Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Ups and Downs

Ups:
-James has turned into a CHAMPION sleeper!! For the last little while he has been sleeping for 12 hours a night!! He just wakes up once to eat. After sleeping for 12 hours he will wake up for about 1 hour and then usually go back to sleep for 2-3 hours!! It has been glorious!!
-This face.
Thanks Kim for the onesie!! He loves it!
Proudly sporting his Angels shirt from Aunt Cindy!You can't be a Strebel and not love firetrucks!

Downs:
-Eating! For the first 2 months of life James was a great eater, loved to eat, and ate every 2-3 hours. About a month ago just one day he suddenly REFUSED to eat! Every time I would try to feed him he would throw back his head and scream bloody murder. I learned it was a nursing strike. It was super frustrating and sad for both of us. In the process of this nursing strike I got mastitis (HORRIBLE!!) and I had to give James pumped bottles. After about a week of bottles and lots of battles we are back on solely nursing. However, now he has turned into such an erratic eater. Sometimes he will only eat on one side. Sometimes he will go like 7 hours without eating. Sometimes it really makes me crazy!! I think I am supposed to learn patience and really believe that James will not starve himself and eat when he is hungry!!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

I'm an Aunt!!

Sam's brother, Andy, and his wife Naomi had their first baby boy on Sept. 23. They named him Cooper Andrew. He is soooo cute! I am so excited to be an Aunt and for James to have his first cousin and that they are so close in age! We can't wait for Christmas when we get to meet him! Congrats Andy and Naomi!! Can't you tell that Andy and Sam are brothers?!









Saturday, October 3, 2009

New Toy

James has discovered his tongue. Therefore, his outfits are covered with drool!