Sunday, March 18, 2012

Happy Eight Month Birthday, James!

Pictures first this time:

On St. Patty's Day, James helped Daddy grill for friends at our house
Then on Sunday, James invited his friends to the MN Zoo.
Here he is looking at his reflection in the stroller tray.
Group who went to the MN Zoo
By the time we left the zoo, James was asleep
But when we got home, James was absolutely ready to play again.
First he hid from us behind the couch.
Then he played with his puppy, Jackson.
This is my best attempt at a non-blurry picture while they were playing.
And played by himself
And then got caught getting into the dog toys
So instead he helped Daddy study for pilot's class 


Height: 29"

Weight: 20 lbs

Clothing: 12 months.  Just retired a bunch of 6-month-but-really-fit-like-9-month sleepers and some 9-month outfits.  He's right on the edge of 9 months and 12 months, but with the weather change up here in MN, we purchased a bunch of 12-month summer outfits from Kohl's.

Food: I have no idea.  In the past two weeks he's gone from 5 8-oz bottles and baby food for snacks to full-on real food meal times.  On Friday, he had a 6-oz bottle at home and blueberry pancakes at school for breakfast, followed by puffs for snack, then meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans and a sippy cup of formula for lunch, followed by puffs again for a snack and another 6-oz bottle of formula before coming home for bananas, string cheese, and squash for dinner and another 6-oz bottle to go to bed.  All bottles was easy; a bit of baby food wasn't too bad; this in-between bottles, food and baby food is it a bit more challenging, but it's getting easier.  We have a lot of soft fruits, vegetables, and string cheese in our fridge at this point.

Cool Tricks: Crawling, and fairly well.  He does a normal crawl about 50% of the time, and then a half-bear-crawl the other 50% with one foot down and one knee down.  He is also pulling up to standing on furniture and "couch surfing".  There is a boy in his class that started walking at 9 1/2 months and his teachers are fairly certain he is on that schedule.

Sleep: 11 hours straight overnight.  He did have a 7p bedtime for awhile, but after this past weekend, I think we've moved it to 8p.  Last night he didn't want to go to bed until 8p and this morning he slept in until 7:15a!  Patric and I almost had a party :).  He also takes 2 naps of between 45 and 90m during the day, and sometimes a third nap when he gets home from daycare.

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