Road Trip

We went north this weekend. It was Jim's first stay in a hotel!!!

We left Friday and made our way on up to Park Ridge NJ. Met up with Nanny & Papa who drove in so they could babysit Jim while we went to Odette's wedding.

Jim wasn't a big fan of sleeping in a hotel. It was either that, or not being a big fan of his Pack 'N Play. So he ended up in bed with us both nights.

Odette's wedding was awesome. Think that's the one and only wedding I'll be able to say -- I saw someone get married on Broadway!!! CONGRATULATIONS to Odette & Todd!!!

Sunday we drove up to Albany so Jim could meet his Great Grandfather, as well as many wonderful aunts, uncles, and cousins. We had a GREAT time!!!

The drive home on Monday wasn't bad at all. I think we were prepared for a lot worse - but Jim slept pretty much the entire way home.

Grandma & Papa visit

We've been busy - Aunt Jenna left on Sunday, and then on Thursday Grandma and Papa flew down to spend a couple days with their grandson. Again, Jim got out of daycare early on Thursday, and didn't have to go on Friday - what a lucky boy he is! He was able to stay home and spend some time with his grandparents. Again, he was wonderful, and I think the 3 of them enjoyed their time together.

Went back into Old Town Saturday morning to the Farmer's Market with mom. And then Mark & I went to the gym & for a run together. Mark took care of yard work, and I ran some errands while Grandma & Papa watched Jim. We then went down to Old Town for a yummy dinner; and then walked around the water for a bit before making our way back home.

Sunday morning we went to Church. And then Mark & I went to the gym & for another run. And then the 5 of us went to Southside for brunch. And then we had to say our good-byes to Grandma & Papa as they had to make their way back up to BWI to catch their plane home.

Aunt Jenna's Visit

We were hoping that Aunt Jenna would've been able to spend a week with Jim just before going back to daycare, but that didn't work out. They had been saving a spot for Jim, and we tried to push it back 2 weeks (one week for Mark's parents, and one week for Jenna) but they said they couldn't do that. So instead Jenna came out for a couple days this past week.

Despite Jim being forced to wear Pitt clothes - we had a GREAT time with Aunt Jenna!!! (Okay, Okay, the Pitt clothes weren't all that bad. It was pretty funny..Jenna would dress him in the Pitt stuff they got for him; and then when she was in the shower, I would hurry up and dress him in all ORANGE!

She drove down on Wednesday, and I picked Jim up from daycare, and they spent Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday together. Jim was a very good boy! Saturday morning Jenna and I went into Old Town to the Farmer's Market and bought some fruits & veggies. Mark & I were able to go to the gym & for a run together. And then the 4 of us went to Overwood for a delicious dinner.

We are truly blessed to have such wonderful family! Who love coming to visit and spend time with Jim. He surely is one lucky boy!

Picture Update!

I figure since I haven't been very good at keeping up to date with this lately, I would do a picture post of some of my favorite pictures of Jim in the past week or so. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do!!!

Happy 4 Months!!!

Happy 4 months Jim!!!

Jim had his 4 month check-up today, which went very well. Another clean bill of health! And our Doctor said that Jim was pretty advanced. (She was trying to get him to sit up so she could listen to his chest and he decided to try to stand instead). It was another round of shots for him, and he was a brave boy again! He cried a little bit, but not for very long. He sure is wonderful!!! His stats are:

Head - 16 1/2" - 50th Percentile

Height - 25 1/4" - 75th Percentile

Weight - 14lbs. 8.5oz. - 50th Percentile

He was in the same exact percentiles @ his 2 month check-up, so he's growing right on track. Still going to be our tall, skinny boy :)

What Jim's doing at 4 months:

- He can roll over! He's mastered the back to tummy roll. Now we need to get him to go from tummy to back.

- He's found his feet, and loves to play with them, and has even been able to put him in his mouth!

- He's out of his 0-3 months clothes, and is wearing 3-6 months.

- Still the same eating pattern - 5:00, then 3 bottles @ daycare (about 5 oz), and then 2 more times when we get home.

- Still sleeping through the night like a champ!! Down around 9:00, and we wake him up at 5:00.

- He's smiling all the time, and laughs a lot! Have to say that's one wonderful sound :)

- We put together his Exercauser, and he loves to play in that!

- Still doing great at Daycare. His teachers love him!!

I haven't forgotten

We haven't forgotten about this blog. I have probably 1/2 dozen posts that are all written up, but want to attach the pictures to go along with those. Having a little one defitinley keeps your hands full.

But to hold everyone over until I do get around to posting those - I thought I'd share this adorable picture of Jim after his bath last night. How cute is that?!

Jim's first trip to the beach...

We took Jim to the beach for the 1st time this past weekend. Okay, there really much beach visiting at all.

We had a late start Saturday morning because Jim was not happy. We were hoping to feed him again around 8 or 9 and get on the road after that. But for some reason he did not want to nurse, and did not want to calm down. We finally got him to calm down and everything - and got on the road after 10:00. We made it over the Bay Bridge with no problems, but then hit traffic, and our 2 hour drive turned into 4 hours. Not fun at all!!!

We made it to Kristin's place and hung out for awhile, then made our way to Rehoboth for dinner at Dogfish Head. And then we finally made it to the beach. He loved sticking his feet in the sand! But he wasn't too sure what to think about the water. I think it may had been a little too cold for him.

Jim Rolls Over!!!

Jim rolled over for the first time!!!

He had been pretty good at rolling from his back onto his side. And we knew it wouldn't be long before he'd get all the way to his stomach. And he finally did it!

Family Reunion

It was the 3rd Annual DiLoreto family reunion this past weekend. We drove up to Pittsburgh Friday evening (it was Jim's first road trip, and we weren't sure how he was going to do in the car for a long time, so we figured we would break it up. Which, he actually did pretty well with! There was a bout of crying, which made for a quick stop so I could sit in the back with him. But other than that, not terrible.

Saturday we drove up to Erie and went and visited with Nana & Papa. Nana got to hold Jim for awhile, and we all sang a bunch of Nursery Rhymes together. After that we went to Grandma's - and Jim got to meet a bunch of people there (Great Grandma, Aunt Mary Beth, Aunt Judy, Donna, Ryan, Christopher, Michael. I'm sure I'm forgetting someone - but it was great getting to visit with all of them!

And then we made our way to the Family Reunion, where Jim got to meet lots of wonderful people! I'm very glad we were able to make it up for the reunion. It was a great weekend!!!

Allison was in charge of the camera all weekend, and I don't have any pictures saved on my computer here at home. So if anyone wants to see the wonderful pictures that we have, let me know and I can send you the link to them all!!

Lots of catching up to do...

I've been a slacker with updating Jim's Blog.

Check back for some new posts to include our latest highlights:


- The rest of Aunt Ashley's visit

- Aunt Allison comes to visit

- Grandma comes to visit

- Jim's 1st 4th of July

- Nanny & Papa come to visit

- Jim turns 3 months!

- Jim starts daycare

I'll probably back-date them...so be sure to keep scrolling down. Hopefully the'll be done by this weekend...

Happy 4th of July!!!

Jim enjoyed his first Fourth of July - and Mom & Dad both enjoyed an extra long weekend with him.

On Saturday we made our way back up to BWI to drop Grandma off at the airport. It was sad to see her go :( And it was sad that we weren't picking someone else up at the airport.

We ended up stopping by our new neighbors for a beer...then went to down to Eric's for a bit. He had people over and were playing beer pong. Mark & I won the one game we played - made it even a better win because I was wearing Jim. Then we made our way down to the Marina to watch the fireworks that the Country Club left off.

Sunday was the 4th. We wished Uncle Robbie a Happy Birthday!! And spent the day hanging out together. We decided to make our way down to the marina again for the fireworks. Jim was pretty much asleep when we left. We parked, got him out and put him in his stroller, and we had to walk up the parkway. Got to see the Mall fireworks, and then fireworks from the National Harbor...which Jim proceeded to sleep through it all. We made our way back home and sat out on the front porch watching people in the neighborhood shoot off fireworks.

And then Monday we had off, and just enjoyed our day together!

Jim's 3 Months!!!!!

Happy 3 Month Birthday to Jim!!!!! No check-up this month for him. He goes back for his 4 month visit, so I'll be sure to update his stats then. I'm guessing though he's around 13 pounds or so.

What Jim's doing at 3 Months:

- He's eating 4-5 oz every 3 hours during the day (3 times) and I feed him first thing in the morning, and 2 or 3 times in the afternoon.

- He sleeps like a champ! Going down around 9:00ish, and sleeps right through until we wake him up at 5:00ish

- Still fits into 0-3 month clothes, but they are starting to get snugger on him. And his 3-6 month clothes are fitting him better.

- He smiles all the time; and has even started to giggle for us.

- His head has gotten stronger and stronger. He enjoys his tummy time for a couple of minutes. But still hasn't gotten to the point of rolling over yet

- Absolutley LOVES his play mat. He could lay on that thing and stare at his musical/light up globe for hours. And has very dear friend - Mr. Panada!

- Loves his Otto Mobile, and loves staring at the fans in our bedroom.

- He can take little steps like he's walking. This of course as you're holding him and supporting him.

First day at DayCare

Jim's first day of daycare was today.

Mark & I both dropped him off. We put everything (diapers, extra clothes, etc.) into his little cubby hole. Put his toys & blankets into his crib. Chatted with Ms. Fabilio for a couple minutes. And then had to say good-bye. That was no fun.

I think he had a pretty good day! When I picked him up in the afternoon, Ms. Patrice said he did very well. He was very happy, and barely cried. So I'm glad my little one had a good first day :)

Aunt Allison comes to visit!!!

How lucky is Jim? We drop one Aunt off at the airport, only to pick up another one - to spend the week together!!! This time it was Aunt Allison's turn!!!! Of course we had to wear our Syracuse clothes -- and pose for lots and lots of pictures!!! Yes, Jim is the #1 Syracuse fan!!!

See what I mean about the Syracuse clothes - go Orange & Blue! Note Allison's huge smile on her face while watching the NBA draft...

Look how cute they are, both wearing red :)

Since Jim was such a good boy for Aunt Allison we decided another trip to the park was in order for him...

Okay, that's only a very, very small sample of the fun Jim had with his Aunt Allison. It was very hard to choose what ones to upload here - and I'm constantly looking back through the hundreds of pictures that we have.

The rest of Aunt Ashley's visit

We had a faboulous 2 weeks with Aunt Ashley. I'll leave you with some pictures from the rest of her stay here!! And as you can see, Jim was very sad to see Ashley pack her bags and leave. I think he tried to convince her to move down to VA - but it hasn't worked...yet at least. We're still working on her!The Future Buffalo Bills Star Quarterback--We took some modeling pictures together---
Aunt Ashley taught Jim to play soccer...and football...and how to dance...and much much more....Some Aunt/Nephew bonding time....

My 1st trip tp the park

We took Jim to the park for his 1st time!!!! I can't wait to take him when he gets a little older and is running around on his own!!! Excuse our red faces -- we had just finished up with a run!!

Crawling through the tunnel.

Riding the horse!
Getting ready to go down the slide with Aunt Ashley!

Going down the slide!

Aunt Ashley

Aunt Ashley has been here the last week watching Jim while I made my adjustment back to work. Here are just a couple of things that they did together (Captions to be added later).

Aunt Ashley keeps me up to date with all the latest gossip!!

Aunt Ashley has my mom buy an adorable shirt at the GAP - and we pose for this picture!

Aunt Ashley puts on my new cool sandals!!! And helps pick out a new pair of cool sneakers.

Aunt Ashley dresses me in really cute clothes! And takes many cute pictures of me :)

Aunt Ashley & Jim dress a like!!!!

Happy 2 Months!!!

Can you believe it - Jim is already 2 months?! Where the heck does time go? I'm sure I"ll be saying that every month-day! Jim had his 2 month check-up on the 11th - and he did GREAT! He received a clean bill of health! No problems at all! His 2 month check-up did mean his first round of shots. I don't know who was more nervous about that- Jim, his mom, or Aunt Ashley. I am happy to say that Jim did great! He got a prick in each leg and only cried for a minute. The nurse gave him his 3rd vaccine - which was in liquid form, and he thought it was something to eat and sucked it right down. We have such a good boy. His stats are:

Head - 15 3/4" - 50th percentile
Height - 23 1/2" - 75th percentile
Weight - 11lbs. 8 oz - 50th percentile

Compared to his 2 week check-up:

Head - 14 3/4" - 50th percentile
Height - 21 3/4" - 85th percentile
Weight - 8lbs. 3 oz - 30th percentile

What Jim is up to @ 2 months:
- He's very good at holding up his own head. And is much better sitting in his bumbo.
- He can roll from one side to the other. (Hasn't rolled over from stomach to back just yet).
- Is wearing 0-3 months clothes.
- Smiles at us all the time! (And it's not just gas...)
- He holds his own bottle. - Can stand up and sit down with a little assistance.
- He 'talks' to us.
- Loves going on walks and runs in his stroller.
- Is sleeping through the night!

Sleeping

Jim has been doing great sleeping through the night! It's amazing. I heard all the stories about how when you have a newborn you end up being sleep deprived...And how they'll wake up every couple hours screaming. Well we didn't have that at all! Jim's been great! He goes down anywhere between 9 and 10 o'clock. And then will sleep until 5 or so. Actually there are many times when we end up waking him up then so I can feed him. Couldn't have asked for a better sleeper! Let's hope he stays that way.

1st Cold

I gave Jim his first cold the other day. Last week I had a sore throat, followed by a runny nose and a cough. I was hoping that Jim wouldn't get it - but sure enough he did. On Monday he just wanted to be held all day. And he pretty much slept on whoever was holding him. When we tried to put him in his swing, or put him down he would start to cry - and it was such a sad cry. We all felt bad for him. Mark & I tried to go for a run in the afternoon - and Jim didn't even let us do that. I thought we were going to have a long night - but we lucked out, and he actually went down and slept through the night! Tuesday he was doing better - not back to his normal self. Decided to stay inside to avoid picking anything else up. And by Wednesday he was back to himself!