crawling and other momentous occasions

James on Columbus Day weekend

James with Grandpa-maybe a month old?

James with Miss Kate and Collen at less than a month...

James is a crawler! Forward and backwards. And it seems like overnight he is able to sit fully up by himself and in a cute little crosslegged pose too! I am trying to poat a video but something happened. I may be asking for a new flip camera for bday/christmas!
He weighed 19 lbs at his 6 month check-up but apparently hasn't grown any longer-which I don't think I agree with- I think he scrunched up too quick when the girl was trying to measure him.
He's eating yogurt now and loving it. He switched from 4 bottles to three but is drinking more at each bottle so it's still the same amount of formula...and I think we have to switch to the next diaper size . We moved his mattress down and I am trying to keep up with his clothes. There has been so much growth in these last two months- it's hard to keep up! His gums have thickened and will soon be producing teeth according to the doctor. Even with all that he is still mostly a happy fellow. Last night he woke up screaming around midnight with a wet diaper-once I figured out that was the issue and had to change him and his pj's he was starting to wake up and smiled at me- then at Joe-we were able to rock him back to sleep pretty quickly but that smile made everything ok...Gosh I love that baby.

The Great Pumpkin

We went Pumpkin Picking on Eastern Long Island Columbus Day weekend. A trip I hope to never repeat as the traffic was ridiculous! But it was fun going with Kate and Heather and meeting the Wulffs and others at the field. We even made it to a winery.
James is almost crawling forward. He does a little bit then lays flat. It's pretty cute to watch. What is amazing to me is that he is sitting up and gets better at it each day. And no one taught him...he just can do it. He's maintaining a pleasant demeanor although I wish he slept more at night. That's because I like to get 9 hours and he sleeps between 8-9 which means I average 6 an evening. He makes noises during the night and Joe and I take turns telling each other that he is ok and we don't have to go get him. Which we usually don't- but then I watch him on the monitor for a while and think about how big he is and how fast this time is going and how pretty soon he'll be walking, then going to school then getting married...and then I think- I really need a full night's sleep to keep things in perspective!
Heather took the shot below which is a favorite of mine at the Norman J Levy Park Preserve where we took a walk the day after pumpkin picking.

The following weekend we went to Billy Cook's wedding and one day I will post the pics I took! It was great fun and in the beautiful location of New Hope, New Jersey ( pennslyvania?) which I highly recommend for people in the tristate area looking for a local getaway. Real pretty- Deleware river,trees,beautiful brick buildings, old historic inns- good stuff.
Opps- it's past my bedtime- baby has been asleep for almost an hour which means I can't get more than 7 hours if I fall asleep right now...