Another try

I dont' know why my videos sound didn't work last time, so I have to try another. This one I took with my camera. Here is a nice relaxing Sunday afternoon. Funny... I am the one that has been up since 330am. I should be napping!

It is kind of long... sorry. I just love all the "talking" and the tongue.

I thought this picture was hilarious! We were trying to get a picture of us all dressed up before Redge and Marci's wedding reception. James wasn't being very cooperative and Haws was trying to get him to look at the camera. Meanwhile... I am trying to get him to smile as I give myself a double chin!

Isn't he cute in his little button up shirt??

I just can't get enough

I just love this little guy. He is starting to "talk" now! I took this while getting him ready for his bath. 

He proceeded to pee on my right after I stopped recording. I should know better than to leave a little boy bare naked with his you know what pointing right at me. This wasn't the first time... nor the last.

The video was taken with my phone. Not the best quality.
I just realized the sound isnt working! That was the best part about it. Please tell me if it works for you.

Beach Day and Church

My sis-in-law Brooke, sis-in-law, Margot (does that make sense?) lives down on Balboa in the best location! Right next to Newport Harbor where they can go out on their own little private beach. We decided to meet the cousins down there for a beach day. James pretty much slept the whole time which made it easy on me. I am sure he will appreciate the beach more next summer, but it is good to break him in now :)

I love how Caroline will put anything in here mouth. The sand must have been pretty tasty! Things to look forward to in a few months I am sure.

This past Sunday we took James to church for the first time. He did great and slept through the first 2 hours! Once he woke up it was time to eat... so I just headed home since I would miss most of the third hour anyway. A woman in our ward makes these cute onesies with ties on them With the brown pants he looks like a used car salesman! Maybe his future at G.E.T.

 This was taken after church while he was playing on his activity mat. He loves this thing and can hang out on here for awhile playing with those toys. He especially likes the giraffe hanging above his right hand. Or maybe he is right handed and thats why he pays so much attention to that one. He likes to bat them around over and over. He also loves when I sing "Lucy in the sky with Diamonds" by the Beatles. I think it is the high notes... it makes him smile really big and he acts like he is singing. It's so cute!

Long Beach Crawfish Festival

Crawfish gross me out... but because I love my husband, I skipped the Weezer concert in HB to go to the crawfish fesival in LB. Haws served his mission in Alabama and then lived in Tennesse for an internship, so he has a special place in his heart for things that are southern. The festival pretty much was food and crafts with live music and really good people watching. We meet up with the Cope's, ate and hung out until James had enough.

Shielding JR from the sun while waiting in the food line. Good excuse to cuddle.

Crawfish... yuck! They have their heads and everything on!

Kicking it in the shade.

Haws waited almost an hour in line for these Beignets!!! He said they were almost worth the wait.They were covered with powdered sugar that got everywhere!

summer adventures

James has already been venturing out this summer. He has been having lots of fun with his cousins. Well , he actually just sleeps most of the time we are hanging out, but he is intrigued by all of them. It is weird to think that before I know it, he will be running around with all of them.

We went swimming for the first time over at Johnny and Brooke's house. Brooke was so nice to heat to pool up to almost 90!

We didnt have a swim diaper for James, so we had to borrow Caroline's plastic diaper to wear under his swim trunks.

The boys are obsessed with "Baby James". It is so cute to see them get all excited to see him. We have decided to make sure we all get together once a week with the kids. 

We next set off to take James to "Mormon Night" at the Angels game. Well... the seats were way up in the nose bleed section. It was scary walking up to the top with a baby attached to me. We made it through one inning, but then all the noise (the people behind us just had to to the loudest people in the stands) was too much for the little guy. He started crying and we were out of there. Good thing the tickets were cheap. Next time we will have to take him to the diamond club. I think he would do much better there. But then again, who wouldnt? He did look cute in his baseball jammies :)

1 month

I can't believe a whole month has gone by since James was born.

Time flies when you are having fun, busier than you thought you could be with feeding, changing and trying to entertain someone so little with a very short attention span :)

James is a fairly good baby. He definitely has his "moments" and I have had only one day that I felt like I might loose it... well make that two. The day he had to go in for some additional testing and have blood drawn from his arm while he was screaming I did loose it, but for totally different reasons.

His hardest thing is when he gets over tired and then does not want to sleep. That is a challenging one. He "luckily" does that during the day and by the time night comes, he knows when it is time for bed. He is sleeps good at night and wakes up every 2-3 hours to feed. But he is an early riser and is up and wide awake by 5 or 6am. I am glad Haws is a early riser so I don't always have to wake up with him too at that time.

James loves his swing and is warming up to his bouncer. These are the tools I use so I can shower if he isn't down for a nap. I have been trying to get him on a eat, wake/activity, sleep schdule and I find that the days we accomplish this, things goes smoother. He is a good eater, my challenge is getting him down for naps. He usually will fall asleep in the car, so he sleeps through a lot of our outings. Now that I am feeling better and we have the new stroller, we go for walks everyday. It is good for both of us to get out :)

Everyone has been so nice coming to visit, bringing us dinner or going out to lunch for us. We really appreciate all of the help! Cooking is one of the hardest things to get done along with cleaning. I am doing my best to keep on top of the laundry and keep the house in order. The deep cleaning is lacking... oh well.

Oh yeah... James is a spit up machine! I thought something was wrong, but I think it is just the way he is. I have tried somethings to help him stop and my doc said if he seems to be really gassy and in pain I might need to go off dairy! What a bummer that will be. No more ice cream???!!!! I am trying to cut back here and there. But the ice cream is sticking unless it gets bad.

I know I am missing things I wanted to document, but I will just have to get back to it when I remember.

I love the look on his face here. It's like he is asking "Are we done yet?"

After spending sometime on the activity mat at Nana's house, I realized that we have one too! 

James will reach up and try to grab the little toys. He is very amused by this thing. 

Video

I saw this video on a friend's blog and I had to share it! Now if only it was a Dodge Journey instead....