2 months

I am obviously not posting enough if this is the first post since last month's photo!  You'd think I had a new baby or something.  Despite the dead air, it has been a great month.  I spend a lot of time trying to function with both arms full of James - hence the lack of blogging - but is there a better way to spend my time?  I kind of love it.  I let James take a 2 hour nap on my lap yesterday just because.  Ah, last baby syndrome!

This last month included James' baby blessing and visits from both sets of grandparents, plus some cousin/aunt and uncle action, too.  Busy, but so much fun to show him off and spend time with family.  My other kiddos really needed some attention from doting grandmas and grandpas.  Jared's dad spent hours playing legos with Sam and even made him a storm trooper mask.  I can't compete with that kind of awesomeness!


James continues to be a happy guy.  He is getting some delicious rolls on his previously scrawny arms and legs.  And his smiles light up the room.  I love that he has "conversations" with us, talking back to us when we talk to him.  His current hobbies include staring at his fist, enjoying his baths, and sleeping in his carseat.  Dislikes: riding in the car and being left to cry in his room while mom finishes up a blog post.  Got to go!

James prefers to smile without the magnadoodle hogging all the room

one month, two weeks late

I really wanted to copy my friend Lynette's monthly magnadoodle pics of her baby, but I am off to a pitiful start. I promise I took this photo on March 24th! (Please ignore the fact that James is turning 6 weeks tomorrow.)

It has been such a fantastic first month. Being forced to take it easy was really, really good for me. I am not usually very good at slowing down and letting things go, but major abdominal surgery sure does the trick! I will always treasure the memories of this first happy month. Yes, there was crying and lost sleep (for both me and James) but because I wasn't trying to do a hundred other things, I could cope. I love that me and Jared could bust up laughing at 4 am when James would fuss only when Jared climbed back in bed but would stop the minute his feet hit the floor (repeat 5 times!) And that I could laugh when I baked a freezer meal from a friend that turned out to be an ice cream dessert. And that I didn't mind spending my evenings just holding and talking to my sweet baby, even as the laundry piled up around me.

And I will freely admit that this first month was so happy because Jared is so awesome - bringing me hungry Jamie in the middle of the night, getting up the girls and sending them off to school while I slept, always coming home cheerful no matter what. I would have been a wreck without him. Love you, Jared!

And you too, little Jamesie. Here's to another happy month!