all laugh and call them the "old couple" because they have so much fun together and act as if they see each other everyday! They even share their binkis and sippy cups!

This weekend was such a fabulous weekend of firsts for James that instead of writing about them we are going to list them!

1. Saw the sun and experienced a warm weekend - first time in over 30 days! (yes we now live in Seattle)
2. Enjoyed participating in his first parade
3. Played with the sand on the beach
4. Swam in the pool
5. Swam in the sound
6. Got his first top tooth
7. Climbed stairs
8. Said his first word (dada) and is now babbling
9. Saw his first concert
10. Drank from a sippy cup with a straw -- Cameron taught him that!
11. ENJOYED HIS FIRST FOURTH OF JULY!!

Nine Months and Counting!!!

James turned 9 months on 6.22.09! So exciting that we are now so big. After going to the doctors we now know that he is 19 pounds 5 ounces and 29 inches long! As many of you already know, James is almost walking with out support these days, he crawls, walks holding onto furniture and walls!

We also made a visit to the ENT finally! James will be getting tubes hopefully sooner than later, as we will schedule the surgery in the next week. Hopefully, that will be the end to all of our doctor visits!!!!

On other news, James is getting his top two teeth now, they should hopefully break through any day. Its amazing how much better he has dealt with these new teeth compared to the first bottom two!

Weddings, Birthdays and laughter

The last couple of weeks have been a lot of fun for James. First he had his grandparents come visit and take care of him for an entire weekend while mom and dad went to Sarah Taylor's wedding! He had such a great time playing and hanging out with his grandparent!

The following weekend was a big weekend, we headed down to Connecticut where James attended his first birthday party! He had so much fun celebrating Cameron's first birthday. He loved meeting all of her friends, and of course seeing his "girlfriend". James and Cameron definitely make us laugh as they seem like an old couple when they are together! And, James was so happy to be able to share this exciting day with his good friend!

James also had a lot of fun hanging out with his Gramps and GiGi and of course his Aunt Moo-- he especially loved stealing all of Gramps' cheerios! While a short visit he really enjoyed going for a run with Mom and Aunt Moo -- and playing with Aunt Moo!

(Aunt Moo and James)

Next, we moved up to Glastonbury, Ct. Happy 30th Birthday Uncle Mike! James really enjoyed surprising Uncle Mike along with the rest of his friends and family! He had so much fun at his first lobster / clam bake. He loved seeing and playing with his Aunt and Uncles and of course, grandma and grandpa!

(Uncle Mike and James)

(Aunt Jen and James)

James had a great time seeing all of his family and friends over the past couple weeks and to top it off he loved seeing and celebrating Abby's birthday with Abby, Beau, Kristy and Coulter! He loved to show them how well he is cruising and his new crawl! He now crawls the right way -- no more army crawling!

(Fun with my friends)

Fun, Fun, and More Fun

Its been quite a while -- James is getting bigger and bigger every day and having a great time. He spent Memorial Day weekend meeting his new friend Grayson and had a great time waking him up early and running circles around the coffee table. He loves the new onesie and puzzle that Grayson and Lynette gave him -- he especially loves the puzzle and listening to all the sounds it makes! He also got to meet his new friend Parker. The two enjoyed hand holding and talking during lunch -- needless to say it was the cutest thing ever.

James unfortunately is still battling the ear infections and we have decided to proceed with getting tubes for James. We see the ENT at the end of June and then hopefully that will be the end of the all the ear infections.

James also had a fun play date with Finn. He and Finn had a great time pulling up on furniture and making a mess of the place. As we are starting to find out, James likes to play rough -- something that took Finn by surprise (especially since he is three months older!). We have to work on that -- but overall the boys had fun playing together -- well as much as one year olds and eight month olds play together.

This past weekend, James spent his first full weekend away from his mom and dad as we went to Sarah Taylor's wedding -- which was beautiful and a lot of fun! James had a great time hanging out with his Grandma and Grandpa Pawlowski. They went on walks and played lots of games. It was great because we didn't have to worry at all and were able to have a great deal of fun!