James = 3 months!!!!

Wow! Another month has flown by and my handsome little guy keeps getting bigger and bigger. At 2 and 1/2 months we weighed him and he was 15 pounds!! He has remained that weight for almost 2 weeks- he is a big boy! (That means he is in the 90% percentile of boys his age).

As you can see he spits up… and not just a little bit… and not every now and then… he spits up constantly and it is a lot! We have found ways that help this problem, but we haven't found a perfect solution. Luckily he hasn’t developed any eating problems (due to a baby version of acid reflux) that are usually associated with spitting up.

James loves smiling and laughing with his mom, but even more so with his dad!

James doesn’t like tummy time when he is on the ground, but he loves it when he can do tummy time on top of us! He has been holding his head steady for about a month.

A new habit James has developed this past month has been drooling! Sometimes it seems like a constant fountain but since he doesn’t mind, neither do mom and dad!

James can stay pretty steady when he is propped up on the couch with a pillow. This is one HUGE change from the month of October to November- he absolutely loves to sit up! Because of this he loves his swing and loves to sit on our laps :)

Another new discovery James has made in the past month are his hands. He loves to put them in his mouth! He doesn’t like pacifiers, so this is the next best thing to help soothe him.

James loves to hold onto his toys and raise his legs up- he is the easiest baby in the world when it comes to changing diapers- he lifts his legs up and down at the exact right times!

His rattle is another toy he loves!

James has fallen asleep in his swing twice…. I think this is SO precious!

Another version of tummy time that James loves.

My cute little boy!

Happy Holidays!!!

I would say happy Thanksgiving but it is a little late! We have definitely enjoyed the past few weeks, and boy have they flown by! With taking care of James, fulfilling my church calling, doing crafts such as my ornament wreath and lighthouses made out of terra cotta pots, going to school, spending time with Matt, and going Christmas shopping, I haven’t had time to update the blog!

For Thanksgiving break we went down to the Evans’ home (Matt’s aunt and uncle) on Wednesday and Thursday. They live about 45 minutes away from our house so it was a short commute which was nice for James. There we spent time with 15 other relatives including our sister Ashley, great-grandparents, and more aunts and uncles and of course cousins! All in all it was very relaxing and exciting for James- he has never been held that much by so many people. We were scared that he wouldn’t let anyone else hold him beside mom and dad since we have had that problem in the past, but luckily he let everyone hold him and entertain him.

For the Thanksgiving meal, we brought Matt’s favorite funeral potatoes and boy were they yummy!

We didn’t take many pictures from the weekend because we were video recording most of the time, but here are a couple of pictures from Thanksgiving!

Great Grandma Evans

Aunt Ashley with James

Two months old!

That’s right- James is two months old! Here are some of the highlights over the past few weeks :)

We went to a Halloween party and these were our costumes!

An closer look at James:

A cute Halloween outfit Grandma Mauger got him:

James got his two month shots :( He was a tough kid though- he only cried for about 30 seconds and then was fine!

A closer look (his thighs are so chubby!)

Whenever James takes baths he holds his fists in the air and gets a frightened look on his face, but he doesn’t say anything. Afterwards he is all smiles though… I don’t know if it is because he is glad he is out of the water or if he enjoyed bath time!

James still doesn’t like tummy time, but he definitely gets his head up pretty high. He will usually get his head up about 6 inches off the ground for about 5-7 minutes, and then he gets fussy.

My favorite thing is when he rests his head right under my chin- it doesn’t happen a lot because he loves to hold his head up and look around, but whenever it does happen, it makes my day!

He can’t sit up on his own yet, but he really likes it when we use something like the boppy to prop him up.

Recently James has started hitting his toys that hang below him. He still loves to stare and them (he can lay and stare at them for 15 minutes straight!) but every now and then he now reaches up to hit them!

Another new happening is the swing- he now loves to sit in his swing! Up until about a week ago whenever I would sit him in it he would start crying, but randomly he now likes it! (Which is nice for mom because now I can do chores more easily!)

The last discovery that James has made recently is that of his legs. He now likes to lift his legs and butt off the ground and put his knees close to his chest. We haven’t taken any pictures of that yet, but here is one last picture of him instead :)