James is Two Months!

First... how cute is this picture?



Second, how cute is this picture!!

Third, for some reason this picture wanted to be sideways for the first 10 uploads, after rotating multiple times Jason finally got it to work.

Fourth, my boy is two months old already! (doesn't he look handsome in his stripe sweater in his two month birthday picture?!?)

We took him to the doctor today and learned several things:

-he is a beast, 12 lbs 3 oz. The nurse claims he is only 21 7/8" but I kinda don't agree. When he was at his playdate on Tuesday he was just hardly shorter than Scarlett who I think Megan said is 24" and on our surfboard he measures at 24".

-He has extra impressive neck strength and at two months is not expected to be rolling over yet but still is. He even rolled over at the doctor office.

-The doctor was shocked at how much my pot belly piggy is eating (4-6oz!!!) the average for his age is 3-4.

-She thinks he is vomiting after nursing due to my milk supply being too much and as a result he can't keep up with it and gasps a lot of air.

-He got shots today. It broke my heart a tiny bit when he cried SO hard after getting them. He is also now grumpy (we had to give him cherry pain drops) and he has slept for four hours since leaving the doctor 5 hours ago.

-He is awesome. (the nurse totally said so)

-Last, we LOVE the doctor and nurse. They are both super super nice, know a lot, and excited to work with James. As a result I am excited to take James to them for the next long time.

Fifth, Dave and McKenna plus Ellie were in town last weekend. They came over for a visit as did Amy and Pat. It was great to have everyone together. James slept most of the time. Ellie played with his toys most of the time. Dave was nervous of the babies but got over it quickly, good work Dave. Dave and McKenna are great friends and I'm stoked James is lucky enough to already be building a friendship with Scarlett that is hopefully like mine and Daves. (Dave and I have been friends for almost 25 years..dang!)

Sixth, Jason finally shaved his gross beard. Even more gross he walked out with a moustache. He promptly went and shaved it back off when I yelled GROOOOSSSSSS and told him to get out.

Seventh, I am on strike. Prayers that the district and union can resolve this quickly please. I don't want to have to be separated from my baby for all day long to not even be doing my job.

p.s. My son snores, tells stories, and "eats" (dreams of food and makes sucking motions) in his sleep. It is cute.

I love the way Jamie smells after a bath.

Here is a quick update on my favorite baby:

- He smells GREAT after a bath

-I watched him wiggle his body to face a different direction yesterday. He went from feet pointed to the tv to feet pointed to the couch all by himself.

-speaking of tv, he loves it. He enjoys laying in front of it and watching during his tummy time.

-He is six weeks old tomorrow (wow!)

-We switched him to a bottle part time with expressed milk. This has improved his daily feeding by one thousand as far as how happy the two of us are. He currently alternates between the two during the day and just bottles at night. Since starting this he has: only had one screaming fit while eating in the last week (used to be 2-3 times a day) - he is only vomiting maybe once a day and hardly at all on me during eating anymore - he is sleeping for two stretches of 3-4 hours each night - when breastfeeding he is now much more focused and therefore no longer hurting me(yay!)

-He enjoys time with Scarlett. Last time they had a play date they spent the day acting like siblings. she would try to gouge his eyeballs out and he would then punch her in the face or kick her. Very cute and funny.

-He LOVES the painting above our bed (bold stripes and blocks of blue, black, and white) he will sit and stare at it for a good twenty minutes.

-He went to his first two baseball games last week and is going to another one this sunday. He did well at both of them, especially considering the heat on both days (104 the second game!). He has a cute hat and mostly likes to sleep during the game. However when he is awake he likes whoever is holding him to explain what is going on. He loves the Mariners and Raul Ibanez.

-He has discovered he has fingers he can suck on.

-He is cute

-I love him.