James: 9 months

James had his 9 month check up this morning, and let me say....wow!

He is off the chart in both weight and height (weight 28.14 height 31 1/8) AND his head is in the 90th percentile. Boy is big! Dr. Ladd asked if people commented on his bigness...only everywhere we go 😄 He was quick to tell me James was perfect and that he was growing at a normal pace on the chart. Big pace, but normal!  Here are a few highlights:

-he says mama and daddy and possible bottle. He knows what bite means and will follow or open his mouth...surprise.

- he claps...cute!

- size 4 diapers, but bought a box of size 5 yesterday 

- crawling everywhere and started for real pulling up TODAY...while on the skype with Grandma!

-wears 18 month clothes but needs 24 month sleepers

-has 4 bottom teeth and two top that have just poked through

- eyes are still blue and I hope they stay that way! 

He is such a chill baby and I am told often that he is so sweet, mild, and content. Don't let that fool you though. His cry is louder than Nolan's ever was 😁

Valentine's Day...Batman Style

Brad and I haven't had a Valentine date night since we had kids. Personally, I hate asking people to baby sit, and who wants to watch someone else's kids on the day of love?  So, Brad planned a wonderfully romantic evening that would appeal to all.  First, we went to Target to spend our Valentine gift cards from Grandma.  Nolan got some super cool Justice League cars and James got diapers :). Then, we picked up dinner from Chipotle...yummm.  Finally, we had our special Baman evening.  The entire family donned bat shirts and watched a movie...here we are in our awesome wear:

Nolan was in Heaven. He nicknamed us all: Batdad, Batmom, batson, and batbaby. We were the batclub. 

And just for fun...here is a pick of sweet baby James on Valentine's day at school. There are only three girls in his class and five boys. This is Mackenna. She is a few months younger than James :) She has two older brothers, so I have a feeling that she will be beating James up sooner than later :)

Nolan's first stomach bug :(

Poor Nolan got his first stomach virus. Being in daycare since he was three months old, I guess we should consider ourselves lucky that it has taken this long.  I'll spare the details, but he vomited 4 times from 11:30 pm to 3:30 am. Once in the bed, once beside the toilet, once down the side of his bed, and finally once in the trash can.  Let me say this. When my students throw up at school, it makes me almost throw up. I can't handle it. A few people have told me it wouldn't be as bad of a reaction with my own kids....whatever. Look at this pitiful face:

He spend the ENTIRE day in bed on Saturday:

But he was rolling with the punches by Sunday.  24 hour bug one claimed one member of our family...thank The Lord!

Apples...yummmmm!

More often than not, I find pics of Nolan and James at roughly the same age doing roughly the same thing.  See.....

Let's take a look:

1. It seems that I eat a lot of apples...better than eating a lot of french fries I suppose :)

2. James and Nolan are about a month off in age in this picture. James is almost 9 months and Nolan is almost 8 months. 

3. Nolan was seriously short changed in the hair department.

4. For some reason I have always pictured that Nolan was just as big as James at this age...apparently not!

5. Looking at pictures side by side really makes me question if they share the same mother and father! Ha!

He Eats!

With Nolan, I was an eager beaver when it came to feeding solid foods. I'm not sure he was even 4 months old before I started shoving cereal down his throat...he was a chunk so he didn't mind :) With James, I was a little more patient. Mainly, because I knew that adding three meals a day was a little less convenient when having meals out of the house...ha! I started James a little after 6 months.  He has enjoyed his puréed fruits, veggies and meats as I'm sure you have noticed :) I introduced puffs at almost 8 months. He hated them. Gagged. Spit them out every time. I have him peas...gagged. Mashed potatoes...gagged. Green beans...for some reason...LOVED! Tonight I tried cooked carrots and those were a big it as well. It seems that he is getting used to chunks rather than purées. So, I gave the puffs another go, and..............

Insert a super cute video of him feeding himself a puff, but blogger app won't let me upload a video...arggggg!

Where's Waldo...I mean James

My weeee little big man has found his mobility. Not the crawling fashion, the scooting fashion. Now that he can reverse reverse, the boy can get around! By get around I mean hide! In the past two days alone, we've had the "where is James" moment.

I told you about this a few posts ago. A day or two later we had this....

You could imagine my horror when I walked into the room and could not find him anywhere! He was being rather quiet...unusual for him. 

Guess it's a good thing that my floors are typically clean! 

Toofers!

Well, they say no two kids are alike! I have found that to be TRUE! Nolan did not get his first tooth until he was almost 9 months old. Freaked me out a little as all my mommy friends with babies his age had some already. James got his first tooth around 6-7 months and now at 8 months he has 4! All on the bottom and a little on the crooked side :/