7 Months Old

Here we are on the Submarine, looking at fishies!

James had quite the adventure in August just after his 7 month birthday - his first vacation! We went to Catalina Island with Brian's whole family for a week and it was a lot of fun.

He went swimming in a pool (that was heated quite nicely!) for the first time at the condo. We didn't try the ocean because it was a little too cold. But he really enjoyed the pool and was all smiles and kicks. He is such a water baby. 

Love our canvas Tula

He also learned to sit up on his own while we were on our vacation, much to my delight. Now I just plop him down on his play mat and hand him some toys! It's like a whole new world has been opened up for him. I can't wait for him to start crawling!

Papa has taught him how to wave goodbye! It's pretty impressive. He only does it about 50% of the time, but it's definitely a wave. He's generally pretty happy, but we have had a definite sleep regression, and he is getting up multiple times a night, so that's been pretty hard on me. :( But, he sure is cute.