My Fridays With Mom

Mom and I have been attending a Mom and Baby Class for the last six weeks and we had our last class on Friday. I got to say goodbye to all of my buddies in class, but I know I'll see Madden soon (we're going to daycare together in a few weeks!).

I continue to smile and grow - I'm now out of newborn diapers and have begun to outgrow some of my clothes. Mom doesn't seem to mind my late night feedings too much, I think I throw her for a loop though when I want to feed every two hours for a day at a time. But I'm a growing boy so what can I do?





Mom and Dad are keeping busy. Mom keeps telling me something about work which she starts up again in two weeks and Dad has been reading lots of books for school.

Stay tuned for more adventures!

Hammin' it up for the Camera

James loves to ham it up for the camera and show us his smile and personality. Here are some shots from the past week that we had to share!

We hope to post some video of the little guy in action soon - we just have to figure out how to work our new toy!

A Week of Many Firsts

This week was a week of many firsts ...

Sleeping in my crib for the first time all by myself. I'll eventually fill the space more so mom and dad say - right now it's a little big for me and I feel like I'll get lost. Mom had a hard time initially with me in the other room, but I proved to her it was okay.

First night away from mom and dad at Grandma and Grandpa Bragg's house. Mom and Dad attended the first Gopher game at the new stadium and told me all about it. I behaved pretty good - I fed like a champ and already miss my sleeping quarters there.

First stomach bug ... I wasn't keeping my food down much earlier this week so we went to the doctor. I continue to gain weight - I'm now 9 lbs 6.5 ozs - so they weren't too worried, but they think I had a stomach virus which I guess doesn't require a shot, so I won't complain ... but I know those are coming soon.

And the best of all this past week (or so mom and dad think) - I smile! I'm a pretty happy kid if my belly is full and I have a clean diaper so I figured I'd let mom and dad know that too.

Stay tuned for more firsts in the weeks to come!

Friends, Family, Neighbors, oh my!!

We were able to celebrate Erika Hanson's 30th Birthday with our friends Brian and Anna Tockman who are expecting a little friend for me in October. We also met up with Melissa and Jackson Brandts, who are expecting a friend for me in September. These are the famous folks with the squirrel, yeah, we're cool and we might even share baby supplies:)

Here, I am hanging with Rachel Bartleson and Christina Malmberg (saxophones from Mom and Dad's Marching Band). We enjoyed State Fair themed food and it was a great warm-up for when Mom and Dad went on their date to the State Fair. Two hours after their visit, I got real cheese curds, Tom Thumb doughnuts and lots of Malts:)

Grandma Barthol's getting ready to pinch me:) and I'm lovin' it!

Kathy Grumstrup stopped by the house to chat shoes. For those of you that know Daddy and his bad shoes...I will definitely be better about shoes than Daddy's special eddies. Need proof? I've got Merrells. 'Nuff said.

Here I am with the Bragg ladies! We were out celebrating Great Grandma and Uncle Pat's birthdays and I got to hear everyone sing really bad. I'm not sure why they do that, but it was really bad:) I wonder if they'll do that for me in 2010?

Andy Blair and Bethany Habinek stopped by before Andy went back to law school in Washington D.C. He and I talked about some major supreme court stuff coming up, but then I needed a nap. Bethany says she'll babysit me some day-and she even changed my diapers.

Dad wanted me to meet his first bosses-Ladd and Rosemary Brabec. They hired Dad to mow their lawn, check their mail and rake leaves. Ladd told me he'd hire me as soon as I'm able to push the mower and not scratch the siding on the garage. Look at me flex my muscles, I'm almost ready! Look closer and you'll see a wiggle makes me giggle:)

I'll see you around town soon!