OK, OK I know it has been a while since I updated. What can I say. School and a new baby. But here is the latest from Sir James:

YAY! Bath time! The first three pictures are from James' first bath. The last three came from a later bath but mom put him an a cute ducky towel with a ducks head. He really seems a little confused still by bath time. He doesn't cry or smile, he just kind of sits there.

Basically James does one of three things: Eats, Poops, Sleeps. OK so he actually is getting to be a bit more playful. He will let me hold him for a much longer time now. In fact, Elizabeth went back to work this week and James has been staying with me. He has done well. He fusses sometimes but after a while he realises that if he wants to eat he has to deal with me. The first picture is of James taking his first bottle. That was a bout 2 weeks ago and he didn't bat an eye about it. As you can see from the second photo, he has gotten a terminal case of the chubs. He now weighs about 12 pounds and we can tell! The last picture shows that he is smiling now. I'm not sure if he recognises us yet but I think that is coming soon. (On a technical side note, I love photoshop. James would have deamon eyes if I didn't help the pictures out a bit).

Just 3 weeks after James was born we traveled to Ohio for Thanksgiving and James' baptism. As with most things, James is a champ! He didn't cry at any time throughout the process. He nursed on the ascents but was usually asleap on the decents. We put him in a sling to get him through the travelling. We saw other parents trying to negotiate the security checkpoints with SUV strollers and bags galore. What a mess! All we had was the sling and Elizabeth's purse/diaper bag. The TSA emmployee in Jacksonville even asked Elizabeth to put the sling on the xray machine not realizing that there was a baby in it! After we told him what it was he said: "There's a baby in there?" Hrmmmm.... I wonder if I broke the rules about using "portable electronic devices" during the flight when I took those pictures?

* computer screen gets all wierd*
*Dad tries to fix it*
*Dad realizes the video card is fried*
Fast Forward 4 weeks...

And now we return to our regularly scheduled broadcast.

Thanksgiving was at my parent's place in Fremont. I think there were like 30 people there for dinner but it wasn't James' first big party. We also did James' Baptism on that Saturday. Mark Molyet and Mary Senf (Elizabeth's sister and Mark's brother-in-law) were the godparents and Grandpa Norbert officiated. In the second picture James is held by his Great Grandfather Bob Vannice. James was wearing a family gown from the Billings' and a quilte coat from the Wethingtons. Jim, Karen and Mary all made the trip from Nebraska.


Ahh yes Babys do get around!


Elizabeth likes to take pictures during naptime.


WOOOHOOO! Naked baby pictures! OK the last one he has a onesie on but there is the sheepskin rug.


Boy, babies can be such fun! The first picture shows a game I always loved as a kid. 2) "Take me to your leader". 4) Mom looks a little worried. Dad doesn't because he knows James spent months in this position! 6) this is what happens when you leave your baby with his Grandmother and Aunt and Uncle to go on a date night! 7) Everybody's drinkin'! 8) I AM NOT A POAR BEAR! and this is FLORIDA!!!



This is what happens when Mommy plays Airplane just after James eats dinner! We LOAO! I had warned her but nooooo, she wouldn't listen!


OK so here are some nicer pictures.


We went to Nebraska for Christmas. James did very well on the flights again. We spent Christmas in Omaha at Mary and Jeff's house and bookended it with stays in Ogallala. We dodged both blizzards going and returning. James felt snow for the first time. James also met his other Great Grandpa John. We had a great time and had a lot of fun!


On MLK day we decided to go to the beach. We took a chance on St. Marks since I had not been there yet. There was a tiny little beach and so james felt sand and sea for the first time. We also saw Aligators in the wild, they have them in Florida don't you know! We kept james away as he would have only been a snack for them and then they would have wanted more!