James is one month

Several people have emailed me recently asking for new pictures of James. I haven't gotten any up in a while because we've been dealing with some tummy issues with James. We're not sure if it's collick, reflux or something else right now, but needless to say, I've been running on almost no sleep (literally) and having to hold James all day (and most of the night) bouncing him, patting his back or rubbing his tummy to keep him from crying in pain. I am definitely learning about one of the hardest parts of motherhood- seeing your child in pain and not being able to do anything to stop it. I'd really appreciate your prayers for perseverance as we deal with this new challenge of parenthood,and please pray for healing for his little tummy too so that I can get back to just spending time getting to know his little personality. Thanks to all. And without further a-do here are his latest photos. The first ywo are of the Easter outfit that I bought him (which is definitely more a Canopy Roads or CrossPointe style Easter out fit than traditional like First Baptist, but I think he's really cute in it!). The others are just me being camera happy- nothing new there.

Love to all,

Jim, Ally & James

P.s. You can also check out some of the "Pro" poses on my website under the "baby" section of my online portfolio. His pictures are numbers 16 through 21. Here's the link: http://www.thejourneybyally.com/My-Portfolio/Babies/10001033_KD7cN.

(I think that this one looks so much like me in some of my baby pictures.)

Intoducing James Matthew Garrison!!!

Wow! I guess I forgot to post pictures on the blog when James was born. I was too busy with Facebook, email and oh yeah... taking care of a new baby!

Well, James will be 4 weeks old on Friday. I can't believe it's already been that long! Even with sleepless nights time is flying! Speaking of nights, James has done much better the last several nights. We've even gotten 3 hours of continuous sleep a few times... go James! haha! Who would have thought years ago that I'd think 3 hours in a row was a lot of sleep, but I guess things change when you have kids.

James is growing and growing... and getting to be a "gordito" with a second chin. :) He changes every day. Just in the last two days or so he has started actually focusing on you when you talk to him instead of just looking in your general direction. I can't wait to see him smile at me!

We had our first outing today to shop for his Easter outfit (don't know if his mommy will get a new one this year or not??) and things went well. I even fed him while we were out... talk about an ordeal! I guess that will get to be second nature in time. It's so different trying to feed a squirming baby while peaking at him under a nursing cover. It definitely adds a new level of difficultly, but I'm up for the challenge.

Well... I guess there's not much more to add right now. Oh, except that we started our adventure in cloth diapering yesterday, and so far so good. Of course I can say that when I haven't had to wash them yet... haha... wish us luck!

Below are several pictures birth up to now that I thought you would all enjoy seeing. I've taken a few "artistic" ones too to use for my portfolio, so I'll add those in another post.

Hope you are all enjoying this fabulous weather and that God will reveal himself in new and exciting ways to you this week as he is to me through motherhood.

Love to all,

Jim, Ally and James