Category: at home

Michele took this shot of James and I earlier today. It’s one of my new favorites.

This is one happy baby, resting peacefully, close to his momma. He’s got it made.

We had a nice, quiet Saturday morning at home with James. For now at least, no noisy cartoons to deal with. James seems content to check out his new world, with long stares and little baby noises. Frank appears to be cautiously optimistic – or at least cautiously tolerant.

James is spending a bit more time awake now than in past weeks. Since he can’t really “do” anything yet, we generally just lay him down and let him absorb the world around him. Today, he spent a bit of time with his Activity Center, and seemed to be enjoying the shapes and colors.

There’s no question that James knows who is Momma is … and he’s looking right at her in this photo.

I’m not entirely sure what this expression means, but whatever it is, I think that it’s a cute one.

Not sure if you heard or not, but James has declared himself ‘King of the World’. Or at least that what I assume he’s thinking every time he does this move.

All modern teaching seems to say that newborns aren’t supposed to sleep on their belly. Apparently they forgot to tell James. After struggling, grunting, groaning and definitely not sleeping while laying on his back, I rolled him over onto his belly, and within seconds he fell into a deep sleep. Seems that the tummy sleep also helped release a bit of gas, which was probably the cause of the aforementioned grunting and groaning. Two tummy sessions today netted more than 6 hours of (well supervised) sleep. That ain’t bad.

CJ and Hope stopped by for a visit. It was great to see them, hear their stories, get some hope that things just might turn out alright. Not only that, but Hope coaxed James into a long nap, and then fed us a delicious meal. They can stop by any time!