Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas this year.  Rocky's dad came to spend Christmas with us and it was AWESOME!

Watching James look at this Christmas present was so funny.  He was stunned.  Thanks Grandma W.

We got him a Curious George Ornament.  He LOVED it.  I probably could have just given him this.  We found out quickly that ornaments aren't really meant to be played with.  It broke within a half hour.  

This is how James opened most of his presents.  In his car.

James took this picture of Grandpa.  Very Impressive.

James is instructing Grandpa on how to use his generic nerf gun.  

My sweet little man.

Love these two.  

Grandpa playing Mini Corn hole with Rocky.  Very intense game.

Mini Corn Hole

James and Grandpa.

I want to say a special thanks to everyone who sent us a Christmas card this year.  We love them and someday we will surprise you with our own.

21 Months

Despite all our not so hard efforts to keep James a baby he is just growing up.

-He loves going to class now (nursery).  Usually after the opening prayer in Church he will say "class?"
-He loves his friends and will ask for them when he wakes up, and if they aren't at our house it makes him cry.
-He loves having ALL his blankets with him.  If one is good 4 is better.
-He loves to jump in his bed - ALL THE TIME.  Anytime we are in his room he asks to jump.
-He doesn't like his hands dirty.  If there is anything on them he will say "dir dirs" until we clean them off.
-He has become a horrible shopper.  I am so sad about this.  It is easier to just stay home then to fight the shopping battle.
-He wakes up around 7:30 or 8:00 regardless of when we put him to bed.
-He loves to throw things away
-He loves to tease and LOVES to pretend to hide.
-He is starting to eat a little better, but still doesn't do well with veggies.  I really need to get more creative in this area.  One thing that he is loving right now is pepperjack cheese.  I think he just loves flavor.

Love this little man.

Sometimes

Sometimes you want a haircut

Sometimes you need a haircut

Sometimes other people tell you it's time for a haircut

and

Sometimes you light you hair on fire and you HAVE to get a haircut



Yesterday while cleaning up the food that James had thrown on the floor I stood up and leaned over the counter to throw the food in the sink.  I had forgotten that I had lit a candle.  I remembered when all the sudden I felt some hot heat by my face and saw my hair go up in flames.

I feel that I am really really blessed - first of all I still have hair
Second - Nothing but my hair burned.  It could have been so much worse.
Third- I was able to get into get my hair cut same day as the incident
Fourth - I thought I would leave with a short hair cut, nope, still have the length, just more layers (which lets be honest - my hair needed a boost anyway)
Fifth - James didn't see it.  I think that would have been traumatizing to see your mom on fire.
Sixth - The smell was terrible but it had cleared out for the most part when my Visiting Teachers came a half hour later.
Seventh - Still so so so grateful that I have hair and nothing else burned.

I'll post pictures later.


I threw the candle away.

20 Months

Has it really been a month since my last post?  I am getting so far behind.  Well James is 20 months going on 20 years.

He is getting very independent.
He loves watching shows and if it were his way he would watch shows all day long.
His favorites are Mon-tr (Monsters inc.), memo (Nemo), cars, Curous (Curious George), and of course Panny (Kung fu Panda)
He runs and runs and runs some more.
He is starting to sing songs.....or at least the last word to the song. (Wheels on the Bus is a favorite thanks to nursery - he even does the actions)
If he wants he will keep his arms folded through a prayer and say "amen" at the end.  Notice that I said....if he wants.
He loves to wrestle with his dad.
He is still a pretty picky eater.
He loves to drink water.  (we go through way toooo many diapers a day)
He does pretty well following directions when HE wants to.
He loves to dump...so if something is dumpable he WILL dump it.
He loves to point out things in the sky like, planes, the moon, stars and birds.
He rarely holds still for a picture.
He is starting to get a little sense of humor...it's so cute.
He is growing growing growing.  

Tunnel

We have a train book that has a very small picture of a tunnel.  It is James favorite part of the book.  So now he loves to talk about tunnels.  Rocky and I thought it would be fun to make him a little tunnel to play in.  Results.....

Loved IT!

Howdy Halloween

This Halloween was especially fun for me this year.  I felt like I had the perfect little costume for James and had the best time putting it together and making finishing touches.  James was our little cowboy.  Oops.  I mean SHERIFF.

Sadly I put my Halloween efforts into James costume and so Rocky and I had no costume.  We were party poopers.  Actually I did dress up for one little party as his deputy.  But that is all I did.  :(  Boo hoo.

We took James to Boo at the Zoo in preparation for the big Halloween night.  This way he would know what do with his candy bag and how to be sooooo cute that people would give him more candy.  He perfected it.  After his first stop at the zoo him sat down emptied out his bag and held his two pieces of candy in his hand.  He was so happy.

We took him out trick or treating Halloween night.  He rode in the wagon around our neighborhood.  We would pull him out so he was able to walk to the door.  Then he would walk back to the wagon and want a ride.  It was a little cold and the wagon had blankets so I don't blame him.  If people held out the bowl for him to take a treat he would take a handful, not just one and if the bowl had suckers that was the first thing he went for.  In fact after getting his first sucker of the night he promptly pulled it out and put it in his mouth.  He didn't want to take it out until later when someone was passing out BIGGER suckers.  Oh man.

When we got home he dumped his bag and was so so so happy.

Singing the "I've got candy song."

Yelling at the animals.  You know, just a regular job for the Sheriff at the zoo.

First Trick or Treat of the night.

The sucker

Dump

Checking out the candy.

We all had a great time.  This year I finally got smart and didn't buy any candy to pass out.  Nobody comes to out house and I am usually left to eat the candy.  This year I'm eating James candy....I think he forgot about it.

19 months

Pany? Pany?  

This is what we hear most days, multiple times.  James LUVS Kung Fu Panda.  We probably aren't good parents for letting him watch it but he loves it so and so we give in.  

He laughs at parts he thinks are funny, and has even quoted a few parts....and when I say quoted it goes something like this.  He yells and then a few minutes later Po( the panda) will yell.  So funny.

James is so loving and wants to hold all things smaller than he.  Babies are a must.  He loves to give them hugs and kisses.  

He has been to three weeks of nursery.  The crying went as follows - 

week 1:  cried for 40 minutes

week 2:  cried for 15 minutes

week 3:  looked and sounded like it was going to be a long one....it lasted 20 seconds.  WOOHOO.

He loves to run.  He really loves to run up and down our driveway - and usually likes us to run with him. Anytime he gets out of the car he asks to run.  He is awesome at stopping when we tell him too.  I'm so grateful for that.  

He is eating a little better but not much.  He likes grapes - he calls them beri-beri.  

He signs and says:  eat, more and dog.

He loves to throw things in the garbage...and the toilet.  (to him they are the same) He is really speedy when it comes to throwing things in the toilet.

He is usually pretty sad when he wakes up (I bet there are a few of you that can relate).  He usually isn't sad when it's time to nap or go to bed.  This guy loves his sleep - and needs his sleep.

He calls all white haired men "boppy" which is what Grandpa S. goes by, Grandpa S has white hair.  In fact almost all grandpas in the family have white/gray/almost gray hair.

He is growing up tooo fast.  

Photos from the cell

I'm wrapping up my Utah posts...I think.

I finally uploaded the photos from my cell phone.

With all the traveling from Springville to Salt Lake I was bound to forget something.  The weekend Cyndi  (a.k.a. Rocky's mom, my mom-in-law, James G-ma) it happened to be my camera.  I was so bummed.

So I had to use the go to camera...on the cell phone.  Better then nothing right?

We went to the Discovery children's museum.  The boys loved it.  The adults loved watching the boys love it.  It was a little busy for our liking but we got in for free so we really couldn't complain.

This totally looks like James is pushing Gage....and he probably is.

Sitting in a helicopter.  James was very serious about this....and LOVED it.  He was so sad when it was time to get out.

More Utah

More photos from our trip.

Carli getting asked to Homecoming with Army men.

Another normal picture of Jamie and Sara.  

Checking out an airplane

Jumping with Grandma

Tractors

James asking Grandma about the dump truck

James watching the dump track

He kept making this face to my mom.  It was hilarious.

Bowl hats are all the new rage.

BYU VS UTAH

James questioning why we are wearing BYU stuff.

Pre game excitement.

Which was shattered in the first 30 seconds....and then about every 30 seconds after that.