James Monthly Photo (12 Months / 1 Year)

James is 1 year old today!!  He's about 28 lbs (down about a pound from last month). Still not walking but likes to "walk" with assistance back and forth between Mom and Dad. He can come up to a full upright stand all on his own and can stand for quite a long time (about 30 seconds) before sitting or leaning down. He is starting to dislike pureed baby foods and spits out certain textures. This morning he at an entire whole peeled apple at breakfast all by himself!

Happy First Birthday James!!

James Monthly Photo (11 Month)

At the blink of an eye, James is 11 months old!! He's been pulling himself up to standing and cruises along furniture now too! He loves to pull things off of tables and chairs, and empty the bookshelves. He has a little blue plastic chair that he also loves to climb in and out of. He will be walking very soon! He still only has 4 teeth (2 top and 2 bottom) and still loves to eat pretty much everything!

James Monthly Photo (10 Month)

James is 10 months old!! He's still crawling like a champ and has been pulling himself up to nearly an upright standing position as well! He loves to stand but tends to complain after standing too long because he doesn't know how to get back down!  He has 4 teeth (2 top and 2 bottom) and absolutely loves to eat!

James - Hand Foot and Mouth Disease

Over the winter we received a few notices from Maddie's daycare that a few classmates had contracted Hand Foot and Mouth disease (HFM). It's highly contagious and we have been waiting for the day she brought it home.

On Thursday 3/29, while changing James for bedtime, Joseph noticed he had little red spots forming around his mouth and on his legs and tummy. I said "oh no, I bet it's HFM!"  And sure enough, in the morning he had even more red dots and a fever. We kept Maddie home from school that day. Luckily (or unluckily!) it was her last day of school for a while as spring break was the following week.  I called the doctor's office and they said if Maddie didn't show any symptoms within 3 days, then she likely would not get it.

His spots started to spread and eventually got hard and almost scab like. He did not seem to be in too much discomfort though we did give him tylenol and advil for any pain/fever. Finally the rash stopped spreading a few days later, and he no longer had a fever - this meant he was no longer contagious!  The virus was making its way through!

Luckily the rest of us did not get it either!  Well, there is a chance we did since HFM has lots of different symptoms (some people just get a fever) but luckily none of us got the rash.  By the time Maddie went back to school the following week, he was no longer contagious, but still had rough skin from the rash.

Here are some pictures of James in good spirits, but covered in little red rough spots.

James Monthly Photo (9 Month)

James is 9 months old!!  Time sure does fly quickly!  He's about 26.5 pounds. We have a doctor's appointment on Friday so will get his official grown stats then.  He started to crawl about 3 weeks ago just before we went on vacation and he is crawling around so quickly now!!  He gets around so fast and will sit himself up once he gets to his intended target.

Pictures of the Kids while we were on vacation

Here are some pictures of the kids Pau Pau and Grandma sent to us while we were on vacation!  We sure did miss them!!

This Week at JCYS - 5/29 - 6/1

This was Maddie's last week at JCYS until Summer Camp!

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May 2018 Pictures & Videos

"Painting" the back porch furniture (with water)!

At Home Depot making a flower pot!

Maddie made this for me at school for Mother's Day :)

We got this outdoor climber for Maddie's 3rd birthday! But since her birthday is in November, we never put it together
until now! Maddie climbed all the way to the top and wanted Joseph to take her picture.

At Costco! James's first time in a shopping cart!  He later got jealous because Maddie was able to eat the snacks and he couldn't.

He did not like sitting in the grass!

James is Crawling!! 5/27/18

After dinner, James and Maddie were playing in the kitchen, and James started to crawl towards Maddie!!!  I was able to get a couple of videos!  He's crying and grunting, I'm not sure if it's because he's trying really hard to crawl, or if it's because he wants Maddie's toy, or both!

We are so glad he started to crawl before we went on vacation!

This Week at JCYS - 5/21 - 5/25

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