James, The Model

My friend Betsy, who is an amazing children's photographer in Dallas, came to visit this weekend and took some amazing photos of James. She really captured his personality in this one! Check out more of her work at http://www.betsymariephotography.com/.

Summer Vacation

We just got back from a fantastic trip to visit YaYa and GG in Canada. James had many life events at the cottage. He perfected his crawl, tentative at first, but then became a power crawler, got a new tooth on top, made some new friends and learned a variety of new sounds, one of which is a crazy shriek. We got to spend time with YaYa and GG of course, but also all the cottage friends, which was great. And, Sandy's friends Tom, Anna, Collin and Mere brought their new babies, Jackson and Pearl to meet James. Here are some of our amazing photos. More to come - YaYa took some amazing ones which I will add soon.

On my way...
Driving to the cottage

We're here - my first view of the lake

My first trip to the beach - I loved it!

Pearl, James and Jackson

Collin, Pearl, Sandy, Tom and Jackson (James was napping)

James LOVED this bear and its decorative bells.

James and his new friend Charlie Wood

GG, Archie, Rugby and James on their daily walk

James debuts new clothes from "Joe Fresh"

The pool is James' happy place

This weekend, Uncle Andrew came to visit for July 4. It was a great visit. We walked in the neighborhood parade, played in the pool and relaxed!

Yum, cookie.

James Gentles, Photo Star

Il Sun, a good friend of Sandy's from college was kind enough to take a few amazing shots of James while he was in town last weekend. James was working on getting a new top tooth, so he wasn't as smiley as usual, but they turned out fantastic all the same!

My Men

Whenever I am away, be it working late, traveling or just running errands, "my men" - aka Sandy, James and Pierre, send me photos to remind me of all the fun I am missing. Here are my favorites from this week.

From Monday, when our nanny was sick and Daddy stayed home

From Monday night, when I missed our nightly walk

From Saturday morning when I got ou early to go to NY for the day

From Saturday night. James is perfecting that smile.

James has been developing his talking skills lately. I find this adorable.