James Blessing

James was blessed on September 1, 2013.  There were a lot of people there to support him.  I love my family and I am so grateful for all of them.  We rented out the clubhouse so we could have lunch after the blessing. 

 

 

 

Thanks to everyone who came and for everything you helped with!  We love you all!

3 Months

James turned 3 months on September 9th. 

*He is doing good rolling from tummy to back, though he can't get it every time yet.
*He is starting to giggle
*He loves to smile
*He loves when people talk to him
*He is such a happy, easy going baby

First time in the stroller without his carseat

He has discovered how fun it is to suck on his hands

2 Months

James turned 2 months on August 9th.  At his two month check up he weighed 11 lbs. 9 oz. (50th percentile) and was 23 3/4 in. (75th percentile).

*Getting better at holding his head up for longer periods.
*Still likes tummy time (he has always liked it).
*Has an adorable smile.

1 Month

 James turned 1 month on July 9th.  At his one month checkup he was 9 lbs and 23 in.
*He loves baths
*He has held his head up really well since the day he was born
*He is such a happy baby

Ryan loves holding James

Ryan is kind enough to let us use his bear to take pictures with James every month.

Busy, Busy, Busy

I have been so busy I haven't had the time to blog.  I'm so far behind.  We will see how many posts I will be able to do.  Things have been super crazy with having two kids.  I very rarely have any time to myself.  Luckily Ryan still takes a nap (or he will sit in his room during nap time if he isn't tired).  That means the boys are both down for a couple hours at the same time.  Usually instead of being productive during this time, I try to take a nap too, otherwise I struggle to make it through the rest of the day.  School has also started which makes life even crazier.  Occasionally I can get a little work done during the day but most of it gets done once kids are in bed for the night.  Life is crazy, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Ben is finally done with school!!  I can't even begin to tell you how nice it is to not have him doing homework every night, or not seeing him until almost 11 at night.  Congratulations Ben!  I am so proud of you and I love you so much!

James Douglas

 James Douglas was born Sunday June 9th.  He was 6 lbs 1 oz and 19 3/4 in.  We all love him so much!  We are so happy to have him as part of our little family!  Ryan is adjusting pretty well.  He absolutely loves his brother.  He loves to hold him.  He doesn't like it so much if Ben is holding the baby without Ryan sitting on his lap too.

I LOVE this picture!

May Fun

It seems like we have been super busy the last couple of months.  I don't think we have had a weekend where we have just stayed home and relaxed.  But we will have time for that soon enough.  We celebrated our fourth anniversary last month.  Since our anniversary was on a Wednesday, Ryan and I drove to Logan to take Ben out too lunch.  For our date that weekend we were able to spend most of the day with just the two of us.  We had a fun filled day of shopping and playing miniature golf.  Ben spoiled me and got me a sewing machine which I absolutely love!  I also got spoiled for mothers day.  Ben and Ryan got me a heart shaped necklace that says mom.

We also went on a mini vacation since we won't have another chance with baby coming soon.  Our vacation was short and busy, but it was a lot of fun.  We went to Salt Lake, checked into our hotel and than headed to the aquarium.  Ryan loved it.  However he was more interested in the fish than he was in some of the more exciting exhibits.  That night we went swimming at the hotel.  The next day Ben and I both got Salt Lake connect passes (it gets you into a bunch of different places), Ryan got into everything for free.  We started the day by going to Hogle Zoo.  Ryan loved all of it, even the tractors from construction work.   The polar bear was very entertaining for him.  It would swim right up to Ryan and than kick off the glass
with it's feet so it could swim on it's back.  It did this over and over.  Ryan still talks about seeing the elephants, rhinos and monkeys.  After we were done at the zoo we went to the lion house pantry for a delicious lunch.  We took Ryan to Discovery Gateway (which is like the treehouse museum).  It was nice but I like the treehouse more.  The last place we went was the planetarium.  There really wasn't much too see there and it wasn't that exciting.  The only pictures we have of our whole trip are on Ben's phone.  The battery to the camera was dead and we still have yet to find the charger.  But at least we got a few pictures.