Picture Update

Just thought I'd share some pictures of Jim from the past week. It's hard just to choose a couple to upload on here.

Here's Jim sitting next to his 'First Sofa' enjoying a bowl of snacks. How adorable is he?

Look at his face - and his little teeth. He cracks me up!

Uh-oh - someone isn't very happy to be stuck behind the gate.

Checking out all his toys!

Again, I love that face!

He loves his walker! He's all over the place, and is getting so close to walking on his own!

Nanny & Papa visit

After another summertime day on Friday (Jim & mommy went for a nice long run and played outside for awhile), Nanny & Papa came on down! They got in Friday and we hung out and grilled some burgers for dinner, and played all night long!

Saturday Jim took his very first Metro ride and his first trip into D.C. We got some lunch down there and then went to the National Archives. Apparently Jim wasn't very excited by this outing as he slept the entire time we were in there. He missed out on seeing the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Oh well, I'm sure there will be many more trips down there.

We had a great time hanging out with Nanny & Papa!!!

Summertime in February?!

It got up to 73 degrees yesterday! Love getting a little taste of spring! Wednesday & Thursday when we got home, Jim & I went for a run, and then played outside until the sun started to go down. I can't wait for this weather to be here for good!!

Happy 10 Months!!!

Double Digits!! How is it that you're 10 months already Jim?! My what a WONDERFUL (there are so many more words that I can insert here...I'm not sure if I can capture it all) 10 months it has been.

You have been such a blessing and a wonderful joy in our lives!

What Jim is up to

- He loves climbing up the stairs! He'll be in the middle of the floor playing, he'll look around to see what Mark & I are up to, and then he darts off for the stares. He thinks he's pretty funny when he does that! You call his name, and he just starts going faster for the stairs.

- He's very busy pulling up on everything, and is cruising all over the place. He's getting better with his walking too. He loves his little push toy, and will now walk if we just hold on to his shirt. (It wasn't too long ago when he had to be holding onto both hands).

- Loves to play with strings - whether it's the drawstrings on my PJ pants, or his shoelaces - he'll stay very occupied with that!

- Loves to play the drums on anything and everything!!!

- Gets very excited when it's bath time. Mark gets the bath all ready, and I get Jim undressed his his room. Then we walk into the bathroom - and he's all smiles waiting to get in!

- Plays peek-a-boo with me and his towel after bath time.

- Still loves to eat anything and everything! He's started to eat the lunch food that is served at daycare - because he wasn't interested in baby food anymore.

- Has his 4 teeth - 2 on top, 2 on bottom. And he's getting ready to cut some more, definitely on top. Can't tell if it's 2 more, or 4 more.

- Is babbling a lot more. There's a lot of ma-ma-ma-ma going on.

- You can tell he's trying to say bye when we say bye bye to him. He gets a little 'buh' out.

- Is in size 3 diapers.

- Wears mainly 12 month clothes.

- Went to the DR. last week because he had a fever and had to be picked up at daycare early. Ended up he had an ear infection. And weighted 20 lbs. 4 ozs.

- Got to stay home for a snow day with me!

- We cut out one of his bottles at daycare since he's eating more and more solids. So now he's down to 3 bottles there (~10 ozs. total); and he's still nursing once in the morning when he gets up, and then again in the evening.

Random Update

Just a little random update, with some random pictures from last week. Last week was a rough week in the VZ household. Mark & I both had some stomach bug...And Jim came down with a fever on Wednesday - turned out he had an ear infection. My two sick boys stayed home together on Wednesday trying to recover from this bug. Based on the mess that I came to when I got home from work, Jim wasn't feeling too bad.

Jim loves playing in the kitchen. There are many nights when Mark & I are sitting on the couch, and he disappears into the kitchen. You call his name, and this is what you end up seeing...

Jim has been doing this for awhile now - standing up and cruising all over the place. Before we know it, he's going to be walking all over the place!

And finally, I can't get over how adorable he looks in his new PJ's (which are 18 months?!?!)

Standing & Climbing

Jim is getting closer and closer to walking. Before he would walk with us, but had to be holding on to both hands. He would get so mad if we weren't holding on to both of his hands. But that's slowly gone to just needing to hold on to one hand...And now he'll even walk around when we're just holding onto his shirt. Like I said, it won't be long before he's walking on his own.

The other thing he's discovered in the past week or two is how to climb up the stairs. He keeps us busy! He thinks its the funniest thing, cracking himself up once he gets over to the stairs, and then he starts on going up.

He's also starting to make faces. The faces he makes crack me up. Here are a couple of those faces!

Dancing Jim!!

Check out Jim's moves!!!! He just learned to dance, and he cracks us up everytime he does it. And you can see he cracks himself up as well! I love him so much!!!

9 Month Outtake Pictures

It gets harder and harder every month to get good pictures of Jim. He doesn't like to sit still. Here are a couple of those.

Happy 9 Months Jim!

(Check back for his 9 month picture. I'm at work right now and all the pictures are on the computer at home...)

What Jim is up to at 9 months:

- He pulls himself up all the time now, on everything.

- He has mastered going from standing up to sitting down.

- He can now go from laying down to sitting up.

- Has 4 teeth -- the front bottom and top teeth.

- He claps his hands all the time.

- He gives us high fives!

- Still loves to eat everything! Some new foods he's tried this past month include Cheerios's, lunch meats and cheeses, gold fish crackers, waffles...(I know there's a lot more but I'm drawing a blank...)

- Is still wearing size 3 diapers.

- Wears 9 and 12 month clothes...9 months are getting too small, but 12 months are still a little too big for him.

- Is crawling all over the place. He's finally figured out the whole crawling on your hands and knees!

- Has given up his binky. (When we were home over New Year's weekend he didn't use it once. And then on Tuesday when he got back to school, Ms. Patricia thought he didn't need to use it again, she thought it was bothering his teeth...)

- Still a wonderful sleeper for us!

A couple pictures....

Happy New Year!!!

Happy 2011!!!

We rang in the New Year with Uncle Robbie and Aunt Jenna. We didn't get to see them over Christmas, so they came down to visit us New Year's weekend. We did an early dinner in Old Town and then just hang out here at home. Aunt Jenna tried to keep Jim awake until midnight, but she wasn't successful. Jim did pop his eyes open for a minute at midnight though!

It's hard to believe in just 3 months Jim will be a year old. Where does the time go?!?!

My first Christmas!

Jim had a wonderful first Christmas! And we all had a wonderful time with him. We took off for Buffalo on Thursday, and made the 8 hour drive north. The VZ's were picking Chris up at the Buffalo airport so Thursday night we all had dinner together. Friday we Christmas Eve, we spent the day hanging out together. And even got to Skype so we could see Rob & Jenna. Jim was perfect at Church, not a single peep out of him! And we all enjoyed an amazing Christmas Eve dinner! Christmas Eve wouldn't be complete without the reading of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.' Christmas morning was great! Jim just had learned how to clap, so whenever we gave him a present we would clap our hands, and he would clap back and be all excited! After our usual Christmas morning breakfast, we hit the road for Albany. We enjoyed our Christmas afternoon/evening with the Sector's! Sunday we all hung out for awhile, and then made our way to our 3rd Christmas Celebration with the VZ's. It was a wonderful first Christmas for Jim!!! And it was great to be able to be with the family!!!!

Enjoy the pictures!!

A Mini-Update

I didn't want to wait until Jim's 9 month update post to give a little update on what he's been doing. Some exciting things have been going on in the past couple weeks:

- He finally has 2 bottom teeth! They have broken the surface and his 2 bottom teeth are adorable. Trying to get a good picture of them is impossible. One of these days he'll flash a toothy smile that I will be able to share with all1

- He's now cruising all over the place. He can pull himself up on the couch, and then he'll walk along that with no problems. He's walking all over the place when we're holding onto his hands.

- He loves bath time. (Although lately he wants to stand the entire bath.) I get him undressed in his room, and we walk into the bathroom. He has the biggest smile when he sees Daddy sitting at the bathtub waiting for him.

- Lately he's been cracking himself up. It's pretty funny to just hear him start laughing.

- He just started to clap his hands! I think next will be waving bye-bye.

Christmas Time

I cannot wait for Jim's first Christmas! We are headed up to Buffalo tomorrow to celebrate with the family! And we are all very excited! What a wonderful time of the year.

We put up our Christmas tree this year, and Jim has been very good with that! He loves to stare at the lights! He really hasn't tried to play with the ornaments or cause to much of a mess there. Except for the other night. Mark & I both had dozed off for a minute, and the next thing we know, Jim was playing with an ornament. I think that was the only time he grabbed for an ornament, that little stinker.

I will have to try to upload some more pictures. I usually update this when I'm at work, and all my picture are on my home computer.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!

8 Months Old

Just our usual monthly update. Jim is 8 months old now. And what a great 8 months it has been!!!

What Jim is up to:

- He is crawling all over the place. (he's still doing the army crawl - but watch out, he's on the move!)

- His first tooth is just about to pop through his gums. Any time now!

- Loves to stand up, and will even walk if you hold on to him.

- The last couple days, he's been able to stand all by himself (started off just for a second, but now he can do it for 15-20 seconds).

- Still loves to eat, anything and everything! Haven't found a food he doesn't like.

- Started to eat puffs as a little snack, as well as yogurt bites, and biscuits.

- In size 3 diapers.

- Wearing 9 month clothes, and has started to wear some 12 months.

- Weighed 20 pounds when I weighed him on our scale at home.

- Get's very excited when I pick him up at daycare; and gets very excited when Daddy walks in the door from work.

Happy Thanksgiving

We had a GREAT Thanksgiving!!! Mark & I took the days off before the Holiday so we could spend a week up in NY.

We left Friday afternoon and made our way north, stopping in Wilkes-Barre. Saturday morning we got up and continued our drive up to Syracuse. We got there and met Mom, Ashley, and Allison at our hotel and loaded up Jim's stuff in their car, and went to Varsity for some lunch. After we were done eating we said our good-bye's to Jim and he drove back to Buffalo and spent the night there. It was our first time leaving Jim overnight, and I think everyone did just fine. Jim had a great time hanging out with Grandma, Papa, and his two wonderful aunts; and despite a Syracuse loss, Mark & I had a great time up in the 'Cuse!

We spent Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning at home in Buffalo. Jim learned to crawl!!! As mom calls it, he's doing the army crawl. He's definitely on the move now! Wednesday afternoon we made our way up to Castile to spend the rest of the week up there. In the evening there was a little party for Jim, so the neighbors could stop by and meet him. Jim did wonderful there!

Thursday was his first Thanksgiving!!! He did great all day! And enjoyed a taste of turkey, as well as squash, mashed potatoes, and applesauce! Jim and Maddie got along great too!

It was sad Sunday morning when our vacation time was coming to an end, and we had to get on the road to make our way back home. We had a great time visiting with everyone! And can't wait to do it all over again during Christmas!

A mini-update.

Took Jim to the Doctor yesterday. He has all these red bumps on his back that have been there since last Friday. Turns out he eczema - and it's nothing to be concerned about. Just need to keep on lathering him up with lotion to make sure his skin isn't dry.

He's 18lbs. 6ozs.

Daycare thinks he may be starting to teeth. The Doctor looked at his gums, and said she didn't see anything. I guess we'll see in a couple of days if anything pops up.

He's eating puffs for a little snack, and loves them. This past weekend we were feeding them to him because he couldn't figure out picking them up and putting them in his mouth. But Wednesday night he figured it out! (Although 1/2 of them ended up in his highchair somewhere) And boy did he get mad when there were no more!

He still loves to eat, pretty much anything and everything. (Although I did give him some carrots the other day which he wasn't a big fan of...) Maybe next time I'll have to try dipping them in some ranch dressing - haha.

He's no longer a fan of sitting -- he has to be standing all the time now!!! And he loves to walk all over the place. (Of course you have to hold on to him and help him out.)

7 Months Old

I think everyone knows how I'm going to start this blog. I can't believe that Jim is 7 months already. Time sure is flying. But I'm enjoying every second of it!! He is wonderful!



What I'm up to:

- Loves to stand!! Would much rather be standing then sitting down.

- Can go from sitting to the crawling position (on his hands and knees) but he's not sure what to do next. It's won't be long!

- Loves to eat! There hasn't been a food we've given him that he doesn't like.

- Is on the same sleep schedule, going down around 8:00ish, and then we wake him up at 5:00.

- Wearing 6-9 month clothes.

- Is in size 3 diapers.

- Still loves it at day care! Ms. Fabi is back, and they are both very happy!

- Last time I weighed him at home he was 18lbs.

- Loves to bounce! Whether it's in his jumperoo, or on our lap.

Stand-up

I haven't been all that good with keeping up to date with this thing. I'm sorry for any of you out there that are still keeping up to date with us. Who is out there? Anyone?

Anyways, when I get home I'll have to do a picture update.

Jim's latest at daycare yesterday - was he pulled himself up and was standing in his crib. Apparently he was trying so hard to stand up that his face was bright red. And then when he was standing there for a bit, his teacher called his name and clapped her hands, and Jim started cracking up. What a little goof ball we have.

He still isn't crawling. But that is perfectly fine by be. Because I know as soon as he does he'll be getting into everything.

6 Month Update

I think just with every other update I do - I ask myself the same exact question. How did my little baby get to be so big? And where does the time go?

We sure have been enjoying every minute with Jim! He is wonderful! Such a happy easy-going baby. We definitely lucked out with him.

What Jim is up to:

- Is still in size 2 diapers. We're down to our last couple and will switch to size 3.

- Has started to wear some 9 month clothes.

- Loves to eat! We've started giving him real food, and has liked everything so far! So far we've tried some cereal, sweet potatoes, carrots, bananas, avocado, and peas.

- His newest thing in the past couple of days is to pull himself up in the Pack 'N Play. It's time to lower that thing down. I think he's going to be our little monkey!

- He is constantly laughing and smiling at us!

- When I weighed him at home the other day, he was 17.5lbs. We'll get a better weight on Friday when we go to the Doctor for his 6 month check-up.

- He can sit up all by himself!

- Still loves to jump away in his jumparoo!

- Does very well at daycare! We always get very good reports from the teachers.

- He has discovered his tongue, and likes to stick it out!

- Still loves to play with his feet!

- Loves to talk to us.