So, James is seven months. He is eating solids, his favorite right now are sweet potatoes. He gobbles them up as soon as I put them in his mouth. He started babbling just a few days ago and hasn't stopped since. In the mix of babbling he throws a few raspberries in there, which he thinks is so funny. He is constantly moving. He is either standing up jumping in your lap or in his jumper or on his back bouncing his legs -- up and down, and up and down, and... well, you get the idea.
He is almost sitting up all by himself. He will sit there for awhile and play but then if you aren't watching he topples to one side... but it doesn't phase him. He just gets on his belly and continues playing. He's a tough cookie. :)
Everyone gets a kick out of his hair... When he was first born he had a head FULL of black, dark, dark hair. It has since fallen out and now it is a light brown and it sticks STRAIGHT up. Joy likes to call him spikey.
He is still a huge thumb sucker. He always sleeps with it, and is starting to stop sucking it so much out of bed, but it still sometimes sneaks its way in... which is fine by me. He is still small enough that it is adorable (to me).
James gets a huge kick out of Sadie, and she is still warming up to him... but sometimes when he is in his "squawking" phase she will go and hide under our bed. Poor little Sadie-kens, but don't feel too bad for. She is spoiled rotten! :)
We've been up to a lot over the past month - here is a small recap of what we've been up to over the past month:
Spending time with his grandmother's -- here he was with Ma (did I mention he loves all things he isn't supposed to have... i.e. M'as beautiful neckalace?? ha!):
Here he is with his Nana and his other great-grandma after Sunday lunch:
We took a family trip to Fripp Island and had the best time (see more pics and post here)!
We celebrated James' first Halloween (see more pics and post here).
We had our first family photo shoot in downtown Greenville, and got some great shots - this is one of my favs :)
James and daddy:
We celebrated Adeline's 2nd birthday!
Our Columbia cousins were there - Hamilton and Zan! We loved seeing them and couldn't get over how BIG they are getting!
Aren't birthdays the best?! :)
James was taking it all in... Gnawing on ol' Sophie, which is probably his favorite toy of all time (THANKS KATIE! :)
After some bday fun, it was snuggle time with the cousins!
Zan & Adeline <3 so sweet!
Gracie & Hamilton <3
Nana wanted a picture with ALL the grandbabies :)
Can you believe Frannie is 5/6 months preggers? She looks fantastic!
Pic with Grandmama (and Joy's cool lanterns!)
See -- he CAN sit up!
Unfortunately in November our whole little family got a nasty stomach bug... It was NOT fun. I got it first... then Jimbo.. then James. Thankfully James' didn't last as long and wasn't near as bad as ours! But it was still a tough week in the Larson household...
And oh, Miss Sadie... don't you feel bad for her? She has it so rough....
One Sunday night Jimmy and I had an event in support of the March of Dimes. I took a pic with James right before we left in the same spot I took a belly picture when I was 30 weeks preggo (see here - scroll to the very end).
Jam & Cimmy :)
... and Jimbo got a new iphone this month (so did Thomas)... I caught them both on their phones during the event! Ha!
So happy Mary Sims is living in Greenville now! :)
I've taken James on a few jogs in his running stroller... He seems to really enjoy it!
And last but certainly not least - his 7 month photo shoot... Now just a disclaimer - these were rather rushed. We tried to take some pics right before our zoo date with Joy and the girls (which ended up getting canceled due to summer like thunderstorm - in November? Yes... we are in SC). So instead of the zoo we settled for Tako Sushi for some tacos and sushi during happy hour! It was amazeballs!
"Mom! Check it! I'm bigger than the bear now!"
"Whoa. What's this. Gotta - get - it - in - my mouth...."
"Golly Gee Mommy... You're a hoot."
Sadie walked up for this picture - that is what he is cracking up at! :)
Since we couldn't go in the zoo - we took some pics in the parking lot. We weren't wasting our afternoon! :)
James is more interested in all the sounds than the camera... Obv!
"Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
Love it, Cam! Great pics of James!!! I can't believe how much he has grown. Looks like he is a lot of fun :) Glad to see how his cousins and other family are doing as well.
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