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

10 Months!

 I cannot believe that our baby is 10 months old!  I know everyone says it and I will be saying it the rest of my life but… it feels like just yesterday that we were heading to the hospital to have this beautiful little boy.  He is such a joy in our lives and we love him more and more each day. 

 At 10 months James Darren is

-          Crawling everywhere (he thinks it is really funny when you try to chase him)

-          Eats almost anything – loves yogurt, cheese, bananas, muffins, pears, pineapple, and peaches

-          He pulls up on anything and everything and loves to climb up the stairs

-          He wants to be down and crawling most of the time even outside on the concrete (so he has some rough knees)

-          Still naps twice a day sometimes 3 times – this has been an adjustment with preschool and him learning to nap at school.  A few days he has not napped well and then will sleep for about an hour after I pick him up.  However this has not affected his sleeping at night – Praise the Lord

-          He sleeps from about 8-6 or sometimes a little later J

-          We are trying to cut out the bottles but he still has at least 1 a day.  At preschool he only drinks from a sippy cup

-          Is having a slightly clingy stage but nothing bad – he will cry a little bit when I drop him off in the mornings but he has stopped by the time I get out the door.  If he is really tired in the evenings he will fuss a little when Darren or I leaves the room or the dinner table.  

-          He talks a lot and is beginning to make several new sounds

-          He has begun to shake his head and wave his arms when he doesn’t want something, especially if I am trying to feed him something he does not want. 

-          He loves to play peek-a-boo especially after his bath with his towel

-          He is very ticklish and absolutely cracks up when you tickle him

Don't miss Tigers and Football below!  

Tigers and Football

WAR EAGLE, HEY!!!

Friday after work  my mom and I took James Darren downtown to see this cute baby tiger.  She is just 10 weeks old.  

James Darren enjoying the show front and center

GAME TIME!!!

James Darren was obviously very excited about being at his first game 

Just to prove we were there

James Darren played musical seats - he even tried to sit with our neighbor

He spent the whole 2nd half sound asleep 

WAR EAGLE!!! 

Lake Guntersville

This weekend we went to Lake Guntersville with Darren’s family to celebrate Will’s birthday.  The trip started off a little rough since it took us four hours to get there and we thought it would only take a little over three.  We had to turn around several times on the way there and then when finding the actual campground.  We stayed in a rental “cabin” at the campground.  It was really nice and we had a great time.  Saturday Darren and I got up and ran (6Mi and 10Mi respectively).  I thought I might die because it was so humid and muggy.  Luckily my sweet husband and brother-in-law brought me some PowerAde.  After I recovered and James Darren woke up from his nap we went to the pool.  It was overcast and a little cool but the kids had a great time.  I left my camera in the cabin but here are a few pictures Shannon took with her phone. 

James Darren climbed out of the pool, I think he was a little  cool.

After the pool we went back to the cabin and got ready for Will’s party!  (We won’t mention the game that afternoon).  Will had a great 16^th birthday party with lots of family to celebrate with.  The party was a “Wrasslin” theme, of course. 

Gia taking some photos for us

Playing with Gia, Kesha, and Carson

Will opening all his birthday gifts

 Some of the kids went back to the pool but it was too cold for James Darren so he stayed in the cabin with Grammy and Poppy. Darren and I went and played a round of Putt-putt. I won.  We had a great time and enjoyed walking and spending time just the two of us, Thanks Grammy and Poppy.  After all the kids went home and to bed the adults all hung out on the patio of the cabin and had a great night. 

A few pics from around the campground

Sunday morning we went to the park for a while before we had to pack up to head out.  We had a great time and will definitely be staying there again. 

He loves to swing

Playing the drums

Daddy going down the slide

He was a little unsure about the slide