Big James

In an unofficial weigh in (on a home scale, not the doctor's office), Big James weighed in at exactly 20 pounds! Must be all those pears he's been gobbling down. Funny he'll eat a pear by himself, but won't take a bottle of breast milk. We are going on a walk today to get a training sippy cup; maybe he's just too advanced for a bottle since those are for babies and he's practically a man now. 

BART rider

Born to read

MMMMmmmm... thank you for the pears, Nanallene!

5 months

Some more pictures from our trip to the east coast:

Meeting Mike

Opening presents in McLean

Since we've been back James started solid food. We've tried rice cereal, banana, avocado, beets, and sweet potato (which is so far the favorite). He's a little confused about swallowing so most of it ends up on his chin:

First rice cereal

Mastering the xylophone

In the zone 

Caught on the play mat with Sophie

"Hey, that's my hat."

Supermodel face

More on how solids are going... here's the routine: 

1. Take a bite

2. Reach in mouth to retrieve the bite

3. Eat the table

4. Repeat