Lots to update

So, we have a lot to update! Kyle graduated in April! Yay Kyle! Also, we decided to accept the offer for admittence into James Madison University in Virginia. So after staying in California for the summer, we are going across country to reside in the east! We are excited for that new adventure, but really sad to leave Provo. It's bitter-sweet. Fortunately, we were very blessed to find a great apartment there in Virginia. It will be an upgrade for us--it has a real garage and a separate laundry room and tons of closet space. So that makes the move a little easier.


I just finished teaching, so we have a couple days to pack (we haven't even started) and store our stuff and we'll be heading out to California this week. We are really looking forward to our summer in Califoria with Kyle's parents. I forsee many trips to the beach....I am especially happy to finally be home with my little boy.

Here are a couple pictures of our Memorial day adventure to the Timpanogus caves. It was a fun family outing and the perfect day for it.

Kyle was quite the trooper to carry James in the carier all day---I still had to tell him to slow down! Here is James getting ready to take a nap about halfway up the mountain.

James has made some milestones in the last month or so. He can roll over and he does this all over the room as a mode of transportation. He is pretty pleased with himself except when he wants to go forward--can't quite coordinate arms and legs enough to crawl yet. He can also sit up on his own!

Here is him playing his little piano. He's a natural---so far he had played it with his tongue, chin, hands and feet! Whatever gets it to make noise!

This is just a classic one that I had to put in for the record. He was really sleepy. Side note--he was awake and smiling while Kyle was bouncing him on his knee about 30 seconds before I started recording.

The James Show

We can hardly believe how fast James is growing and changing. So here are his newest developments...some of which make us wonder :)

Holds his own bottle!

Easter outfit...thanks to Nate and Renee!

No idea what he is doing.

Maybe thinking about possibly starting to crawl.

A deep talk with dad.

Excersize? Not really sure about this one either.

Megan and James doing a lip buzzing thing.

Good News!

Well, we have some great news! We have been waiting to hear back from Grad schools and we finally got two acceptance letters last week!! (Go Kyle!) One was at James Madison in Virginia, and the other was at University of Louiville in Kentucky. We are still waiting to hear from two more schools, so we don't have any decisions made yet. We are just grateful to know we don't have to use our non-existant backup plans. What a blessing.

James is just about 4 months old now. He continues to grow and to keep our lives fun and interesting! He is talking a lot lately, so we tried to catch it on video. Here are some pictures of our growing boy.

This is what I leave in the morning. :(

Discovered his toes...check out the leg rolls!

This is for my mom...

I know we just posted a video of James laughing, but this one is even better.

Laughing

Lets be honest...James is the most exciting thing in our lives right now so here is him being cute and laughing. He is watching Kyle juggling. We think he is pretty cute. :)

Pictures

We got our first family pictures taken a little while ago, so I thought I would put them up. We love them. They are taken by my good friend Megan, she is amazing! ..here is a link to her site. http://megruth.com/

Two Months and Sleeping!

James (who is pretty much our whole life) is growing so fast! We took him in for his two month check up this week and he weighs 16 lbs!!! That puts him in the 99.7 percentile! He is huge. He has also grown 3 inches since he was born making him 25 inches. He is already wearing some 6 month clothes. We can hardly keep the right size of clothes in his drawers! I think we have gotten over the initial shock of the change in life style now as parents. We have gotten into some routines. One that we can thank James for is our sleeping! He will sleeps through the night! This last week 4 of the nights he slept 8 hours....no one is complaining here!!

I (Tawnya) am back at school teaching, which has been hard. Luckily (counting our blessings) Kyle gets to be Mr. Mom at home and goes to school in the afternoons. He is really loving it. The two of them have bonded:) We are also waiting to hear back from grad schools still. It has been a bit of a test of our faith. Who knows what will happen.

Here are some pictures :)

Sorry about the sideways pictures....:)