We Are Healthy and Happy!

Well, we have had a great couple of weeks with James not being sick! First we went up to Syracuse to visit with the grandparents and to go to a Hamilton rowing race. James loved seeing his grandparents! He also had fun at the Hamilton rowing race and enjoyed seeing Tricia, Justin, Steven, Adam, Alexis, Mrs. Houlihan and Mr. Houlihan and of course Hudson (James loves dogs!).

(James and Cameron at Pear Tree Point)

Next, we were off to Connecticut. James had a lot of fun visiting with Cameron and Aurora at the beach. It was so much fun seeing the babies first reaction to sand and the beach! They all had fun together, but after a long walk they were all in need of food, naps, and downtime. Hopefully as they get a little older they will have more fun together!

James also had fun with seeing his Gigi and Gramps and playing with them! Aunt Molly did a great job with him on Saturday going for walks and playing at the Park which he loved. He also enjoyed finely meeting Sarah Taylor! James was flirting up a storm with all of the girls. Even more, Saturday night was the first night since James got really sick that he actually slept through the night! It was very exciting for all of us!


James is also still enjoying solids and has even started chewing on bananas, apples, rice crackers and whatever else he can get into his mouth. We put him in his high chair and he really loves it! He loves that he can pick up food off the tray and he loves slamming his toys down on it too!

The Perfect Storm and Happy Easter

Last week presented another hard week for us. James went to the Doctors on Monday for his last shot of antibiotics. Only by the time we got there he had a fever and was presenting with some GI issues. The Doctor did some tests and confirmed that his white blood cell count was high so we were to see him on Tuesday if the fever did not go down. Tuesday presented even worse. The baby had 103 fever and was not eating. Off we went to Children's Hospital for some further testing. Luckily after all of the testing we were pretty certain that he only had a GI virus. So on top of ear infections, James was teething and has a GI virus. Fortunately, Thursday night his fever finally broke and by Friday he began eating again -- yeah to no longer feeding the baby with a syringe!

(Easter Sunday!)

After our long week of no sleep and dealing with a very cranky baby we ventured down to Connecticut for the Easter Weekend. Of course, James was still not himself -- still not sleeping, but we had a good weekend and James actually cut his First TOOTH! Its officially in. We were very excited. James had a lot of fun meeting his aunts and uncles and cousins too! Aunt Jan and Uncle Chris did a wonderful job pulling the whole family together for an Easter celebration. James also had fun seeing his grandparents and enjoyed taking walks by the water! James even did well at church, ultimately falling asleep during the sermon!

Now we are healthy, eating and on the mend. James is even beginning to sleep through the night again. Last night he slept from 7:45pm to 5:45pm with only a couple of peeps for his binki! Hopefully he will be back sleeping through the night by the end of the week!

A Hard Couple of Weeks

(James asleep crossed legged in his crib, trying to lean against the missing bumper -- the bumber was in the wash bc he had vomitted all over it and his bed -- he missed being able to snuggle! But was so exhausted that he did sleep a little!)

Well its been a trying couple of weeks. James had ear infection #3 a little over two weeks ago and was put on a strong antibiotic. He seemed to be doing better and a week after starting the medication he was on the mend. We had his six month check-up and found out that James is now 17 pounds 3 ounces (48th percentile)and 27 1/2 ounces (95th percentile)! The doctor was certainly pleased that James is finally starting to gain weight and is ahead of his developmental goals. Even better James' ears were starting to clear up!

We had to lower James' crib over the last two weeks because James can now pull himself up and we found him pulling himself over his aquarium! Scary to think of him falling out.

We had a pretty good week this week until Wed. night and when we went back to the Dr. on Friday we found out that James' ear infection was back. Now James has to have 2 shots in his legs for three days. Hopefully this antibiotic works -- we are keeping our fingers crossed. Because, if he doesn't he will need to go see the ENT :( . On top of all this poor James is teething, the tooth is almost completely broken. Hopefully once the tooth comes in we will get some sleep and poor baby James will start eating, smiling and sleeping again!

On a positive note, James through all of this is developmentally doing well. He is pulling up and even "army" crawling, pulling himself around the room. Its very amazing how fast he can get around the room by rolling and pulling himself. He also loves this toy that a colleague of mine handed down to us. Amazingly at six months old he loves to close the pop ups. He is fascinated with the "rubber ducky" song!

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!