"MAN COLD"

My friend sent this to me and I thought it was too funny not to share. Anyone relate?

Clipper Game

Over the holidays we took James to his first basketball game with my parents, John and Brooke and Dana and Chase. He did so good! Thanks to the head canceling headphones we got him. The noise didn't freak him out and he loved checking out the scene at the Staples Center.

Around 830pm James had enough and fell right asleep. It was so cute. Dana told me that when we were walking out with him people were taking pictures. They were probably checking out his funny headphones.

Bababa

While I was in the kitchen cooking dinner, I put James on his blanket to play where I could see him. My back was turned and I could hear him "talking" to himself. He just started saying "bababa" and will do this non-stop.    When I looked to see him he was gone. He had rolled off into the dining room where he could belt it out in privacy. But I found him :)

Veggies

Really?? How can my child not love his greens???

Naples Lights

We tried to go to see the lights in Naples twice before Christmas and the rain ruined our plans. So I was very excited that we went the day after Christmas! I have gone almost every year for the past 10 years and didn't want to stop now.

This is where Haws proposed 4 years ago!

Christmas Time

Christmas was so fun this year! Of course James had no idea what was going on, but we had fun with him. He did enjoy all the festivities with family... especially Aunt Dana and Uncle Chase. They are not able to come visit as much as we would like so it was a treat to have them back in CA with us. Here are a bunch of pics.

 Reunited. Chase and Dana hadn't seen James since he was born! He loved them!

Chase could always get James to laugh. He got to experience the spit up action too.

  

We spent Christmas Eve at John and Brooke's house. The food was delicious! John made the best turkey ever! Then we followed with the Nativity story acted out by the kids, me and Brooke.

 No this is not a picture from Halloween. Luke will always find a reason to dress in costume!

Christmas morning with the Yule Log on TV and Christmas music.

We had the traditional German pancakes for breakfast.

In the afternoon we went to my parents to open gift and for some reason I didn't take any pictures. Too busy opening gifts I guess. My parents were too generous... not that I am complaining :)

Then off to the Hexberg's to visit and exchange gifts. Winnie and Thor are getting so big! The are adorable.

Haws was so excited to give Thor a hockey game. He is trying to convert anyone he can.

After that, we headed to Grandma's house to finish off the day.
No... you can't keep him. He is ours!

This is the newest addition,  little Grant. My cousin Nicole and Ty's little boy.

My dad entertained the boys all night long! These kids have a lot of energy! My dad over did it a little and was sick for the next week. Someone thinks they are still 25... besides me :)

6 months

I can't believe my sweet baby James is half way to being 1! I love this stage. He is so much fun and gets cuter (at least we think he does) every day.

Some things that are happening this past month:

Despite the craziness of the holidays, James is keeping a pretty good sleep schedule. Most days look like this:
wake around 700am
nap from 9am-11am
nap again from about 1245-230pm
short cat nap around 430pm.
Bed around 8pm
These 11 hour stretches at night are amazing! We are still doing a "dream feed" but I plan to drop that soon.
He will sometimes wake up half way through a nap, cry and then go back to sleep. I have had to learn that he does this so that I dont run to his rescue and get him up too early.
Other highlights:

• sitting up on his own for longer periods of time but still eventually topples over.
• rolls all over the place
• is starting to scoot on his tummy
• laughs when tickled or we do something he thinks is hilarious like knocking on the door. Who knows what he is thinking!
• Loves to play with his toes
• Sticks out his tongue and makes motor boat noises all the time.
• Grabs at anything he can while eating.
• starting to "stand" meaning he will straighten out his legs while you hold his hands.
• making more word sounds like ma ba da

Some not so fun things going on this month:

• Thrush! Not fun for mom or baby. We just found out about this yesterday even though I had a feeling it might be going on. 
• He also has a rash caused by the yeast. I am amazed he can still be a happy boy with these ailments.
• I thought he had started teething, but that seems to have passed with no teeth coming through. 

STATS:
16lbs 1 oz (almost 50th%)
27 inches (75th %)
and still 40th % for head.