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!