9 Months

James is growing so quickly, I can hardly keep up!

He hit 9 months (about a month ago!).

He's such a ham. He is SO happy and such an easy baby.

He is starting to cruise around, pulling himself up and 

he's surprisingly steady on his feet.

He's a fast crawler. And is discovering the stairs.

We just love this little cutie to pieces!

8 Months

That happened fast!   :)

Here are a few pics of James when he was about 8 months. 

It's not a big difference from 7, but he's such a cutie, who can resist?

Little man is definitely crawling all over and discovering all the nooks and 

crannies of our house. He's slowly learning to pull himself up on his knees and sometimes

to his feet. He loves to look out the front window and that's my favorite thing. 

Again, so happy.

Back to being a great sleeper and finally sleeping through the night again!

Still 2 naps a day. 

Eats like a champ. He always wants table food, but happily eats baby food too.
So far I haven't found any foods he doesn't like. 

His hair is getting longer and seems more red the older he gets. 

We call him our "good hair baby" because we can spike his hair and he doesn't

have a giant forehead....(even though we love big foreheads around here...heheh)

We love this little muffin!

 He's always making this funny pirate face.

7 Months

So this is over a month late, but it's hard to keep up with the 3rd one!

This cutie is actually almost 9 months, so I'll make this quick.

He had a bit of a rough 7th month.

Lots of it he spent teething, being sick and even had to have surgery.
But it takes a lot to slow down this guy. He's almost always a happy camper!
By this month, his big thing was crawling!

We sure love our little James!

 This photo really shows Devin's genuine love for his baby brother.

He just loooooves him.

He almost never calls him James, it's always "the baby."

And James actually finds him to be quite annoying most of the time...

 I just LOVE this sweet face!

6 Month James

I'm so behind, but at the beginning of January Mister James turned 6 Months old!!!

 This boy is so sweet and perfect!

He's nearly crawling, but scooting everywhere.

Very social and happy.

He gets SO excited to see us right after bedtime or a nap. It's adorable.

He's sitting, falling over only occasionally.

Loves to eat solids, probably more than milk.

He also loves the bottle...though I am still nursing.

He's even started a little mimicking (blowing bubbles, shaking head) and it's so cute.

He sleeps well. Naps well.

He loves tags and taggie blankets.

Loves to suck his thumb,

Oh and has 2 little teeth.

His hair looks slightly red, but isn't as red as Devin's. 

He's the closest to brown, out of all the boys, and he has way more 

hair than the other two ever did at this age.

 I would love some blue eyes, but seriously these big dark chocolatey ones will do!!

Love you baby James!

5 Months!

Little Jimmy is already 5 months old!

He is such a sweet boy.

He loves his mama.

Hates his daddy's current beard.

Loves to watch his brothers be little rascals.

Rolls all over the place.

Scooting a bit too.

Loves toys.

Started rice cereal (today) and loved it.

Eats like a bear.

Blows bubbles. 

Plays with his feet.

Likes to sleep on his belly (even though, I put him on his back!).

Love you little James!

4 Months Old

I think as a mother of 3 boys, many things get left behind or delayed...or just forgotten. 

I am trying NOT to forget about my personal blog. 

It's my way of documenting our lives (and I know my mother-in-law in Hong Kong really loves it! :)

So, Nov. 1st (I know, a month ago) James was 4 months old!!

Here are some cute pics of him just playing on the floor.

 Drooly

Alert

Grabs toys

Stopped sleeping like a perfect all-nighter angel

Still laughing and smiling

Hungry hungry hippo.

Loves everyone-as long as Mom is holding onto him 

(already screams with strangers)

We love this sweet baby James.

James' Blessing Day

Finally, we blessed James!

With James being born on the 1st of the month, Matt's schedule and General Conference, 

we haven't had the chance to bless him until now. We've never blessed such a big baby before!

He's also just turned 4 months old!

It was a much different experience than we've had with the other two.

We didn't have any family here. I was a little sad about that. 

Thankfully we have a great ward, with lots of friends and "family" 

there. Just so I remember Matt had our friends Allan Belcher, Trey Banbury, 

Ben Larson, and Bishop Weight (aka my Ob doc) in the circle.

We invited Matt's attending, Dr. Weight, who is also my OB and delivered Devin and 

James (well, his feet :) and is also a Bishop on the west side of Cleveland. He and 

his wife came for the blessing. I guess you could say they were our "parents" 

for the day. We were happy they could come. 

After lots of rain the past few days, it turned out to be a gorgeous fall day.

Matt did a beautiful job on the blessing. I'm so thankful for this healthy baby boy of ours, for a beautiful family that Heavenly Father has blessed us with and for a husband who holds the Priesthood

and could give our little James his blessing. 

This was the best family pic we got.... :)

On our way home from church we stopped at a park to take some more photos.

 James is SUCH a happy baby!!!

He's very social. He's always smiling and chuckling and 

sometimes even full on belly laughing.

He's a great little sleeper!!! 

And, he likes everyone, but I'd say he definitely is a mama's boy....well for now. :) 

 I just love those big brown eyes and I'm pretty sure those funny little pointy ears are a Johnson thing. 

 It won't be long until he's running wild with his silly big brothers!

[a house full of boys]