Ok the real Christmas 2010

Christmas was wonderful.  This is some of what we did.

We played with Cousins

And Aunts

We acted out the Navitity

We rang Christmas bells

We got sick - not funny Grandpa

We opened wonderful presents

We loved NY and the yellow ball

We wore Christmas hats

We blocked our cute cousin from getting in the photo

We played

We played some more

We wore our Christmas hats again

We took a 4 generation photo

 

 

 

And then we took another one

We are thankful for the other people who took pictures or who had pictures taken on their camera, dad, and ask that they send them our way so we can tell more about our awesome Christmas.

Thank you to all who made our Christmas wonderful.  We miss you and hope to see you soon.

Christmas 2010

James and I got to fly home early to spend some extra time with family.  Lets start there....at the flight.

This was my first flight with a baby by myself.  I was scared.  Super scared.  What if he cries and bothers the ornery man sitting next to me?  What if he poops on his clothes, throws up, doesn't sleep, won't sit in my lap?  What if I can't carry all my stuff that I think I need for a flight?  What do I do if I have to go to the bathroom, throw up, don't sleep??? The what if's were flying through my mind at the speed of light.

Rocky's cousin sent me some good advice and it basically boiled down to....who cares.  If it happens it happens and it probably won't be the first time.

The what if's still flew through my mind at the speed of light.

Well the flight was long.  I had help from my awesome neighbors who were also on the same flight.  James wouldn't sit in my lap calmly but he was pretty good.  I laid him under my feet so he would sleep...apparently my loving, soft, motherly arms aren't comfy enough for him.  The flight attendant told me I shouldn't put him down there, but she did throw in the "you are the mom, so you know best" line.  That made me feel a WHOLE lot better.  Yeah right.  I'm a first time mom and I don't feel like I know better.  So I left him on the floor to sleep with my hand slightly hovered over him.  That way if we hit any turbulence I would be able to save him.

Quick question:  Did any of your mom's throw their arm in front of you if they had to break fast while driving or if they felt like the car and it's passengers were in danger of being hit?  You know,  so they could save your life....with their arm?  My mom is an arm thrower-protector professional.  I kind of felt like I was doing that.

When I said that the flight was long earlier....I really meant it was REALLY long.  Especially when the pilot got on the PA and told us we only and an hour and twenty left of the flight and then 40 min. later got on the PA and said he made a mistake and we really had 2 hours and 40 left.  I thought I was going to die right there on the plane.

I survived and was sooooooooo glad to see my dad, who was so anxious to see us that the security personnel at the airport asked him to stand back.  He was getting a little too close to the do not cross line. 

We made it!

This is a cute picture of James, it has nothing to do with this post.  Just wanted to give the post a little more color. 

Family Photos

I was definitely NOT getting family photos done this year, but when this talented friend offered a too good to be true deal I had to take her up on it. She was awesome, so much fun and we LOVE how the photos turned out.

Then it got even better.  This incredibly talented friend did my makeup for me.  I've have had my makeup done before and felt like I looked nothing like myself.  In all honestly I would have been happy with that this go around....but something even better happened.  When she was done I felt like I looked like a better me.  I felt beautiful and dare I say....flawless.  If you are looking for someone to give you that boost to WOW you need to contact Kristie. 

Thank you ladies!!!!!

Ok and now for some of the photos.  

9 months

Stats:  19 lbs, 21.25"

James is such a fun little guy, here is what he has been up to this month.
-Refusing to even attempt to crawl
-Will find your two fingers so you can pull him up and help him walk
-Getting a little stranger anxiety
-Trying out more and more big people foods - like bananas
-Wants to eat whatever mom and dad are eating
-Still toothless
-Laughing and Giggling about so many things.
-Can barely hold in all the excitement he has when dad comes home (I've never seen hands and feet wriggle so much and so fast in excitement)
-Is becoming particular about the books we read to him
-Sleeps around 12 hours a night and still takes 2 - 3 one to two hour naps
-Is very curious
-Still sits in his car seat when we go shopping - he is very content that way - therefore so is mom
-Loves to people watch
-Loves to see what is in cupboards, loves to open cupboards (mom is very happy that he still needs help to get around)
-Gets very focused on things such as mom and dad's toys (cell phones, computers, cameras) and usually gets upset when he doesn't get them.
-Has started to do a frustrated growl with a bite.  As mentioned before he doesn't have teeth so it's kind of funny.  Dad told mom that she shouldn't laugh, mom can't help it but will probably regret it when he does have teeth.
-He is so fun and totally has mom and dad wrapped around his little finger.

Thanksgiving

We got really lucky this year and had not only the Bairs but also Grandpa Wright over for Thanksgiving.   It was so much fun.  The meal was awesome, the company even better. 

Some of us cooked.

Some of us watched.

Some of us went to the Football Hall of Fame.

Some of us went swimming.

Some of us went to the OSU vs. Michigan game.

Some of us watched movies.

Some of us did some early morning shopping.

Some of us slept in.

Some of us had lots of fun at COSI.

All of us had LOTS of fun.

Oh the first snow fall of the season....

I love the first snowfall.  It makes me so excited.  I was especially excited to share snow with James. Then I got really excited watching him watch the snow.  Here is what I saw.

  

 

I think he thinks it is as cool as I do.

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Fun with Grandpa Wright

Grandpa had James love and attention the minute he pulled out his cell phone.  

They spent a lot of time doing this.

And this.

And this.

And this.

And this.

And this.

Lots of cell phone playing and LOTS of jumping.

Grandpa come back and visit soon! 

8 months

Time is flying at the Wright house.  James is 8 months old and......

No where near crawling.
Wants to walk all the time but can only do it while holding mom or dad or any willing fingers.
Naps and sleeps really well.
Loves visitors - especially Aunt Stef, Grandpa Wright and the Bairs
Learned how to move forward and back in his walker. (we call them his wheels)
Loves to bang things together and especially loves spoons.
Wants to eat whatever the big people are eating or thinks he wants to.....he isn't a fan of potatoes...yet
Moves around by rolling and wriggling or by crying so someone will pick him up.
Loves to play in the tub.
Starting to get shy around people he doesn't know.
Getting protective of mom - especially when dad gives mom hugs.
Still doesn't like those baby meats - but honestly I don't think anyone could like them.  Gross.
Still loves to jump
Jabbers quite a bit
Really likes Apricots and bananas
Focuses on something and its hard to distract him or get his attention - kind of like his dad  :)
Loves to play with friends
Is so very ticklish.

Love him!

Funny Video

I thought this video was so funny.  Hope you do too.

Home Improvement #367

It feels like anytime we get a chance we are doing some sort of home improvement project.  Hopefully when we decide to sell our house others will consider them improvements as well.  This past weekend Rocky had just finished a rotation so we had his attention-study free attention.  I put him to work right away.

We have this awesome carpet.  We consider it luxury carpet - light cream colored, nice and thick, nice and cushy, we love it.  But we didn't love it when it got stains.  To prevent stains we put down a rug that didn't understand that it was to lay flat on the carpet.  If the rug had a goal to not be a rug it succeeded.  We somehow got stains under it and I managed to trip on it one too many times.  It was the last one too many times that determined it would no longer work as a rug under the table.

With no rug I was scared - really scared of more stains so we ate in our small kitchen, which is more like a hallway - a small hallway.

It wasn't working so we decided to get rid of the carpet and extend the tile into the dining area.

Before

During

During

After

After

This project was no different from any of the others, it ended up being more work then we anticipated.  but everyday I love it more and more.

Arrrrrggggg mateys - Halloween

Our area in Ohio set aside last Thursday as our night to trick or treat (they call it beggars night).  That was also the night that it got really REALLY cold.  So we dressed up James in his costume, took some pictures and called it a night.  Un/Luckily we don't get any trick or treaters so all the candy we bought is ours for keeps.  I had good intentions to attend our ward trunk or treat but another home project (pictures soon) got in the way.  So we have a lot of candy.  A LOT.  Please feel free to stop by for a quick sugar fix. 

 Rocky and I were invited to an awesome murder mystery dinner put on by Allyson, who is just incredible and Kevin, her partner in crime.  They -know- -how- to throw a party.  This was as dressed up as Rocky and I got this year.  My character was a depressed witch and Rocky was a modeling monster.  Rocky is awesome and usually goes along with my costume ideas.  This year involved tight leather pants. 

Photo by Allyson and copied from her blog.