everybody jump..jump...

Jamie has figured out a new trick in his exersaucer this week:



If you can't see the video here, try this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO_t9AhxSsg.

Happy Halloween!

So in the US, Halloween is a much bigger event for kids. It has none of the negative connotations that it does here. Though, it is starting to become more commercial here. I had 4 trick-or-treaters come by, including one on Saturday when we were totally unprepared. In the States, all kids dress up and go door-to-door getting candy from all the houses in the neighborhood.

Our little panda:

He wasn't really a fan of wearing the hat. These photos were hard work--Paul was out and he just kept pulling the hat as soon as I put it on. A lot of distraction tools were needed!

7 months old!

Jamie is 7 months today! We cheated and took the photos yesterday because I wanted to do them at the park to capture the fall colors. Not sure if this was the best idea...here's how it went:

Test shot, ooh how cute am I going to look in my orange vest:

Ooh a leaf...

Not sure this tastes good.

Mommy and Daddy didn't see, but I actually swallowed one, them promptly puked all over my cute vest...time for a wardrobe change (ditch cute vest, don cute hat).

Ooh leaves are fun...I like to pile them up in my lap:

Actually, this hat may be a bit big for me...

Let's try without the hat...ooh blocks, let's eat one!

Let's try one on the tummy...oh yeah I like to work on my crawling, this won't work.

How bout one of the bench...nope, I look like a fat old man:

Here are the best ones:

And as always there are more on Flickr in Jamie-7th month: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulwoodward/sets/72157625190214398/

commando jamie

Jamie is on the move. He's really started going for things this week. He is particularly fond of the dog toys and remote controls. Won't be long before he's crawling. Time for me to start baby proofing:

Nana came to visit!

Last week my mom came to visit us and we had a great time. She helped me get a lot of jobs done around the house and brought lots of fun clothes for Jamie. It goes without saying that she got lots of Jamie cuddles too, including some middle of the night rocking sessions with our poor sleeper (I think he's teething...well i hope that's it!). Here are some of the highlights:

Nana-Jamie time:

Fun with food:

Practicing our standing:

Went to a petting farm:

 which I think Remmy enjoyed more than Jamie:

 We met all the Woodwards at a pub for lunch:

more photos on our Flickr site. There are new photos from last week and various other times in these sets: Xmas tree farm, Jamie 7th month, family and Remmy.



half a year already!

Well I'm super behind on blogging, seeing as the last one was Jamie's 5 month birthday. It's amazing how much time a puppy and an active baby take up! Jamie turned six months on Saturday. We had a super busy weekend so took the photos Sunday night. Remmy tried to eat the '6' block so had to run up for a replacement. I also got a taste of trying to photograph two kids when trying to get a nice photo of Remmy and Jamie. It was not easy and the blocks definitely could not make an appearance in those, but we eventually managed with the help of our toy tweety bird. Jamie is quite a character these days. He's sitting up on his only with some supervision. He will fall over when he gets excited or lunges for something. He is back on solids and is not enjoying them as much this time round. He is a fan of bread though and likes to feed himself. He is reaching for absolutely everything and really rolling around and pulling himself about when he wants something. He smiles all the time and loves to blow raspberries. No teeth yet, but he had his first cold, poor guy. Here are his birthday block shots for this month:

I love to pick things up:

and eat them...

5 months old!

Jamie turned 5 months on Wednesday. Developments this month include a love for standing, grabbing at his toes, toys, Remmy-pretty much anything within reach. He tried and stopped solids--poor guy way getting indegestion so I am giving him a little break. He's laughing, smiling and chatting more. He loves seeing himself in the mirror. And this week he's starting sitting in what I see as the tripod position--only for short periods. Here are his birthday block shots and outtakes:

All smiles:

These are my toes:

See I can sit when I support myself with my hands:

Sometimes I get tired of sitting:

I do love standing, honest, just not immediately before my bedtime:

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