Opps!  11 Months first then Syrup Soppin!  

Wow!  I cannot believe our baby is 11 months old!  This year has gone by so fast and we are enjoying every moment, really!  James Darren is such a happy baby and very social.  He loves to interact with adults and children.  He loves to watch bigger kids when they are playing and running around.  Our eleventh month has had some ups and downs but here are some things we would like to remember.

-          Wearing 18-month clothes (except some pants he is still wearing 12-months, he is just so long!)

-          Now wears a size 4 diaper (you have to make them tight but the 3’s were leaving some red marks, uh oh!)

-          Not walking yet – I think he could if he wanted to but he doesn’t see any reason.  He can get anywhere and on anything, so why do you need to walk?

-          He loves books especially his Baby Einstein books.  He likes for you to read to him then when he is finished he throws them as hard as he can.  We are really into throwing these days. 

-          He can say a few words now but most of what we here is Uh oh! (It’s about 3 syllables).  He says it for everything!  He loves to throw his toys, food, Passy, anything and then say “Uh oh”!

-          He also makes a “barking” noise whenever he hears a dog barking it kind of sounds like “ffff” “ffff”

-          He loves his bath! He has learned to splash and thinks that is very fun!  Yesterday when I was giving him a bath, usually Darren gives baths, I let him run his hands through the water as it came out of the faucet and he thought it was the funniest thing ever!!!

-          We also had our first AND second antibiotic this month.  He has had a double ear infection and croup this month!  Not fun however I loved the extra snuggles!  We are now on Augmentin so hopefully this will clear it up.  It has not been nice to us so far.   I will spare you the details but its why I was giving him a bath yesterday…

Here are 2 new blog post that I have been trying to get up for days now!  So I started one last week and the other on Saturday but it took me until Tuesday night to actually get them on the blog.  Oh well...

 

Saturday was Syrup Soppin, one of my favorite fall traditions.  We had a a great time and James Darren really enjoyed getting to see all the people and animals.  He also got to try some fun new foods.  He had apple cider and lemonade made with sugar cane.  He really wanted some of Daddy's Cajun boiled peanuts but we didn't let him try those yet.  I know we are so mean.  Here are a few pics from Syrup Soppin.

 

 

Don't miss James Darren's 11 month post below!!!

North Carolina

James Darren made his first trip to North Carolina this weekend.  Unfortunately it was bad circumstances since his Nana was in the hospital.  However we did get to enjoy some of our favorite North Carolina things… I even had 2 Carolina Burgers (burger w/ chili and slaw). Don’t judge, it’s amazing. J

James Darren got to pet and feed lots of animals which he loved and we got to enjoy some beautiful fall weather.  Thankfully Nana was released from the hospital before we had to head back to Alabama.  Glad she is doing better! 

We love you Nana!

Having fun on the car ride

Here are some recent pictures from my phone as well.  

Pajama Day

Hated having a sick baby but I sure enjoyed the cuddles