6 Months!

James is six months today! We are sad at how fast it has gone by, but excited to see what his next milestones are!

On the Mend

(Matt's rocking chair from his childhood that his father restored for James)

Well this week was a much better week for Mr. James. He is finally getting healthy - yah!! - and he had a great week at Daycare with his teachers. We were thinking of changing Daycare so that he would be with his friend Finn from across the building, but we decided to keep him where he is -- Sydney would have been devastated with loosing her boyfriend (LOL)!

The weather was so wonderful this weekend that we took James to Wilson's Farm. He had so much fun and we all enjoyed the fresh produce -- James' is nice and pureed. We also got him sunglasses so he can hang out in the sun and a new summer hat! We will just have to wait and see how well he tolerates them!

Ears, Nose, and Lungs

This week has certainly been a long week. First, Daycare was canceled on Monday due to yet another large snow storm so Matt stayed home with the Little Man. Then, when Liz picked James up from Daycare we noticed that he was burning up. Low and behold he had a very high fever. This meant that Matt stayed home again on Wed. to take care of the little one and then Liz met him at the doctors - to find out that he had yet another ear infection and broncholitis once again. So, Liz stayed home with James and even with the nebulizer treatments James was having issues, so we brought him back to the Dr. on Friday. Needless to say its been a long week, and we are hoping James is on the mend, even though he still isnt eating all that well.

On another note, we found out from our friends across the way that their family daycare may have an opening soon, so stay tuned -- James maybe switching daycare.

James' Baptism

The gowns and clothes James wore at his Baptism. James wore a silk dress from the Pawlowski family underneath the long dress from the Lamdin family. Both gowns have been used in Baptisms for multiple generations.

Us and the Godparent (Molly and Neil) up at the alter with Father Jack and James nicely behaving himself.

Today was James' Baptism at St. Mary's church in Brookline, MA. Father Jack christened James with Molly Lamdin and Neil Pawlowski as his Godparents. James handled the entire ceremony very well and did not even cry when they poured the water on his head. We were also very blessed that our families and our friends traveled (through yet another snow storm) to celebrate this wonderful day with us. We are so thankful that they were able to experience this special day!

Strike A Pose!

Peas, Zucchini, Ears and Milestones

So we had our ups and downs this week. One of the ups was that we found out that James likes peas, zucchini and butternut squash! So after all of the gagging with the sweet potatoes we found something that James likes and wont stop eating! He is even eating cereal at daycare now too!

Unfortunately, while James was eating his solids pretty well, he got his first ear infection. This was very unexpected, but we are certainly happy that Dr. O'Connor was able to see us and confirm that James did have something wrong on Thursday. So, we have been struggling with him to take the Amoxcillian, but he is slowly growing accustomed to the sweet taste. The only upside to the doctor visit was that we found out that James only gained 11 ounces in one month -- hopefully he will gain a full pound next month -- but at least he is gaining!

This weekend has also been a weekend full of teething. We can see James' new bottom teeth bulging inside the gums and we are patiently waiting for them to pop through and we will once again have a very happy baby!

James also had a major milestone as he is 5 months old! How much he has changed in such a short time! We even put him in the doorway jumper, while unsure of it, he did start too loosen up and enjoy it. We have also changed his bedtime from 8:30 to 8:00 p.m.! So he know sleeps from 8 to 6 -- we cant wait until he sleeps till 7!

Dogs, Sweet Potatoes and the Beach!

James was feeling curious about George. George was good and let James pet him, even though he was very jealous that the baby was stealing his throne and attention. James thought it was funny when he would start barking too!
Well, James may look like his dad but he certainly got the Drake gag reflex. We introduced sweet potatoes this weekend, and needless to say James was not to happy with them. Not only would he frown and spit it out, but he would actually gag. It had us all rolling in laughter. Lets hope that he like peas which will be introduced later on this week!
James had fun on his first trip to the beach. This weekend in Rowayton was beautiful, and my parents "vacation" house on Bell Island allowed us to relax, enjoy the warmer and sunny weather and take in the beautiful sights! We all had so much fun waking up to the sunrise over the water!

I Have Found My Feet!!

YUMMY!!

Milestone Day

We are now officially rolling over from the back to the stomach! While it took James a while, he finally worked his way from his back to his tummy, and even enjoyed being on his tummy for a while. Once he was sick of being on his tummy he rolled himself to his back. It was unbelievable how happy he was rolling back and forth and so much fun to witness yet another first!

James is also really enjoying his solid foods. He is eating his oatmeal cereal a lot better and seems eagor and excited to eat every night. Next step will be introducing sweet potatoes next week -- hopefully its not to messy!

We have also heard repeatedly that James has a "girlfriend" at daycare and in his journal this week, we got the evidence! James and Sydney are fast friends. In almost ever picture the two of them are together holding toys, talking to each other, and doing tummy time almost on top of each other. Needless to say, James is enjoying all of his friends and teachers at school and truly enjoys it.

Solids here we come!

We have started solids! Yeah oatmeal cereal! James has been a pretty fickle eater since he was born and we were surprised when the doctor said that we should introduce oatmeal cereal (not rice bc it will make him even more backed up) to see if he would eat more. So, we took the plunge and James was so excited! He is still trying to figure out how to eat the cereal, but he was so happy to try and we had a couple of great laughs as the cereal ended up from one end of his body to the other!