Well I wont be adding a photo this time cuz I am on Titus work computer. Thought I would at least add an update while James is napping. We have been having a lot of fun lately with the weather finally getting nicer out. We are enjoying walks in the neighborhood and walks to the park. After the trip to MN over mothers day James now wears leather soled shoes that he is able to wear outside. I can't wait for the rest of summer, for walks down by the lake and playing on the beach. James is now 10 months old. I can't believe in 2 months he is going to be 1!!!!!! He has been walking since 8 months so sometimes he gets ahead of himself and hits a near run just before be tumbles to the ground. I think he is going to have to be a tough boy cuz he sure has mastered falling. He is also trying to speak more. His first official word after momma and dadda was "stinky" lol. I don't think he knows what he is saying but he started to saying after us when we were changing his diaper. He also now says "thank you" and "uh ooo" (or however you spell that). He uses those words appropriately . He says thank you sometimes when you hand him something and he he says uh oo when he drops something (or when he throws his ball lol). He also just started walking backward if he doesn't want to hand you something and he will throw a ball to you or hand you something if you ask for it. He now eats what we eat along with a couple of bottles a day. He has mastered the sippy cup and drink a full glass of water with supper every night. He even controls it now without throwing it across the room lol. Most of the time he sleeps through the night. (10pm till 8am) He takes about 2 naps a day. He is a very happy kid. I think thats it for James updates.

Titus is just finishing up the school year. We have a friends wedding to attend the first weekend of June and then Titus will be home the rest of the summer with James! I will be picking up more hours at work this summer and maybe even some night shifts (we will see ). I will try and add photos when I get back on my other computer.

Well this weekend the weather finally got warm enough to head to the park! James loved it. He squeeled and laughed on the swings and out little strong man loved hanging from the monkey bars! I can't wait till summer so that we can take more walks and trips to the park and even the beach! Lately it is non stop at our house. James is walking everywhere. We knew he might walk early because Titus and I were walking by 9 1/2 months but we never expected his first steps would be just a couple days before he turned 8 months! We can't keep him in one spot! This weekend the weather got up to 83! So while James napped on Sunday Titus and I went out and did some much needed lawn work. James is also very well behaved in public as long as mommy and daddy are close by. Friday we went out to dinner with Melissa and Matt and Matt's brother and his GF. James did really well. Sunday we took him to church and he even behaved there. He also made friends with the little boy behind us and was clapping with him and waving at hime throughout the whole mass :) I work most of this week, which means a couple of playdates at daycare! Other than that we are just patiently waiting James' new cousin arrival. Sarah is due April 30th!

Sorry I have not posted in almost a year!!! Hopefully I can find more time to post. Here is quick breif update. James was born July 14th 2010. He was born at 37 weeks. Labor went really well and I only pushed for about 25 mins. James has been a strong baby ever since he was born. Maybe it was the steriods I got during preterm labor. James was a little Jaundice after he was born so he had to be admitted to the pediatric unit at the hospital for a night under the bili lights. Once home we realized he had to be swaddled tightly anytime he went to sleep cuz his crazy movements would wake him up. Week2 : James rolled from his belly to his back. James could also hold his head up. This was not the snuggly baby I had expected. Week 4: James went on his first vacation to Algoma for Shanty Days! James met Great Grandma Schwedler! James also started smileing at people. 2Months: James loved sitting in the bumbo and using his swing! James was sleeping through the night and mommy and Daddy were getting ready to go back to work. 3Months: James loved holding weight on his legs. We also went our first wedding with James up north. James did well with Grandpa Bob and the hotel room. He slept the whole car ride! I had to do a lot of pumping to have enough supply for the weekend because I knew I would be very busy. 4Months: James loved to giggle. James loved his exersaucer! He was very content and smiley all day. I really enjoyed this stage. James was learning new things. Just before this month James began tripod sitting on his own! He was also starting to mast rolling over from his back to belly. He rolled all the time at 4 1/2 months. He also stopped sleeping through the night at 4 months. 5months: James was sitting up straighter and for longer times on his own. at 5 1/2 months James could sit alone, roll, and army crawl on his belly. He accomplished all of these the week of Christmas break. He was so proud of his new accomplishments. James also tried applesauce for the first time over Christmas. He loved it! At the end of the month we started sweet potatoes, squash, bananas and carrots. He loved them all! At this time we started putting James to bed in his crib in his own room. Daycare told us they used music so James goes to bed with the swaddle and music in his room. Sleepless nights were almost over. 6Months:James took his first plane ride to North Carolina with me and Melissa! He did better than mommy on the plane! James creeps on the floor all the time. He loves to also sit and play with his toys. He also started loveing peekaboo! 7Months: James' Uncle Dave Aunt Sarah and cousin Adam came to visit. James uses the high chair at restraunts so he can eat when we do now! James is still swaddled for bed but is sleeping great at night and is on a schedule when I work of going to bed at 10:40 and waking at 6 to eat and then back to bed sometimes till 8. At the end of this month James started crawling on his hands and knees. He is a very strong curious boy. 8Months: James crawls on hands and knees all the time now. James also took his first steps this month. At 8 1/2 months we are up to 15 baby steps! He is growing too fast. He pulls himself up on things and then lets go to walk over to something he wants. We went on our first mini vacation this month to schaumburg. James got to try out the pool. He loved it as long as the other people in the pool didnt get too close. James loves Cherrios and baby cookies. He is learning to drink from a sippy cup. James says Mama and Dadda. He loves to break out of his swaddle and he loves standing in his crib. We bought a stroller for spring walks and even got him to the park once already to try out the swings there. He still enjoys his exersaucer. He has really bad seperation anxiety and hope he grows out of that in the next month or so cuz it breaks my heart to have scream and cry every time I walk out of the room or drop him off at daycare! ----Thats it for the month by month update. I will try to update more often with whats going on at the Redmond house!