James is ONE Year Old!

My little man is one year old today! It's hard to believe that one year ago I was sitting in a hospital room about this time with Frank passed out on a cot in the corner wondering if my labor was ever going to start- and yet 7 short hours later James was with us! He came into the world at 6:57 in the morning much more quickly than his brother, which was a great relief to his mother, and weighing in at 8lbs 10oz, which was less of a relief! Then he was a fat round chubby hairy dark little man and now, well he still has a big round head and dark skin but his hair has turned to be more like a dark blond and his eyes will probably be hazel like his daddy's. He looks very much like his namesake in my opinion which is some ways may be why when he was born he just looked like a "James" to us. He's walking and pointing and occasionally waving. He says ma-ma and da-da and ba-ba and he points to things and hisses as if to say "this!" He's gone by various nicknames in his life- including cue ball, fang, crankpot, booger baby, bubba, Jamie James, Baby James, My James vs. your James, Jed, and most consistently JJ. And he is the most perfect and precious baby in the world today! Happy Birthday JJ!

James is almost one year old!

How fast this year has flown- yikes! I can't believe my little munckin is almost a year old. In fact it totally snuck up on me so I didn't get around to do invitations for his party b/c well frankly until the other day and I realized it was Septemebr I didn't realize it was time to plan a party. I made sure I got the day of his birthday off months ago and then kinda forgot to plan the party! So instead of individual invites you all get a blog posting (and for my freinds on FB and event invite...gotta love technology...).

James' 1st Birthday Party
Saturday, September 18, 2010
at our house
3:00pm

If you are planning on coming or need directions, etc just let us know. We'll have food- burger and dogs but bring your own drinks. You're welcome to bring a side dish to share but we don't expect anything but your company! Presents are unecessary but if you really want to get him something he loves books, anything he can chew on, wooden trains (like for the Thomas wooden train set), any Fisher Price farm toy, and his parents would accept donations towards a big boy carseat (why they have to be so expensive is beyond me!).

Hope to see you all there!

James is 10 months old!

My little bit is 10 months old today! I can hardly believe it- double digits already. Soon he'll be a year- yikes! He's been a bit of a devil child recently. He's having a very hard time with teething first off but also he seems to be having a hard time staying asleep as well. He's fine as long as he is in bed with someone but try to put him in his own bed and he's not having it! The problem with this being that mama doesn't sleep so well with a squirmy worm in bed with her! especially not one that wants to be permanently attached to the breast! Oh well I am sure he will be out of this phase soon enough and then I will miss my little baby wanting to cuddle- what's a little less sleep? sigh.... But atleast now he has 2 front teeth to go with his fangs! Both have cut mostly through the gum and are working their way down

He's going to be off and walking soon it seems. He's crawling everywhere and cruising all over too- just not ready to lift that one little finger off and go!

Road trip update: we made it to Geneva today. Took a beautiful drive through Ithaca and up between Cayuga and Seneca Lakes- we resisted the urge to stop at several wineries along the way as the kiddos were sleeping. We made it to Geneva in time for lunch where we had Philly Cheese Steaks! Which were delicious! Went for a dip in the pool (which was literally I am not kidding the size of a large hot tub- the pool had a limit of 10 people!) where Grandma and Grandpa found us. We had a nice dinner at the hotel restaurant and then the kids spent some time with the grandrents and Frank and I sampled some wines and cheese at a welcome reception for his conference. Then bedtime for all...