A Big Boy

We had James' 9 month check up last week. Nothings really changed. He is between 18 and 19 pounds, we don't really know how much exactly because he wouldn't hold still on the scale. He kept kicking his legs. So that is still the 25th percentile for his weight. He is 29 inches tall which is the 75th percentile for his height. He had his flu shot and the nurse gave him a sucker. He loved it!

We finally sold the truck. Someone from Doug's work bought it for $400 which we spent on tires and a tune up for the Honda. We think that he got a pretty good deal on the truck but we don't really want to put out the effort to sell it or fix it so we're just happy that we don't have to worry about it anymore.

James decided that he is a big boy and wants to do everything by himself. Mostly we don't really mind but when it comes to his favorite, oatmeal, it gets a little messy.

James loves playing with Loa. I often find them together doing mostly whatever Loa finds interesting. He gets really mad though when we give him a cracker and Loa takes it from him. So Doug gave him a cracker and had him sit on the couch with him while Loa sat on the floor begging. James kept leaning forward and showing Loa his cracker then putting it in his mouth. We thought it was so funny that James would tease Loa but then Loa won in the end.

Tunnels and Talking

Well James got his tunnel and he loves it. Loa is very jealous of the attention he gets so when James is crawling through his tunnel and we are playing with him she has to show off and run through the tunnel also. It is really funny because when we went to obedience school she would not go through the tunnel and she hates the tunnels at the dog park. I guess she just needs the right reason.

Doug went "camping" last weekend with the Priests. They went to Heber Valley Campground that the church owns and stayed in unheated cabins for a night. He had a lot of fun snowshoeing, snowboarding, and cooking steaks for everyone. James and I were stuck at home. I was really glad when he got home.

James has been so busy lately. He crawls all over and I have fun taking him off the stairs getting him out of the bathroom, and basically keeping him safe, but happy. James' friend came over on Friday and James spent the whole time playing by himself. He could really couldn't care less if anyone else was in the room. We always try to get him to play with us but he really just likes to explore everything and just hopes we don't get in the way too much.

James loves to play under the computer desk. I think it is like a little cave for him. He is always under it. Also he has been "talking" a lot more. I was beginning to wonder if the only thing he would ever say was "mama" but the last few days he has been making a lot more noises. It is nice to hear something besides yelling and crying.

Painting the Basement

Well finally we are going to have a post that is not about James. Well I guess it is not only about James. I don't have any new videos to post but James has been busy. He got his first tooth about a week and a half ago and just kind of stopped. I was hoping that he would get two teeth at once like all the other babies we know, but no he just got one. He is really into climbing and standing on things. He has mastered the stairs and we have to be really careful or he's at the top before we know it. Just after the holidays we started painting our basement. James didn't really care for that but he loved sitting on Dad's chair.

I never see James sit this still on his own. After only a few days of work we finished most of the basement. Doug put up the squares on the wall but just has to finish caulking and touch up painting. We put up a new ceiling fan so there would be more light and we're working on getting some more movie posters, but we are having a hard time deciding which ones.

Well hopefully next time I will have some good videos to put on. James is getting a tunnel to play in so that should be fun. James only likes to crawl under or over things. He never takes the easiest way only the way that looks the most fun.