On the Move!

It was more of a Frankenstein walk, but I am officially putting in the baby book that Sunday, January 29, 2012 was when Jameson first really walked! He has been taking baby steps (literally!) here and there, but nothing that I would call walking. Unless of course, his grandparents witnessed it while watching him during the days and just didn't tell me, so we could be the ones to see it for the "first" time!

Progression of a walk:

• 01/23: Jameson took steps from the recliner to ottoman. Darin laughed when I showed him because it was more of a step and then dive, but whatever, it's going in the baby book as steps!
• 01/26: Jameson took a few tiny steps toward Hoyt, squealing all the while.
• 01/27: Let go of his walker and took two steps toward me (as I held Hoyt for bait!).
• 01/29: Took 4 or 5 continuous steps toward Darin and then actually walked a few more times that night.
• 01/30: He walked toward his bookshelf to grab some books to read.

It does not surprise us that it progressed this quickly. The child puts his mind to something and gets it done. And, to those who know me and Darin, I am sure this is shocking :). I am pretty sure with as fast as he picked up on it, he will be running in no time! Look out world!!

The first real video evidence is of the Frankenstein-esque walk, but still a walk nonetheless! Video of Jameson taking first real steps!

Guardian Angel - A Year Later

"Loved with a love beyond telling. Missed with a grief beyond tears."

Last year at this time, I remember crying to my Mom saying that I just wished it was next year, so that Lindsay and Jeremy's pain would not be so deep and that our hearts would not be so heavy. Then, I remember thinking what a horrible mother I was for wishing away Jameson's first year, but I just wanted my heart to stop hurting so much. Fast forward a year and even though I think our hearts have healed some, I know that for Lindsay and Jeremy, life must still be so hard. I see all of the milestones that Jameson goes through and I always feel a pang deep down knowing that his cousin should have gone through the same milestones a few weeks before. I still cry uncontrollably at times when I think about Lauren and how my sister and Jeremy must feel at times. I just continue to pray that their hearts heal some each day because I think that is all I can really do. They will be blessed soon with their rainbow baby - a baby who will be the beauty and brightness after a horrific storm. We are all holding our breaths for her safe arrival and we know that Lauren will live through her. 

Today, I celebrate Lauren on her one year birthday. I wish with every ounce of my being that she was here today smashing cake in her face, but I know that she is probably up in heaven enjoying a big piece of cake, opening oodles of presents and dancing around in a pretty pink tutu. Happy Birthday sweet girl - you are forever in my heart. Gone, but definitely not forgotten.

Always in my heart.

Jameson's 1st Shiner!



Boys will be boys...I guess that saying is true when they are babies too! Jameson officially has his first shiner. We have had a few bumps on the head, bruises, scratches and the like here and there, but nothing that took my breath away. Well, this did it. And, the worst part is, I don't even know how it happened! On Monday evening, he was playing with his Cars bike for a little bit and as I walked over to play along with him, he looked up at me and smiled and had a huge bump under his left eye! And, of course he had scratched himself earlier in the day by his eye, so he looked terrible! It started puffing up pretty quickly, so I tried to use the "boo bunny", but he wanted nothing to do with that on his face. He just kept laughing every time I said "boo bunny"! The whole thing is very strange because he did not even make a noise when it happened and did not seem affected by it one bit. So, as long as he is OK, I guess we move on and consider it the first of probably many (but hopefully not too many!). And, his super human baby healing powers took over and it already looks tons better .



Poor sweet baby!

On a happier note, my homemade chicken and noodles were a huge hit Monday night for dinner, despite the eye incident. The child devoured the noodles, all while making these awesome noises like he just couldn't get enough. I guess maybe the fact that the noodles were soaked in chicken broth did the trick because this is certainly not the first time we have tried to feed him noodles! He didn't really do much with the chicken or the veggies, but one step at a time. Can't wait to try spaghetti with him...that will be fun for all I am sure!!

Mmmm, noodles!!

 

Shoveling it in!!



Sooooo gooood.





Pure bliss!



Uh-Oh!

Someone learned to say uh-oh! And, now that's all we say! It is awesome and I am so happy he officially can say it. I have been saying it (as have others) for many, many months and I would always get the "oh" response, but never the full uh-oh. Well, there is no doubt now that he knows how to say it and enjoys saying it. I think that was 90% of his talk on Friday night, Saturday and Sunday this past weekend. And, my Mom and Dad said that he was saying it a ton on Monday as well. Dad even said that when Jameson was sitting in his high chair, he would look right at my Dad, drop something on the floor and then say uh-oh!! I love it.

Jameson says Uh-Oh!  - Video of Jameson saying uh oh and variations of it, followed by some dancing! You will have to scroll to the bottom of this post and pause the music before watching the video!

Piggy backing on the uh-oh, he also said "up"! On Saturday morning, he crawled over to the recliner, pulled up and put his arms up at me. I asked him if he wanted up and he looked right at me and said "up". I thought maybe I misheard and he was just saying "uh" again. So, I asked again and he said it and it was clear as a bell! My Mom also swears that he said "boo" today while playing peek-a-boo with my Dad! I am so excited that he is starting to say "real" words and seems to somewhat understand what he is saying. We are working on teaching him how to say Hoyt, but that's a pretty tough one! He currently just says "oy", which is still pretty darn good. Or he just smiles really big when we say Hoyt's name, which is also pretty awesome. These two have started playing more together and Darin and I just know they are going to be best buddies soon enough! 

Lastly, he started making the fishy face this past weekend. He has been doing funny things with his lips forever now, but he can now do a real fish face and it is WAY cute!

Cutest little fishy face!

Best buddies!

10 months!!

I swear I blinked and December was over. Our sweet little bean is growing and changing faster than I can catch my breath, so I do believe my posts for awhile are going to be filled with exciting changes and developmental leaps. He is constantly amazing me and I swear he gets cuter by the day.

We had an amazing month with 9 month pictures, Christmas celebrations, ringing in the new year and much more.  I am doing things a little differently this time, so here we go!

• You weigh a little over 23 lbs. and seemed to be over 30 inches tall when I attempted to measure you this morning...that was fun! You have honestly really thinned out in the past few months from all the moving, but still have your delightful rolls.
• You are still in 12 month clothing, but we throw in an 18 month outfit/pjs here and there and will probably have to retire a lot of your 12 month stuff soon enough (sniffle).
• It was seriously overnight that you went from army crawling/rolling everywhere to crawling on all 4s across rooms at lightening speed. I guess you wanted to prove me wrong again when I said that you were maybe going to skip crawling and go straight to walking. And, I honestly think your crawling is absolutely adorable. You sometimes stick out your tongue and sound like you are panting...too funny.
• We had to lower the crib not once, but twice in a matter of a week. You learned to sit up from laying down, which required lowering #1 and then a few days later, you were able to pull yourself up. This mama was afraid someone was going to try a daredevil move and plunge over the side; hence, lowering #2. It is now on the lowest setting (sheds tear) and it's just perfect height for you to pull up and peek your adorable head over the side!
• You pull up on EVERYTHING now...our legs, the couch, the kitchen chairs (awesome), the glass end table (yeah, time to get rid of that!). And then proceed to cruise along these things. You will always do it with such pride too, which is just too sweet.
• You love to walk across the room with your walker. But you do get a little upset when you get to the end of the room because you can't quite turn around on your own yet. You also love it when people walk with you...but they have to be ready to run because you move fast! You have tried to take a step here and there, but nothing that I would call an actual "first step". I really do think by next month, you will have taken your first real steps (gulp) and possibly be walking, albeit unsteadily.
• When I squeeze you and ask for a hug, you wrap your hands around my neck and tense up like you are squeezing me back! Then when I say, "give Mommy kisses", you will turn with a wide open mouth and plant one on my face. I have witnesses, so I am not making this up! My Mom (Gma Debbie) always used to tell my sister and me that one of the things she missed as we got older was the feeling of our little hands wrapped around her neck and I totally understand what she means now...it's a wonderful feeling.  
• You make these hilarious noises that are too hard to describe. However, you must like Star Wars like cousin Braden because one noise sounds like Darth Vader. And, then you do this adorable gurgling noise that sounds like Chewbacca. You have been doing that one for awhile, but now it is almost every time we change your diaper and when you get kind of sleepy.
• Speaking of sleepy, you still make these adorable noises when you sleep. Not all of the time, but it makes my heart melt every time you do it.
• And, speaking of diaper changes, holy cow you sometimes act like we are doing some type of medieval torture act on you! Then other times you are happy as a clam...it's a phase I hope we quickly outgrow!  
• You are still stuck on babababa. Grandma Debbie and Ray have started calling you Bob since you say it all of the time! And, you sound like you are saying "ow" sometimes. You will throw in Mama when you are tired or mad or upset! It gets me every single time :). And, you say it when you crawl toward me...love!
• You are still kind of in the clingy phase and sometimes get a bit upset when Daddy or I try to hand you to someone who you may not know too well. You really freak out sometimes when I leave the room, but you are starting to understand that I will always come back! It kills me though...another phase I hope we outgrow soon or I am going to start attaching you to me 24/7!!
• You dance almost every time you hear a tune now and you smile all the while!
• You are still sleeping like a champ (go Jameson!). You usually sleep a solid 10-12 hours at night and then usually 3 naps a day ranging from 45 min to 2+ hours. You tire yourself out now with the non-stop action, so naps and bedtime are pretty painless...most of the time! I absolutely love the weekends when we can snooze together on the recliner or laying in bed. I know Gma Kim, Gma Debbie and Ray also like to snuggle with you - you are just so cuddly!
• Still going strong with nursing and we have pretty much tried all stage 2 foods now. You seem to be partial to turkey tetrazzini...turkey in a jar...yum. We have tried to introduce more table foods, but they mostly end up on the floor or in Hoyt's mouth! I know you'll get there eventually, but I joke that you may eat purees and milk forever!
• You also like the "let's throw things on the floor and watch everyone pick them up and hand them back to me just so I can throw them right back down" game! Daddy is really trying to teach you that it's really not a very fun game!
• Daddy taught you how to play catch and now you love throwing everything!
• You have a million different facial expressions that are priceless. And, you are just bursting with personality.
• You do this funny thing with your lip and tongue...Ray always says, "show me your lip" and you do it. It cracks us up!
• You also still like to happily squeal and yell...loudly!
• A lot of the time, you will laugh if I (or anyone) laugh. It's so fun. And, you repeat sounds...your favorite is still AHHHH! 
• You have been doing it since you were a few months old, but you have totally perfected the fake cough! You always end it with the most pathetic little groan, which makes me laugh every single time.
• You are a goof and like to be startled! You LOVE when people say. "BOO" at you or jump out from behind something!
• You got to celebrate Weber Christmas in the beginning of the month. Santa came to visit Gma Debbie and Ray's house mid month...you were not so happy at first, but you warmed up. You also got to meet him at the mall and then Santa came to visit Gma and Gpa Weber's on the night before Christmas Eve. Again, not too fond of the jolly fat man!
• You went to Kobe for the first time on NYE with my family. You did great and seemed to enjoy watching the guy cook!
• You just plain rock! You get told that often from a lot of us...and I think you get a thousand kisses a day from everyone! You are most definitely loved. I know my love grows by the second for you...you have definitely stolen my heart!! 

A whole bunch of pictures (shocker, I know!)...

Sweet, sweet boy.

Sums it up pretty well!

Love

Hoyt doesn't look so happy!

How can you not like waffles?!

Stealing Drake's plug at Weber Christmas...a game they play often!

All of the cousins and 2nd cousins at Weber Christmas

So cute.

So happy at Kobe on New Year's Eve.

 I think he was a little confused about the loud noises and fire from the grill!

The boys playing at our house on NYE!

I am loving the curls!

Helping Daddy with the laundry!

One of the many Jameson expressions.

Not too happy about laying down...so off you go!! Look how tiny that bear is!

Show me your lip!!

Taking a break from the 10 month photo session this morning! Love that little face!!

The Jameson Tree!

Before Jameson's arrival, Darin and I talked about how neat it would be to plant a tree in our yard for him the year he was born. Well, it just got planted Friday...nothing like waiting until almost the last minute! But hey, we did manage to sneak it in before the end of the year in which he was born! Thanks to Brady/Meyer Exteriors for coming over in the rain and planting Jameson's Crimson King Maple tree. The name could not be more perfect for our little bean, since he is pretty much king of this castle! I took some pictures of the King himself with his tree on New Year's Eve. The plan will be to take an official picture each year on his birthday to show their growths! I hope Jameson thinks it is as meaningful and special as we do.

I think he likes it!

 

 

 

Here is what it will look like in bloom!