September

So, there isn't really much to update, we haven't done that much in the last month or so. Kyle is back at school and is very busy with his assistantship, classes and also he is working on getting his musical produced here. So he is busy and James and I are trying to find things to do. :) Life is great though. Here are some funny updates of James.

This is a funny game James started playing just while we were taking this video. Glad we caught it!

To help pass the time I decided to play Blues Clues with James since he loves that show. This was pretty fun for James.

Last week I was watching another little boy for a few hours and he came wearing this hat. It provided a lot of entertainment for James--and me too!

This is just a funny video where James was laughing a lot.

He wanted to be just like Daddy and found his helmet and bike gloves and insisted on riding his bike.

I just looked back to see what James was doing the other day and he was falling asleep making this face. I don't know why, but we thought it was pretty funny.

Things have slowed down for us the last little while and we are getting ready to start back into regular routine since Kyle goes back to school in a couple weeks.

This is James and our neighbor friend playing in the pool and eating watermelon!

We also realised that James like to sing! We don't really understand what he says in his songs yet, but I think this one started out as "Itsy bitsy spider" then turned into something about his yummy spagetti.

 This is another video of his new favorite game.

James has started getting really good at building with blocks.  He likes to build really high towers until they fall down and then he does it again! 

PS. I am having a hard time getting videos on this page, so I am putting more on my facebook page if anyone id interested in watching more of The James Show! :) Hopefully I will figure out what the issue is!

Summer Family Fun

The last month or so has been crazy and fun around here. We had Megan come and visit, then John joined her at the end of the week and we went to DC. Then Kyle's parents came to visit, and we went to DC. Then they took us up to visit Kurt and Bronwyn's family and we all took a day trip to Palmyra with Nate and Renee's family. We got home from that trip in time for Mom and Dan to arrive from Uruguay (in fact, they beat us home!) They visited for a couple weeks and now it is boring old us again. Most of August is still open for anyone who would like to reserve a date. :)
This is Kyle and James vacuuming the house getting ready for all of our guests.
With Megan we went on a hike in the Shenandoah National Park

Here is Megan and John with James in DC.


Kyle and his parents in DC. We took a tour on the open top busses. That was a really fun way to see the city.
This is at the National Cathedral (we didn't even know it existed before this trip) it was amazing. This is Keith teaching our son necessary boy skills.
This is at Kurt and Bronwyn's house.
While in Palmyra we visited Hill Cumorah and the Sacred Grove.

James riding Teo, Bronwyn's horse. He loved it and kept saying, "Up, up!" after his turn was over.
Keith and Jill and all their grandkids. It was so fun to be with everyone.
Next, we have my mom and Dan. This is my mom and James jumping in a bouncy thing at the 4th of July (on the 3rd) parade.
We also took a trip to the National Zoo in Washington DC. It was HOT. So here is Dan and James going through the mister things that really only made it feel more humid. We had fun though.

May catch up

The weather has been so nice here. We have been getting lots of rain and lots of sunny humid days and we have been out side whenever possible. We walk and play with balls and play with James' cars and play at the park. It is SO nice to get out! Here is James and his best neighbor friend. They play nice for a while, then fight like siblings...it is so great to have such great neighbors!!


Me and James out front. Yay for all the blooming flowers!

We went to this beautiful park while my Grandparents were visiting. We had so much fun with them for a few days! James loves animals and bugs and anything that moves really. He had a fun time feeding and chasing the ducks.

We went camping one night, which was James' first time. He had a ball! He especially liked the tent and slept surprisingly well.
Hiking...same day.

This month Kyle and I had our 4 year anniversary! Can it be four years already? Weird. A great four years.

This is the view I get at one point when I go walking in the morning. James doesn't let me skip a day! I had to bring my camera one day, I just love that I get to see that.
This was just a funny video of James...like usual. He is getting so big and is saying all kinds of words...we probably still need to translate for him most of the time, but it is so nice to communicate with him!

This is Kyle and James playing the piano and singing. You might need to turn the volume down before you play it. It is loud, but funny to watch James. ( I can't remember why James doesn't have a shirt on.)

Videos as promised

These are a couple of funny videos. James really makes us laugh.

April

So we went up to the DC temple (which I forgot to get a pictures of!) and Kyle and I were switching turns going in and taking care of James, well in the confusion of leaving in the morning we realised that we forgot to put shoes on James! So I said, "Just run to the store and get some shoes. We needed a pair anyway." Kyle said, "I'll take care of it. Have a nice time in the temple." This is what I came back to! Kyle invented duct tape shoes for James in which he went on a walk and went to the park and ran around the playground in! I wouldn't have ever thought of that, but it saved us 10 bucks!

Here is what they did while I was in the temple.
Finally it is sunny and warmish most of the time! James is obsessed with playing outside on our driveway and in the grass. We both have amazing farmers tans and sandal lines because of it! It has been really nice to get out of the house.
James' hair is finally long enough to be messy. Here is the worst it has ever been (and it calmed down within about 10 minutes).
Easter...right, we are going backwards in the month. That is how the pictures loaded. James enjoyed the Easter egg hunts we went on and caught onto the idea a little bit. It is fun that he is getting old enough to do more fun things with him.
Our friends brought their parachute to the egg hunt so the kids could play. All the kids were running underneath it and playing while the adults were lifting it up, except James wanted to be on the outside with all the adults! Aparently that looked more fun!

I am trying to figure out how to get videos onto this new computer...a friend gave us their old computer right as ours was becoming unusable! What a blessing! We are really enjoying it.

Words James can say

James is getting really good at saying a bunch of words so I tried to catch some of them on video. Since it is kind of hard to put them all on this blog I put one on and a link to a bunch more small videos of James talking. Click here to see the videos.

Chinese outfit

Funny thing James does...

I never thought putting things on your head could be so fun!

We're working on getting James to express himself in a quieter way...

Nothing unusual

We had a couple feet of snow here the last few days. After the storm cleared, we went out to enjoy the sun! James LOVES going outside, in fact I don't even say the word "shoes" until we are about to walk out the door, otherwise he gets upset!
I gave James his first haircut! I really only cut a little off the back, it was looking mullet-like and catching on his collar. We took care of that!

James has learned a new word "stinky" which adds to his vocabulary of mommy, daddy, shoe, hello, no no, and uh oh.

James has started babbling a lot and then looking at us and expecting us to understand what he is saying. So funny.