He's Such a Little Deer

My dad sent James a little deer bunting outfit so that he won't get cold outside. It is just too cute that it also became James' Halloween outfit. It has antlers, feet prints, and a tail. I dressed him up in it today to take pics and tomorrow we are going to dress him up again and take him the the Fall Festival at church.

First Bath

James' umbilical cord finally came off and he was able to take his first bath. I was sure he was going to scream since he does everytime he has to have a sponge bath, but he enjoyed it. There was no crying till time to get out. Aaron did the bathing and James just watched him. It was too cute. Here are some pics and videos of his first bath.

My How He's Grown!

I can't believe how much James has grown in just a month! My tiny baby is gone! It's kinda sad, but at the same time it's exciting. He is doing so much now. He can hold his head up pretty well for about 10 seconds. He's alot more alert when he's awake. Yesterday he rolled himself from his stomach to his back (it was an accident, but still exciting!). He smiles ALOT at Aaron and me whenever we are talking to him or reading to him (his favorite book right now is Green Eggs and Ham).

Anyways, here are two pics to show how much he's grown. The first one is from when he came home from the hospital and the second one is from when he was 1 month old. Enjoy!

Almost 1 month

I can't believe how fast time flies! It seems like just yesterday Aaron and I were bringing James home from the hospital and now he is almost a month old. James is doing well and seems to be growing like a weed! We'd been having some trouble getting him to sleep at night without being held until my dad suggested we use a baby sound machine that has a heartbeat sound. Wouldn't you know it, it worked!

Tomorrow he officially turns one month so I will post the pictures of him and his teddy bear showing how much he's grown in 4 weeks. Until then, here are some pics I took yesterday when I went a little camera happy! :)

He's sporting his Georgia socks!

That's the only pacifier he will take. It's so big on him!!

Doesn't he look like a little angel?

I just barely caught him smiling! :)

He loves to stick out his tongue!!

James trying to wake up

Time Flies!

I can't believe that James is getting ready to be 2 weeks old! Time really does fly! Our first night at home was good. James woke up every 3 hours to eat and then went back to sleep. I should have known it was too good to be true, but I messed things up. I made the mistake of eating Italian food for supper the next night and my poor baby was up most of the night with an upset tummy. Every night since then, James has decided that between 2-3:00 is the time to wake up and play. Aaron and I have to switch nights to be up with him so that the other can get some sleep. My mom and sister came down for a week and were a godsend! I would get up in the morning when my mom got up (about 6:30) and hand James over so that I could get some uninterupted sleep. They were great about helping me take care of James, and Mary Beth even changed one diaper (though she gagged while doing it)! :)
Aaron has been great. He put himself on diaper duty to help me out since I'm in charge of feeding (go figure!). He usually manages to do it without fuss, but if he's really sleepy he wants to argue about the best time to change James. :)
Today we took James to the Honeybee festival. Since it's outside, I knew I needed to put him in pants and shoes (he kicks every pair of socks off as soon as they are on his feet). He is just so tiny that even the newborn clothes swallow him whole! The pair of pants he wore slid right off when I picked him up, but they worked since he stayed in his car seat.
He is such an active little boy when he is awake. Today he almost figured out how to roll from his back to his stomach (pretty advanced since he's not quite 2 weeks yet). He just couldn't quite get his shoulder under himself. I see myself chasing after him in my near future if this keeps up! :)