Peek a boo

Jimmy now can hear James and I coming to get him, so he waits for us peeking through the rails of his crib. This morning at 4:30 when I went in to feed him he was on his hands and knees waiting for me. He then ate and went back to sleep. He is such a pleasure and sooooo funny!!!

Up the steps

After going to Kohls to do some black Friday shopping Jimmy and I went to my mom's for lunch. At mom's we decides I'm going to follow the adults into the kitchen. I sit by the step and here he comes. He climbs up one step from the family room to the kitchen. Oh my how big we are getting.

Thanksgiving

James had his first Thanksgiving. He wore the cutest onesie that said baby's 1st Thanksgiving. He had for dinner mac and cheese, sweet corn casserole and applesauce for dinner. Of course this was all baby food. He was a good baby and showed everyone his crawling skills and how well he likes to eat!!!!

Stand Up Stand Up

I go down to put James' laundry in the washer and I hear a noise. I quickly come upstairs to see what he is up to. He is in his crib smiling at me when I enter his room. He is on his hands and knees and I'm elated because he is holding on to the rail of his crib. I run and get the video camera and as soon as I turn it on he stands up! I was super excited especially since I got it on video.

Later in the evening mom and James are in his room talking and he decides he want to peek over his crib. He gets on his knees and peeks out of the crib to be apart of the conversation. Everyone thought it was so cute!!!

Sit up

As I'm talking to my mom on the phone, she is telling me how Jimmy is now sitting up on his own.

Sesame Street

Today was the first day James watched a little TV. Mom was getting dressed and needed to occupy this curious little boy, so she put on Sesame Street and he watched about 10 minutes of TV. Oh no!!! I didn't mind it too much although he watches no TV at home, he just hears the voices when we watching something.

Goodnight ???

Last night James is reading to the baby. He begins to read our normal bible story and Jimmy starts to fuss. So, James decides to read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. Now when Jimmy was about 2 months old he would fall asleep when James would read him this. Well, not anymore. Jimmy was fussy and would not focus. James then read him his normal bedtime story Goodnight Moon. Jimmy did not say a peep. James switch back to Dr. Seuss and Jimmy started to get fussy again. How ironic this 6 1/2 month old knows exactly what books he wants to read. Hey, I'm just glad he wants to read something.

Teething

What a big boy Jimmy is becoming! I do not understand though why he is refusing a bottle at times. yesterday again he refused to take a bottle. He had a total of 2 ounces ALL day. So, I fed him when I picked him up and then again at home. I called the doctor's office and the nurse said he is probably teething badly and for us to give him Tylenol or Motrin (I would hate to give him Motrin). I think though I can see the teeth coming in!

Church ALL Day

James was such a great boy today. He went to two chruch services and was pretty good at the second (he began to want to talk). He slept on the way home and I jsut had to let him on the floor to play for the remainder of the evening becuase he was so bound up all day I wanted him to get loose.

360

James and I were playing with the baby on the floor and trying to get him to crawl. So he reaches out for a toy and cannot get it so what does he decide to do. He decides to do 360s on the ground continuing to turn himself around until he somehow reaches the toy. Amazing to watch.

No Bottle For Me!!!

James decided for 3 days he would not drink from a bottle. On Monday, mom told he he refused to drink. Okay I accepted that and moved on. Tuesday I was home with him because of election day (no school) and tried to give him a bottle, but I thought he would not take it because it was me. Wednesday, back at mom's and again no bottle. I took him to the doctor because I thought he might be dehydrated but everything was okay. Thursday, he finally took a bottle. I guess he thought that my milk was sufficient.

6 month apt

James went for his 6 month doctors well visit and he did very well. He now weighs 16.2 oz(25.11%), his height is 26 1/2 inches (44.33%), and his head circumference is 17 inches (33.80%). He cried after the first shot and I felt so bad for him. He looked at James and I like " please help me!" The doctor wanted him to get his flu shot today and James and I both said no. That is just way too many shots at one time. I have an appointment for Saturday to get it done. I stood my ground although he really tried to force me to get it done.

6 Months Old

James Ryan was six months old today. This morning while giving him his breakfast, I sang to him "Happy 1/2 birthday to you, Happy 1/2 birthday to you, Happy 1/2 birthday to you, Happy 1/2 birthday to you." James said he never heard of that that before. Well, I have so I sung the song to celebrate his 1/2 birthday. Today he went to two church services, where he fell asleep in both. He was such a good boy today. He played in his exersaucer and showed his mom-mom how he spits bubbles. At Zion, he watched a little girl play and as one lady stated he looked like he wanted to join in the fun. James sat on the church pew and played with his toy for about 5 minutes. Hey the attention span of a child is supposed to be equivalent to their age so 5 minutes is plenty. He wrapped up his evening with dinner at IHop although of course he did not eat (I would never feed him table food at this age).

As you can tell by the photos while at IHop James was playing with the paper place mates. He loves paper!