James turns one

Just like that he turned one!! I cried the night before his birthday when putting my baby to bed!! No more babies just like that for this mama!

His weight? 21lb and 7 oz wearing size 5 diapers and 18month clothing

His measurement?  He is now 30 inches and 3/4 

His sleeping pattern?  We are STTN

His eating schedule?   5 hour schedule of 7,12, and 5 with snack at 3pm ---

His favorite foods? eggs
  
His likes?  being with T.J.

His dislikes? being told no

His favorite games/toys? favorite toys trains and cars with T.J. and puppy dogs

His milestones? 1st birthday/ started walking walking October 17th but taking a few steps in September!

Things we do to make Mom and Dad smile? laughing and playing with T.J.


teeth-- 3 on bottom and 4 on top 



Wow!! One year of being a mom to two little boys! Haha I cried when I found James was a boy! I had always pictured my life of one boy and one girl!! Well let me tell you something, I absolutely love being a boy mom!! Wouldn't trade anything for chasing blue garbage trucks or learning the names of all the trucks!! This year of being a mom to two was hard! Sometimes they both needed their mom and weren't good about sharing which made it hard, but watching their friendship develop over the last 4 months has made every second worth it!!

 

Beach Trip- June 2016

In June we took our beach trip to Orange Beach at Phoenix V  with my entire family. Everyone had their own condo. We again got a two bedroom condo and the boys did great for naps and bedtime. The first night we all got their my mom cooked dinner while everyone got unpacked and settled into their rooms. We got to the condos at 3pm but check in was not till 4pm and our room was not ready till 4:30.  Very annoying as you can imagine. We all went and enjoyed dinner at my mom's condo and celebrated my birthday with our family.  The next day we headed to the beach early. Our boys loved loved the beach pool and splash pad. We were cooking the second night so we only went out that morning.  We had dinner early at our place and then everyone went to get ready for family pictures.  Couldn't find a photographer so I took them and I think they came out pretty good!! The next evening Brad and Casper cooked and we hung out over there and played games.  The last night we went to eat out as family but we ended up splitting off because wait with 13 people was insane.   The nice part about the beach was having the den to hang out or on the balcony. 

San Antonio -- March

Our first family vacation of 4 was to San Antonio. We stayed at suite on the board walk with two bedrooms.  We rented a mini van to have more room for all the stuff.  We left on a Wednesday after Daddy worked all day. T.J. started pulling on his ear that morning so before we left I took him to the doctor. She gave us RX just to have but said he looked okay.  Took off to Beaumont, TX and stayed in a regular hotel room.  The boys both slept in their pack n play and Tim and I each had a queen bed to sleep in.  The next morning we continued the drive to our suite!!! When we got to the suite we noticed T.J. was not himself.  Well with in a couple of hours he spiked a fever of 104+ we had him in a bathtub of lukewarm water and he was not making any sense. We were making plans to head to the hospital when it started coming down.   SCARY!! We decided that we would get take out that night and stay in the hotel. It was a yucky rain evening so it worked out. We had dinner from some sandwich place and the food was delicious.   That night we let T.J. sleep in our room so we could keep an eye on him.  He never ran a fever again. We did go ahead and fill his medicine just to be safe.  Friday morning we got up and continued with our plans (YES!! I am sorry I am that mom!!) we went to the Children's Museum.  The boys had a lot of fun that morning. Since I am blogging this trip so late! I do not remember where we ate for lunch or dinner!! Saturday we got up and did the boat tour with the boys. IT is safe to say they hated it!! The captain was so kind to our family and even bought us across the river.  We ate so much food! Sunday we went to the zoo with the boys. Man the zoo was nice but the walking and pushing the stroller up these crazy ass hills was not fun!!! I hopefully will do a better job of blogging our vacations in the future!!

James 8/9/10

How old?  eek!!! Second child problems for real!! James is currently 9 months and will be turning 10 months on Monday!!!  (Today is Wednesday!!)

His weight? 20lb 9 oz wearing size 4 diapers (finishing out our last box moving to size 5s)  and size 18 and a few size 12 stuff we switched him when he turned 9 months!! Tim was like he's a stuffed sausage!

His measurement? 29" at 9 month apt! Measurements must have been off since that's the same as 6 months but anyhow he's growing like a weed! Especially moving to 18 months clothes

His sleeping pattern? He Sleep through the night!! 7pm to 7 am since 9 weeks and only gotten up one time sine then!! 5 naps  He naps in the morning on the go or in his crib from 9-10  and takes a long afternoon nap with T.J. 12:15/12:30-3:00/3:15pm

His eating schedule?  Tim feels like he's always eating.  He gets a 6oz bottle with breakfast.  This little boy loves him some eggs.  At 11 we do lunch and again he gets 6oz bottle.  Lunch is something from chick-fila or lunch meat.  He eats anything including veggie packs like tj.  When he gets up from nap he gets a 4oz bottle.   Then eats again at 5-5:30 with us. He's starting to get picky but loves salmon. 

His favorite foods? favorite foods man this little guy loves to eat!!! He eats anything were eating. Eggs seem to be his favorite in the morning. Lunch he loves him chick - fila and loves the fries ;) and dinner he loves salmon hot dogs and Cheetos.  He caught a stomach bug that gave his stomach some issues and we do know he does not like blan food (bananas, toast bread, or apples )!! We did figure out his stomach issues with constipation it has to do with apples. We do not give him anything with apples. He eats an activ yogurt and has a probotic mixed in with his first bottle.

 

His likes? to be with T.J. now he likes that he can crawl upstairs and follow tj and pull himself up!!! .

His dislikes?  being hungry and therapy with Mrs. Susan haha not much as changed this kid hates being hungry and still not a fan of having to work for SuSu

His favorite games/toys?  balls and cars with T.J. he loves to dance so he is into pulling up on the piano and music toys

His milestones?  in a two week period he cut 6 teeth and seems to be cutting more; he learn to army crawl and then really crawl!! He nows pulls himself up to standing with out any help!! He is having surgery tomorrow (7/28/16 for tubes and adenoids)

Things we do to make Mom and Dad smile? playing peek a boo and snuggling with his mama!! He's a mama's boy!!

I can not believe we are starting to plan his first birthday party!! It's crazy how fast this year has gone. You might be growing up but youll always be our baby!!

James- 5/6/7 month update

How old?  currently 7 months and 2 days old when I write this blog!! It's so hard to believe that James has been with us for more than half a year!! 

 

His weight? 18 lb 5oz wearing size 4 diapers (switched around 6 months old)  and size 12 month clothing switched from 9 months at around 5.5 months 

 

His measurement? 29" at his 6 month apt and he is officially off the chart!! He has seemed to have slowed down though! 

His sleeping pattern? He Sleep through the night!! 7pm to 7 am since 9 weeks and only gotten up one time sine then!! At 4.5 months I dropped his cat nap and he went down to 2 naps.  At 5 months he went down to 1.5 naps  He naps in the morning on the go or in his crib from 9-10 and takes a long afternoon nap with T.J. 12:15/12:30-3:00/3:15pm

 

His eating schedule?  Every 4 hours you take 8oz bottle (most days between 24-32 oz since we started food)  We started oatmeal a few days before during 5 months old.  He has done great with food and starting to eat a ton of table food.  Life is much easier now that he can he table food and pick up puffs and crackers.  

 

His favorite foods? love him chicken and apples and anything he can pick up and do himself.  He has a sucker, donut, and Popsicle which i'm pretty sure are his favorties since he cried when mama took them away that T.J. had given him

 

His likes? to roll over and be with T.J.

His dislikes?  being hungry and therapy with Mrs. Susan

His favorite games/toys?  balls and cars with T.J.

His milestones?  March 2nd he rolled over from back to tummy he can now scoot and pivot and sit up and say dada he can pick up puffs and small food and self feed

Things we do to make Mom and Dad smile? more freedom doing things on his own. He has done great in therapy and is making tons of progress 

 

 

I can't believe he's 7 months old time flew by with T.J. but its going so much faster with James!! We moved James from his infant car seat to his big boy seat at 6.5 months. He sits in the high chair and eats with us since 5 months.  He is now able to sit in the grocery cart and in high chairs at restaurants.  He  can get most places that he wants to with rolling and scooting.  He is the happiest baby expect when he's hungry!!! The boys loves to eat!! The day before he turned 7 months we stopped reflux meds and so far so good!

2nd birthday

We had the best time on Sunday with friends and family celebrating T.J.'s 2nd birthday!! T.J. is one of the sweetest kids you'll. (I'm not just saying that because I'm his mom).   He has a heart of gold and I am one luckily mama for sure!! Sunday  I mean this whole month was all about T.J., but Sunday was his party at Lil Bambino's Gonzales.  T.J. had a big turn out with all of his friends and cousins.  When planning the party we let him decide the theme. We laid out Elmo, Mickey, and Jake and every time we asked he chose Jake. The theme was Jake and Neverland Pirates!! Best part of having it at Lil Bambino's is you show up with your food and cake and they do the rest.

We showed up at 11:15 for the 11:30 party and handed over the pizza, cupcakes and cake and then just enjoyed the party.  Everything was perfect!!

This little boy was all about it this year! When everyone sang Happy Birthday he soaked it in and then clapped when we were done!! Couldn't have asked for a more perfect day celebrating him!!

4 months- James

James- 4 month

How old?  4  month

His weight?  16 lb 10.05 oz wearing size 3 diapers and size 9 month clothing

His measurement? 27" which is 97% (We seem to make big babies!!)

His sleeping pattern? You Sleep through the night!! 7pm to 7 am!!!  You nap 8:45-10:30 and 12:15/12:30-3:00 and take a cat nap 4:45-5:30/6:00

His eating schedule?  Every 4 hours you take 8oz bottle

His favorite foods?enfamil gentlease ready made formula

His likes? loves to jump and watch T.J.

His dislikes?  reflux which is new :-( Poor baby

His favorite games/toys?  jumper and still loves his piano kicker

His milestones?  cooing laughing and smiling

Things we do to make Mom and Dad smile? that Belly Laugh