12 month appointment

his stats:
head: 44.5 cm
height: 29.5 in
weight: 20 lbs 4 oz

Weekend Update

James and Anne and I went to the beach for a few hours today. We took the camera with us, but unfortunately we left the camera's battery at home on the charger, so we don't have any photographs of the event. James spent most of the time trying to eat mouthfuls of sand, and we spent most of the time trying to stop him. He did seem very interested in a few seagulls that wandered nearby. And he also got in the water a little bit (just feet and hands) and actually enjoyed it -- which is a step forward because usually the ocean water scares him.

Anyway, since we have no new photographs I thought we'd share a few pieces of James' artwork with everyone. This first piece is entitled "Worms":
















This next picture is my favorite. It is an abstract work called "Untitled in Blue and Red":
















Lastly we have a picture that James did for Anne's office. It is another more abstract picture with a strong "handprint" theme:

he SPEAKS!

I get home today and am greeted with a "hay-oo" followed by a reach for his "dut-tie". Yes ladies and gents, we should have guessed one of this kids first words would be duck ;)

the wedding

Here are a few pictures from the rehersal and the wedding. James adores my dad, as you can tell. The wedding was very nice, and the weather was perfect. James tried to escape a few times during the ceremony, and got into other mischief (see toilet paper in hotel pic), but was an outstanding traveler. The other picture is of my grandparents. It was really nice to see nearly my entire family, many of whom I haven't seen in years. Justin should get married more often ;) (just kidding for those who sarcasm escapes notice).

ok whiny people

Here are some pictures. They will have to hold you over for a while though! The first several are of James and Joe playing around. The last was during a walk we took this past weekend with Erin, Stephen, and Olivia around the pond. We drug out the stroller after not using it nearly as much as we thought we would before we were parents ;o). We figured we should probably get at least some use out of it. We ended up popping him into the Ergo, though I must say, the stroller is a handy way to carry the diaper bag.

sorry no update

I'll try to load some pictures later this week. I am slammed at work, and we will be out of town this weekend. Sorry I worried a few people!

More Photos

No real news here. Our basement is drying with the help of a dehumidifier that is sucking about 6 gallons of water per day from the air. Here are some photos of James being cute and getting into trouble. The tie-died outfit was a birthday present from Sandy (his nanny).