11 Months!!

Time flies! I can't believe that we have only one month until James turns 1!! Today is his 11 month birthday and looking at this past month he has grown so much! He is walking more and more everyday! He likes to stand and play with his toys (not holding on to anything). Here are some pictures from this past month... hopefully none of the pictures are repeats!

 Look at those gorgeous eyes! I love them so much! James loves to clap- he claps all of the time and whenever music is on he claps and bobs his body up and down.

James lays down like this everytime he is scared around someone new and nobody is there to hold him. If someone is holding him, we will turn away from the stranger and cuddle with whoever is holding him. He is such a cuddler- he will always cuddle with mommy and daddy. Whenever we ask him for a hug he just cuddles with us!

James loves exploring and getting into everything. Matt turned his back for a few seconds and James disappeared; when Matt went to find him, he found James in his upstairs toy box playing with his piano!

James has a huge appetite and will eat just about any solid food....when he wants to- he always knows exactly what he wants to eat and what he doesn't. Sometimes he likes bananas, but sometimes all he will eat are green beans. Sometimes he refuses grapes and then later in the day thats the only thing he wants. What a silly boy! He is starting to dislike baby food more and more. He just shakes his head no to communicate what he doesn't want/like at that particular moment.

James loves water! Most of the time he will choose water over milk.

He likes drinking water from water bottles and 'big people' cups even more- he fuses if he sees someone drinking water and they won't share...usually his shirt is drenched when all is said and done, but he LOVES it!

James is such a happy baby. He loves scooting on this toy but he can only scoot backwards by himself and he has a hard time getting off of it by himself.

Another water picture- he loves playing in the sink and has quickly learned how to turn on and off the water... though most times he tries not to let people turn the water off.

James playing by himself- luckily grandma and grandpa kept all of Aunt Ambers baby toys so James has lots of toys to play with... he is going to be so bored when we get back to Provo! Matt says that James is really independent when I am gone at work, but when I get home, most of the time James needs to be with me- either me holding him or me giving him undivided attention... I don't mind too much since I am not with him all day.

James learning to walk- this picture was taken a few weeks ago and James has been able to walk a little further than that now.

This is a fuzzy picture but it is still cute- he loves to flip books. He usually isn't patient enough for me to read to him because all he wants to do is flip the pages.

Here is daddy get James ready for a bike ride along the coast!

We stopped to take some pictures!

This was James' first time at the beach and he loved it!

He is such a cute kid! Sadly he has learned to whine, so when he doesn't get what he wants he whines and 'fake cries' but thankfully it isn't quite a tantrum yet. Oh boy... I can't believe he is growing so fast!!