James seemed to enjoy his first Christmas morning of opening gifts, playing with new toys and trying to drink some beer. It’s a pattern that I’m sure we’ll see repeat itself many times over.
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The baby giggles are back again. James couldn’t stop laughing at my low-grade duck sound after a bath recently. Once again, he was laughing so hard that he made himself cough.
After a good nap today, James was waiting for me when I went up to get him. As you can see, he’s very good at standing. He makes some sounds that sound something like “Dad” or “Daddy”, but at this point I think that’s more of a coincidence than anything intentional.
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School Portrait #1
We received the first school portrait for James today. Looks like a big kid already. Nice fake smile for the camera too.
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Healthy Baby
James turns 9 months old tomorrow, which feels like one of the bigger milestones that we’ve hit so far. We had a successful visit to the doctor today – it seems that we have a tall, skinny, very healthy little baby boy. We’re blessed.
James was in a very playful mood when we went to pick him up from Lola Elma’s place last Friday night. Though he should have been asleep, he seemed quite content to be rolling, playing and goofing around. Who needs sleep?
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Crawling and Playing
James was having fun crawling around the floor and playing with whatever he could get his hands on – camera parts included.
About a week ago, we gave James his first Cheerio. He liked it, and quickly wanted to start helping himself. With no apparent effort, his finger and thumb were working together to pick up one Cheerio at a time. The pick ups worked a little better than the drop offs – which ended up in his lap as often as in his mouth – but all in all, I thought it was pretty impressive. I wanted to get a video of the finger/thumb action this weekend, but it seems that he’s graduated to a slightly greedier version. Now he’s grabbing as many as he can, with both hands, with little regard for how many end up in his mouth. Do we have a hoarder on our hands, or is this just evolution’s way of making sure that he’s well fed?
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James on the Move
James have moved beyond his army crawl into full on crawling. He’s wasted no time in learning how to pull himself up onto his knees and even to his feet (no photos yet) to check out the world from a higher vantage point. He’s strong, though a tad wobbly.
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Thanksgiving with the Titas
James seemed to enjoy his first Thanksgiving – the food of course, but also hanging out with his Titas, both in person and through our iPad.
