Balloon

While at the Sixers game, we received balloons to distract the Bucks' players when they shoot fowl shots. James loved them so much, we allowed him to play with them at home!

Sixers

Last night we took Jimmy to his first 76ers game. As soon as he walked into the arena he was looking around. We sat in the 108 section, which were great seats! Everyone around us stated how adorable Jimmy was. He wore his 76ers outfit, minus the hat. I don't know what it is about hats, but I think he has way too much hair for most hats that come with the babies clothes. He was excellent during the game. As a matter of fact he did not fall asleep until 3 mintues left into the game. I'm so happy a last minute decision was a great one!!!

Pictures

So, I finally got James some professional pictures. He was such a good boy. We had to wait at Target for someone to go in front of us, but it did not take too long. The photographer was able to get him to smile and everything (what a project). I'm so relieved that he did not take a bunch of pictures looking like a dear in the headlights.

Sitting

I'm not sure if I would say James could sit by himself for a long period of time, but tonight I was playing on the floor with him and he sat for a couple of minutes. I was so proud of him. I was getting a little worried because he should have been starting to sit unassisted at this time. He is after all a couple of days from being 6 months.

Chicken Broth

I tried to give James chicken and chicken broth stage 1 baby food. He did not like it. He made face like "what is this."

Day Out

Yesterday, we did a ton of running around. We started the morning out planning on going and getting me a new phone, but I realized that my wallet was in James' car and he was at the gym, so that plan was out. Then we got ready to go to our Women's Ministry meeting. I picked up mom and we headed over to Yeadon. Since we were out in Delaware County, we stopped by my brothers house to see my nephew. It is so funny every time Jimmy see Israel he just stares at him. Yesterday we were trying to take a picture of the two of them and Jimmy starts touching Israel's hair. I was like oh no. So, while we were at Shawn and Peaches house, Peaches asked me how much does he weigh? I said probably around 16 lbs. She weighed him on her baby scale and he weighed 16 lbs 10 oz. Oh my he is growing so nicely!!!

Zoo Again

Today, I decided since James was off and it was a nice day we should do something. We were orginally going to go to the Please Touch Museum, but since the H1N1 Virus is about and kids are so sick I didn't want to take Jimmy. He puts everything in his mouth and how can you take him to a place to touch everything and limit his touching. So, needless to say we took him to the zoo. He loved it. He stared at this jaquer and watched him pace back and forth. It was wonderful for his development!

My little reader

So, I'm trying to get James' food ready and needed something to entertain him with while I heated up his food. Oh by the way James hates his food cold! So, I was reading him a book before dinner and left it on his high chair tray. He decided that it is his turn to read. He plumages through the pages trying to read the book. It was amazing how engaged he was in this book. I love it.

Constipation 101

James and I go to put the baby to bed and he starts to cry. Well this is normal so I proceed to let him cry. All of a sudden I turn to James and say he sounds like he is in pain. So, I go get him calm him down and lay him back down. He then starts to cry again. I ignore him and go get the laundry out of the dryer. James decided to go in and check on him and noticed that he was straining to go to the bathroom. As James changed him we noticed his poop was very hard and when we wiped him he cried even more. That is when I said he is constipated and I need to go get some prunes. Off to Genuardies I went. When I came home with the prunes he tore them up! 5 minutes later James could here him farting!!! Lovely sounds. He went right to sleep and off to dreamland.

Crawl

We were at my mom's house to just hang out with her. James was on the floor and all of a sudden he lifts his butt up and starts to crawl. He did not crawl a lot, but he made great strides tonight. I started screaming while on the floor with him. He looked at me like "what is all that noise about!"

Phillies Fever

So, it is the NLCS and although Jimmy does not have a Phillies jersey, we dressed him in his baseball pajamas. He was probably like what are they doing to me know!

Don't cover me up!

This morning I was dropping James off at my mom's and he fell asleep in the car on the way over. I grab his diaper bag, bottles and then James and proceed in the house. Well as everyone knows this morning at 7:00 it was about 40 degrees out. Being the smart mom that I am I decided to cover his face with the blanket. Well, he did not like that and all of a sudden started to cry. I said to myself "I thought you were sleep." We went in mom's house, I took him up stairs where he cuddled up next to my mom in bed and was happy as a lamb!

Put your feet down!

As I'm trying to feed James his dinner he decides it is a good idea to put his feet up in the high chair. Look closely at the bottom left!

Friends and Family

James Ryan Coursey Jr. wants to thank everyone who attended his dedication. We thank you all and like the minister said the best gift you can give him is your commitment to Christ!

Dedication

Jimmy was dedicated on October 4, 2009 back to God. We pray that God continues to keep and bless him. he was dedicated at Philadelphia Bible Fellowship surrounded by family and friends. We had the fellowship afterwards at his grandmother's house were we ate good food and the children played. Of course Jimmy was just trying to crawl. He looks so handsome.

The day went so well, I just thank God. We dressed him in a suit at mom's house (we spent the night there) so he would not mess up his dedication outfit. He later got dressed at the church and fell asleep prior to the ceremony. Family and friends came out to support and he didn't make a sound. After the ceremony he sat in church with various family members and just showed how well behaved he is. We had the celebration at my mom's house and ate like we never have before! It was wonderful. Thanks Aunt Jo for the mac and cheese! All the grandchildren were present for Jimmy's big day. I LOVE IT!!!

Grandchildren everywhere!

Here is a picture of the grandchildren of the family!