11 Months

Guess who is 11 months old?

That's right!

This guy.

 

I can hardly believe it myself.  For this "photo shoot", we had a lot of good light, a lot of time, and a lot of expressions.  So of course, I took a lot of pictures!

 

James has been doing a lot of this lately:

{clapping}

{more clapping}

And some of this:

{dancing}

He's turning into a little boy right before our eyes.  A very fun little boy.  Here are some of those expressions I was talking about:

 

 

James is really into books right now, and I took some pictures of him reading his new favorite, 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Check out the curls!

We also took some pics of the little guy playing with one of the trains that Santa brought him

 

We even found time for some self-portraits

 

I'm pretty sure I had more fun taking these than James did, as this was his reaction afterwards:

Hope everyone has a great day!

PS - For those of you who have asked, we've decided not to have a birthday party for James.  Instead, the three of us will be celebrating his birthday during our snowboarding trip in early March in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and when we travel to Miami in mid-March for a radiology conference.  Let's hope he won't expect a celebration like this every year :)

Christmas with the Netts/Kruers

Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Nett's

Whoa, that's a big present.

Stocking made by Grandma.

James can't keep his eyes off the presents

Joey is one of the few Kentucky fans we like

This is so wrong...

Much better.

Getting help from Uncle Jason

Caught red-handed!

Playing with his new stacking cups.

Singing with Aunt Jill.

James isn't sure what to think of Grover, especially after this:

In addition to celebrating at Grandma's and Grandpa's, we also celebrated Christmas with the Kruers (Grandma's family) and the extended Nett family.

Excited about seeing Santa at the Kruer Christmas Party

James was a very good boy this year.

Opening his present from Santa, with some help from Grandma

James and James, checking each other out.

James and his second cousin Ambrose Kruer, who is 2 weeks younger.

The Nett gathering

Eli and James rockin' their red vests

The Nett Grandkids: Zack, Clayton, Elizabeth, James, Logan, Caroline, Eli, and Audrey

The Netts

Christmas with the Boones/Stengels

Christmas at Gigi's and Pa's (Stengel)

Why, hello there.

Showing Gigi his new ball.

Emily, Phil, Smart Matt, James, Leah, Steph, and Haz Matt

Check out little man's 3 piece suit (courtesy of our friend Randy)

 

Christmas at Papaw's and Lala's

Opening presents

The Brits: Phil & Emily

Check out the hair.  Dad's Christmas present to us was to not blow dry his hair on Christmas Day.  (You're welcome for posting this on the internet, Dad).

The best present a parent could ask for.

 

Christmas with the Boones

Me and James with my cousin Cassie and her son, Will.  James and Will were born on the same day.

2nd cousins James, Jack, Will, and Kole

The Boones: Tommy, Jimmy, Patty, Richard, Donna, Steve