This Week at JCYS - 4/16 - 4/20

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Friday 4/20:

James First Tooth!

James was fussy all weekend long (well he's usually kind of grumpy!). This morning (4/16 Monday) he refused milk right before his nap, and normally he drinks at least a few ounces before his nap.  I wondered what was wrong so I felt around in his mouth and felt something sharp!  His first tooth is finally popping out! Nothing was there yesterday so it just happened!

I gave him some tylenol and he took a nap. Hopefully he'll get used to the pain a little bit since his teeth are finally coming in! We're very excited they are coming in because now he'll be able to try more solid foods!

This Week at JCYS - 4/9 - 4/13

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Friday 4/13:

James Monthly Photo (7 Month)

James is 7 months old!! Current weight is about 24.5 pounds, so he is gained about 1.5 pounds in just a month!!

He's still rolling over all the time and will now actually make a 360 degree turn on his tummy to find a new toy!  He's able to sit up by himself for minutes at a time before falling over. If he falls backwards, he gets frightened and starts to cry. But if he falls on his back or side, he will immediately roll over onto his tummy and continue chomping on a toy.
Once he does fall over, he either gets frightened and cries, or turns over right away.

Spring Break Fun - Pictures & Videos

Maddie had spring break this week so we did a few fun things!

Joseph took her to the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum on Wednesday. She had a lot of fun and got a pair of butterfly wings!

On Thursday I took her to my office with me for a little while. She loves coming to my office because she gets to pick 1 sweet and 1 salty snack from the vending machine. Our office secretary also gave her a bunch of toys, coloring books and crayon to play with. We got McDonald's happy meals for lunch and she got to watch her favorite shows on the ipad while I got some work done. Just before we were about to leave so she could come home and "rest" she found a box full of packing peanuts in the corner of my office and proceeded to make the biggest mess! She thought it was hilarious!

And on Saturday, a local church had a family fun festival at the elementary school a block or so away from the house so we decided to go check it out. They had SO MANY inflatable jumpers! And also free hot dogs and hot chocolate!  Maddie had the BEST time, she went on almost all of the inflatable jumpers, the inflatable obstacle course, and also a really tall inflatable slide. She was kind of slow going up the slide so a line would form behind her, but she did it and was so proud of herself.  Joseph stayed with her to play while I took James home to nap - we didn't realize it would be so much fun! We are so glad we went!

Easter 2018! Opening presents & Easter Egg Hunts! (with tons of videos)

Here are some photos and a TON of videos of Maddie celebrating Easter! We were able to go to an Easter Egg Hunt at a nearby park. They had a TON of eggs! Then we also did an egg hunt in the basement and also the back yard.  Maddie loved it and kept wanting to hunt for eggs!


Opening up presents from Grandpa and Nana:

Excited for the Egg Hunt at Dean Park to start!

So many eggs!

 

Excited to open up her eggs!

This is about as close as she got to the Easter Bunny

Egg Hunt in the backyard