James and E.J.

Please note we are not experienced at taking videos and are still playing with our new video camera. After several days of being out of the house we decided to spend this very cold day at home just lounging around. And what a fabulous day it has been. James is fascinated right now with his feet and grabs a hold of them every chance he can get. He has started to be really "chatty. It is terribly cute to watch him with his daddy. For those that don't get to see it often or even at all...E.J has a very silly side. I think it was captured in the video above.

Latest in the Vakakes house: James only woke up one time last night to eat. It was his first 7 hour stretch...perhaps sleep will be restored in the Vakakes house?I am not going to hold my breath quite yet. I believe it has been over 114 days since this mother has slept longer than 3 hours uninterrupted, why stop now?? :)

Baby James Talking- Take 1

We decided now that James is starting to roll over both ways, laugh, and "talk" (coo), etc it was time to capture it on video. And so E.J. went out yesterday and endured all the mad rush of the day after Thanksgiving sales and got a much needed video camera. We are excited and very pleased with our new purchase. Anyhow, here is a video from last night right before bed.

WAR EAGLE!!!!

We received a little note from James' teacher yesterday that since it was time for the Iron Bowl to please dress the baby in his team's attire. Well, thank you to his Yiayia Denise for the t-shirt in the picture above. I hope his teacher, Miss Stephanie does nto hold it against him- she is an Alabama fan. It has been a while since I posted anything and I thought this was the perfect time. (Perfect time means probably the onlt time I can do this is when I am not working and James is at daycare half a day).
We are getting ready for the Thanksgiving Holiday. We are thankful to have Uncle Pete Vakakes stay with us tommorrow as we do not get to see him often. He is in for an interesting treat since his room is right next to little mans and the kid still doesn't sleep thru the night.
For James first Thanksgiving we will be going to Pete and Kathy Triantos and Friday we are celebrating with the Vakakes side. I am hoping to have many pictures of these two family events. We don't get that many opportunities to be around the whole family so I am really looking forward to it.

Slide show fun

Where's the baby?

I posted the following picture on facebook but to most people viewing this blog- like my mom and mother in law- I thought it was worthy of posting here. We just got a new toy- a Tiny Love tummy fun pad with a mirror. James is mesmerized by his reflection. we must have spent 30 minutes playing where's the baby.

What makes James special?

The past couple weeks have been truly fun. James is laughing...alot. (Hopefully not at us. :)) It is so incredible to watch him grow DAILY. I was filling out his Baby First Year calendar-month two- and there is a section on what makes baby special. I thought I would share some of these with our family and friends. I know some may be be "typical" baby accomplishments- to us it is what makes James special.


(1) He shrugs his shoulders when he laughs


(2) He throws his arms up over his head after he does "the kaka"


(3) His cry sounds like a cough, if to upset more like a machine gun


(4) He sneezes when sunlight hits his face for the first time in the day (every time). This is just like his daddy.


(5) The only thing on TV that catches his attention is football- he has no desire yet for Baby Einstein


(6) He sucks his thumb and/or fist not when hungry but when trying to do "the kaka"


(7) His baby talk- He seems so responsive to us when we talk to him. The coo is way too cute.


(8) He likes facing out to see everything and everyone. He is so inquisitive


(9) He has such a strong grip and is starting to pick things up and much to my dismay putting these things into his mouth. Yes already!


(10) Simply his smile ....

Baby's Second Month