Baby Wearing

James and Taylor hanging our in their slings and wraps on Christmas morning.

James' 1st Christmas

We had a great first Christmas as a family of 3. We woke up Christmas Even morning and opened stockings and presents in Denver before heading up to Ft Collins. Highlights were 2 pairs of pirate shoes for James, and a hanging book rack for his room. In Ft Collins we spent a lot of time as a family enjoying our 2 new additions James and Taylor Kate. We can't wait until next year when both of them are a little older and will be running around playing together. I made them wear matching pajamas and will continue to do so every Christmas Eve until they are old enough to protest. We feel very lucky to have such a wonderful family. Next year we will have one more addition, Jenny and Ian's baby will be here in April!

Big Smiles

James definitely has real smiles now. Almost every morning he can be counted on to give big smiles. He came through and smiled at everyone on Christmas morning.

Pirate Baby James

James is sporting his new pirate shoes from Grandma and Grandpa Fererro and his styling pirate hat that Aunty Amberly made him.

2 Months Old!

James was 2 months old yesterday. He got weighed today and has gained 1 full lb in 2 weeks! That is his biggest weight gain yet which makes me very relieved and happy. He is now 7 lb 12 oz, so he has gained 3 lbs since his weight when he was discharged from the NICU. Yesterday we had a baby reunion with people from our Bradley birth class. James is the oldest baby in the bunch. There are 2 other boys and one girl, they were all super cute and it was fun to see people from class and hear their birth stories.

Tim and I are still obsessed with our vintage plastic light up figures, but it seems as though other people have caught onto the craze. We keep trying to get one on e-bay to add to our collection and keep getting out bid at the last minute. People go crazy for these things. It makes us laugh to think what other weirdos are out there bidding on a light up Christmas mouse. We think we may have to wait until after Christmas to add to the collection and maybe they will be easier to come by.

Thomas came by on his way to Ft Collins from the mountains so he could see James. He is still having fun at college and is glad to be home and get some skiing in over break. We will spend Christmas Eve and Christmas in Ft Collins with the Nichols. We will miss the Fererro side of the family who will all be in San Diego.

Waiting on a smile....

We have been waiting and waiting for a real smile from James. He has given some random smiles here and there, but not in response to anything in particular. So far he seems to have a thing for ladies with dark hair. Amberly's mom, Holland and Anne have gotten the biggest semi-smiles so far. We will keep on waiting, but for now this is the closest we have gotten on camera.

Decorating for Christmas

We got a tree this weekend and finished decorating for Christmas. All the tree lots in Denver only had super full perfect looking trees that were super expensive, so we found a tree lot in Arvada with some Charlie Brown trees and got a perfect one for us. We had not seen the Nichols since Thanksgiving so we went up there on Sunday for a few hours. I used Photoshop on Amberly and Steve's computer and luckily remembered how to do selective color and made the cute picture of James in his Santa hat.

Getting ready for Christmas

I am in the holiday spirit and enjoy taking ridiculous pictures of James. I need to find a baby Santa hat in his size so I can have some real fun. We still haven't gotten a tree, but maybe this weekend. James is doing well and is eating a lot, so hopefully he is packing on some ounces to make up for his slow weight gain last week. We have been enjoying the nice weather and have been going on walks every afternoon. I am going to attempt to make a real dinner tonight for the first time since James was born. I put him in the Moby today and took him to the grocery store and bought stuff for lasagna. So if James cooperates and takes an afternoon nap, Tim and I will have something besides grilled cheese for dinner for the first time since company left us.