Sunshine, Parks, and Milestones

James has had a lot of fun over the last two weeks. He is now crawling up a storm and getting into everything so we had to start the dreaded baby proofing of the house! He can really move now.

Matt graduated from Northeastern with his MBA on May 1st. James had a fun time hanging out with his grandparents. He was such a good baby, enduring the longest ever graduation ceremony. He handled it better than the adults -- thanks in part to his grandparents for their endless entertainment :). We all went out to Legal's and James had a great time eating his dinner, and trying to eat the table! Anything is game at this point. It was sad to say goodbye but James loved seeing his grandparents and his daddy getting his diploma!

He had his first night away from his parents and had a lot of fun with GiGi and Gramps -- we don't even think he missed us. He spent the entire weekend terrorizing the dog! He even got to see his Uncle Mike and Aunt Jen -- which he really enjoyed especially since he hadn't seen them since Christmas.

Last week we found out that James once again has another set of ear infections but they seem to be bothering him less and less -- not sure if that is really a good thing or not. Anyways, he is back on medication and we are hoping to make it through the summer without anymore or its off to get tubes!

James has hit some big milestones this week! First of which is clapping. He woke up one morning and just started clapping and loves to do so. It is so much fun to watch and who thought such a small movement would create so much excitement for both parents and child! The other milestone is that James is officially pulling up, standing and even trying to step towards objects. James has really figured out how to get from his stomach to his feet swiftly and he can pretty much use any object. We now have to bring his crib down to the last level as he tried to pull himself out of his crib last night!

We had such a wonderful mother's day weekend. The whole weekend was so nice for the most part and we spent a lot of time at the park. James isnt so sure about the slide but he loves the swing. He would even throw his own weight back and forth to make the swing go higher. It had us all laughing. James even enjoyed going for an early morning run with both mom and dad!

We did confirm that James is also moving classrooms at DayCare. On May 19th he will be joining the infant II classroom which means he will no longer rule the roost as he will be one of the little kids again. We will miss Melinda and Mercedes though!