12 Months

Wow!  I cannot believe James Darren is a year old.  It has been a wonderful year and we are so blessed to have such a precious little boy in our lives.  We look forward to many more years to come. 

James Darren at 12 months

Height 32 in

Weight 27lbs

-          He is still not walking but he is really close.  He loves to walk holding one of his push toys.  He also cruises around the room moving from one thing to the next. 

-          He is drinking primarily whole milk now.  He still has a little bit of formula at school but once this container is gone he will be on all milk.

-          He still has 1 bottle in the morning.  Mainly because I love to cuddle with him first thing but we are going to try and transition away from the bottle over the next month. 

-          We are also going to try and get rid of the Passy in the next few months.  I am not looking forward to that.  He doesn’t take it too much but he does take a Passy at night and at naptime. 

-          James Darren has started talking and singing a lot more.  Most of it is still unrecognizable but he can say “Momma” “Daddy” and “ball” very clearly

-          He still takes 2 naps a day and I don’t see him giving one up any time soon.

-          He can be a picky eater some days.  It all depends if it is an eating day or a not eating day.  Some days James Darren will eat anything you give him pizza, cheeseburger, French fries (I know very healthy), fruit, yogurt, coffee, macaroni & cheese, turkey, crackers, anything.  Then some days all he will eat is yogurt and eggs (those are our go to items).  Even if he ate the very same item the day before he may not touch it the next day.

-          He still LOVES bath time. 

-          He loves to play peek-a –boo and will initiate a game himself. 

-          Loves to be outside.  Most of the time if you sit him down outside he will just sit in one place and watch what everyone else is doing.  He also loves to look at the moon at night.  He will spot it and point to it all on his own. 

It has been a truly amazing first year!  We love this little boy more than he could ever know. 

Enjoying Birthday Cinnamon roll 

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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday! We started the holiday last Sunday, James Darren’s birthday, and continued all week.  Sunday night we went to the Fantasy in Lights at Callaway.  This is my favorite holiday activity of all time.  We got to enjoy the whole 5 miles with Pops, Agogo, and Auntie Sarah.  I worked Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday but we still enjoyed preparing for the end of the week.  Tuesday night we did our big shopping trip and got all the items needed to cook our wonderful Thanksgiving meal.  Except for the Turkey.  This year Darren found out that one of our favorite local restaurants (Creole Shack) was frying turkeys.  We were super excited and ordered one right away.  Well truthfully it did not get ordered until Tuesday evening because being the local restaurant it is their hours are somewhat random.  Wednesday night I made Pumpkin soup for Darren.  He has been asking me to make pumpkin soup for umm, about 2 ½ years, ever since we got back from our honeymoon, where we first had it.  The soup was pretty good especially with the Gouda and French bread grilled cheese sandwiches.  Thursday morning we got up and went to Agogo and Pop’s house to watch the Macy’s Day Parade and begin our cooking.  We had our fabulous Thanksgiving feast Thursday afternoon.  Then we were all pretty much useless so we crashed on the couch.  Thursday night around 9:30 Sarah, Darren and I left to start our Black Friday shopping.  Darren planned out the whole adventure and had a plan for each of the 5 stores we visited.  We had a great time and even scored some great deals like Sarah’s computer and Mom’s coffee pot.  We shopped all night, literally!  We did not come home until 7am Friday.  We did stop for a quick snack at McDonalds around 3am.   Thanks to Agogo and Pops for keeping James Darren that night and some the next day so we could get some rest.  After a quick nap Friday we went back to the store to make some exchanges and catch a few more deals.  All in all it was a great day and a good time was had by all.  Saturday was very quiet and relaxing until that thing called a football game came on.  I never thought I would stop watching an Iron Bowl to clean and go to Wal-Mart but…  It was a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday and I am so thankful for all my blessings.  I am so glad we got to share even more with James Darren this year. 

Don’t ruin Thanksgiving! ;)

Our attempts at a family photo

 

Looking at the lights with Pops

1st Birthday!

For James Darren's First Birthday we had a tailgate at our house.  We were so blessed to be able to share this wonderful day with so many friends and family.  It was a gorgeous fall day. After the party all of the family, 3 great grandparents, 4 grandparents, 2 aunts and uncles, and 1 great aunt plus the 3 of us all headed to the stadium for some football.  It was a great game to go to.  We got to see the Alabama A&M  band and Auburn won!  War Eagle.

As you can see, I am now opening the gifts and
 James Darren is playing with his new toys.  

He was wore out by game time.  But he was such a good baby and had a great day!  

I can't believe I have a little boy now and not a baby!!!

12 Month post coming soon.