9 months*

wow we're already 3/4 of the way through james' first year in this world! so many things happened this month and when i see james hitting a milestone it really amazes me.

so remember how on his 100th day he surprised us by laughing? well today at 9 months, he surprised us by saying "ba-ba-ba... ba-ba-ba-ba!" lol :) i've been waiting for so long for him to start talking to us! and it's so funny because it really seems like he's trying to say something. i think this month was the month where he started doing lots of things.. he also started to crawl, stand on his own, started to "cruise", started eating REAL food (pasta, rice, and whatever that's on our plate), and started to sleep throughout the night. he also went to another wedding and got another haircut! :) he met some new friends and had lots of fun playing with them~

oh! we're renovating his room! will post up before and after pics. so excited~

revel, atlantic city

"wahh... i need milk!"

calmly watching mickey mouse clubhouse.. which btw saved my life

all ready to go to the pool!

watching my first football game!

at the wedding!

don't cry, violette!

with bradley, his new friend! :)

eating pasta for the first time :)

help! do i need to be washed too?

fun times with mommy ;)

my heart

shopping at target~

sleepy...

cruisin'...

wahhhhhhh

his new favorite toy.. LOL

funfunfun!

so.. frikken....tired.........

sleeping with his arms wrapped around daddy :)

wtf -_-

peekaboo!

he lovessssssss playing with the basketball!

this is upclose and personal.. but this was the only way i could capture it! will try to record a better one next time :)

october!!

omygoodness.. it's already october! it's getting kinda chilly now.. but i still have mosquitoes flying around my house! it's really annoying! :(

we are still co-sleeping with james, and he is sleeping throughout the night! (no feedings, yay!) and guess what!! we didn't have to use the CIO method. the "CIO" method is a method where you let the baby "cry it out" for a certain amount of time and the baby eventually falls asleep on his own. we gave it a couple of tries but i couldn't stand it.. BUT! we realized that the nights when we did cry him out, he would sleep throughout the night~ so one day i put him in the crib thinking, "okay.. just gonna let him cry for a little bit and gonna bring him back to our bed" until.. he actually fell asleep. =x i wasn't emotionally ready for it.. so i woke him up LOL and brought him back to our bed. i don't know.. i just like sleeping with my baby~

the trick: we have a baby monitor and every time the baby cried we'd run in to calm him down.. but one day i waited it out and he cried and cried for about a good 3 minutes.. and put himself back to sleep~ ever since then he's been sleeping fairly well. he does get up from time to time and cry as well but he usually puts himself back to sleep. yayyyyyyy! i'm very happy.

also the reason why i didn't like the CIO method is because they said that the baby eventually stops crying because he knows that he can't depend on his parents no more. WTF kinda shit is that? i wouldn't want my baby thinking he's alone in this world. am i being too over protective? NO. why? because he is only nine months old. the little dude can't even talk!

anyways- for all you mothers to be, make sure the baby monitor is on your registry, because that thing does come in handy!

happy october!