Merry Christmas

Thanks to everyone for the wonderful Christmas letters and cards. It is so much fun to read about your families and how God is blessing your lives.

Here are a few pics from our many Christmas celebrations. This is James enjoying Haley's Christmas toy. He loved to bounce on this with Haley, and he has subsequently made the connection that inflatable things are fun to bounce on. So, he tries to sit on his beach ball and bounce, but his feet don't quite reach the floor.

Christmas stockings filled with....

Cars. James cashed in on the cars, tractors, and trucks this year. He honestly loves them all. AND DON'T YOU DARE MOMMY try to put any of them away- especially my play road. They are to remain in the middle of the living room floor forever.

James' First Haircut

Due to unruly eating habits, we decided it was time for James to lose those beautiful baby curls. Fortunately, my sister Christy is a professional. Thanks Christy for the big boy hair cut. Looks great!

Crazy James

We are really enjoying his little personality. Here he is helping with the dishes. Notice the water bottle in his hand. ANYTHING adults use must be cool. HMMM chili tastes good.
Our little boy likes shoes. He's not so fond of clothes though. You might not think a 13 month old has preferences, but he leads us to his shoes and begs to have them on.

Crazy James!

ONE YEAR PICS

These are James' 1 year pictures. Yes, we're a bit late... It is increasingly difficult to get a good picture of James. Anyway, James is doing awesome. He is growing. He is trying out new words. He is moving at lightening speed. He really is a lot of fun. Lately he's been into lids again - putting them on, taking them off... He's enjoying his slide a lot lately - and his motor skills are at the point where it is safe fun. Jess and I are trying to figure out life and trying to keep up with Jamers.

My Favorite Things...

November was a whirlwind. Now our little guy is 13 months old. He has taken a real interest in shoes and trying to put them on and take them off by himself. His feet are also growing at warp speed, so it is hard to keep him in a pair of shoes that fits. BTW - That is drool on his shirt. It is back in full force - along with night time wakings and a major pacifier addiction. What can you expect, though, when you move to a new place?

James is big time into tractors too. Here he is telling Gramma all about it.
James really loves his Uncle Nathanael. He could not get enough attention from him. James would bring him many items for safe keeping.
Oh, and the drill... add to that the screw driver and whatever tool Daddy might be using or have used in the past. Very cool stuff.Other things about James... He is using many different sounds to communicate - more and more words or partial words. It is very exciting. He also will point to items when you ask him to in a book or to show you what he is interested in. That's pretty exciting. Except we have to spend the majority of our time studying the crane in "Are You My Mother?" and the crocodile in "Head to Toe."