Family

Chris snapped this photo before we walked into church Easter morning. Not too shabby! Thanks Mom for a great weekend and for taking such good care of us. We love ya!

My Buddies

Last weekend while I was hard at work helping my mom with some maintenance at her place at Lake Gaston, James and Chris were hard at "play" in our backyard. James loves to play with the big kids in our neighborhood and they are always kind enough to oblige. Thanks Elijah and Taylor for keeping James company and giving Chris a "break."

Haircut

Before

After

James was in need of a haircut badly... thanks Papa for saving the day. One afternoon while James was with his grandpa, they went to visit the barber. I am not sure where the new HUGE grin is coming from when you take James' picture but one thing is for sure he loves to say "CHEESE" right before you snap the photo!

sock monkey

Tonite's visit to Target gave us some new exciting photos of James. "Turns out" that he absolutely loves jack in the boxes and we caught some photos of him playing with one.

Mohawks

For those of you who have known James his whole life, you may know that Chris and I were able to snap one of our favorite photos of James during his first bath at two weeks old. I had never seen a child that young with a smile so big. Whose heart wouldnt be melted by the deep dimple and those big blue eyes? WAIT! Did I mention the mohawk? Well, the other night we decided we would try out the mohawk again... just for ol times sake and daggone it if we didnt snap another one of my favorites. Thank you Lord for this little guy! Boy, is he a blessing!

Sick Day

James has the croup! He has been a bear the last couple of days. The steroids make him active and he is very sensitive. These photographs reflect the mood of the day... from happy, to playful, to pretending to drink from Rudy's water bowl (YUCK!), to all tuckered out. Poor little grouchy fella!

Fun Times!

Chris and James enjoyed some daddy/son time today while I was away hosting a baby shower. James took his new cozy coupe for a spin in the backyard and Chris reports that he knew exactly how to make it go. Nascar here he comes! All the while, Rudy is enjoying his favorite past time while outside... chewing a stick. Silly Boys!

Snow Day

This is my first attempt at blogging; I am hopeful that this will keep my family (those who live far away and those who are close) up to date with and in touch with our family. Last month, we had about six inches of snow and James LOVED it. We enjoyed a family snowball fight and the neighborhood kids played with James. He could not get enough of it (except when he fell down in the snow... he found that a little frustrating). How much fun it must be to experience so much of life for the first time. I know Chris and I felt like this was our first snow all over again just through the eyes of our beautiful blessing of a boy!

We have defrosted!
Our house in the snow.

James is saying hello to Mrs Shay, our neighbor.


So Sweet! It kinda looks like he is hugging me.

Getting geared up for our expedition.