James and Lucy open James' 1st Birthday present

Family pictures - James at 11.5 months!

Family Pictures - James at 11.75 months

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James uses Lucy as a Jungle Gym

James loves his doggie Lucy! And we are so relieved that Lucy is gentle and patient with him, even as he grabs fistfuls of her skin and ears... and as he gives her lots of kisses on her head! He's very sweet to her, too. 

James is 10.5 months old here - time is flying by!

Yosemite Pennie - Sept 2009

The Pennie family hiked Yosemite this week! Our first hiking trip to this fabulous national treasure. No Yosemite Sam anywhere - but Yosemite James was having a ball!

We had wonderful weather and had a blast together! James did really well being carted around in the Ergo carrier and BOB stroller. And even Lucy did well at keeping up (but she came down with brochitus when we got back!). Here are some pictures of Half Dome, El Capitan and Glacier Point views. We're all smiles because we were having a fabulous time!

And HAPPY 10 MONTH BIRTHDAY, BABY JAMES!

James at 9.5 months

James is 9.5 months old, and we are loving watching "Baby TV"... just watching James explore, develop new skills and make new sounds. He now says Da-Da! All day long, in fact.

Roger Greenwood came to town and visited us for lunch this week. He took some fantastic pictures.

Adventures with James at 8.5 months - 19.5 lbs and growing!

James is having a ball this summer. He traveled to Asheville to help take care of Grandma after her back surgery.

He spent time on the beach with his awesome Great Uncle Joe and got to put his hands in the sand... and he squealed "Eww!" as if to say " What is this weird texture!"

Enjoy these pictures of our recent days together. More adventures to come!
James is growing which must be because he is sleeping better -- 12 hours last night (7:30PM to 7:30 AM! What a DREAM that is for Mommy and Daddy!). His reflux/spit up is under control due to a great visit with a specialist who put him on soy formula - so he is eating more food and drinking more milk. He sort of mourned the loss of nursing, but he finally warmed up to the formula after much protest. But he's doing baby signs to ask for milk now - and that's so exciting 1) that he knows his sign for milk but also 2) that he actually wants milk (aka formula)! He can also eat with his hand, picking up things with his thumb and forefinger to feed himself.

We're loving every minute of this parenting thing!

Happiest Baby in Class! 7 months old and 18 lbs 3oz.

In James' baby class, he is the happiest, most giggling baby! The teacher loves him and tosses him the puppy dog puppet during the show because he bellylaughs so hard when she does "Old MacDonald... had a dog... with a woof woof here..." He cracks up! All the other mommies look in amazement at how happy he is and his amazing sense of humor and comedic timing. Today I said, it makes sense that he knows how to laugh early because his daddy is a comedy writer!

We haven't been sleeping because he has tummy issues... (yep, that same belly that laughs so hard has trouble with dairy.) But his daytime laughter makes up for all the sleepless nights -- hands down.

Michael said if he could ask for anything in his baby's personality, it would be a sense of humor. Daddy's heart is beaming.   :-) It's been a good day.

Pool Time!

Daddy took James into the pool for the first time. We have a waterbug in the making.

Taken on May 25, 2009 (almost 7 months old!)

James' Baptism - 4/11. And he was born on 11/4. Cool, eh?

What a special Easter Vigil baptism we had for Baby James on April 11, 2009. (Yep 4/11 and he was born on 11/4. Cool, eh, Carol?)  So glad Grandma, Granddad, Grammy, Aunt Gwen, Cousin Thomas, Godmother Elizabeth and her son Will could all be there with us on the special occasion and share Easter Sunday together in Asheville, too. We missed Godfather Bo O'Dea, but we had Thomas Lordeon present as James' Junior Godfather.