Easter 2011

He is Risen!

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. John 14:1-3

My Mom remains constant on my heart & mind, but especially on Easter morning as I study my baby boy in his Sunday best.  My heart finds comfort though in the verses above knowing that because of Easter I will spend eternity in heaven with Jesus and see my Mom again! 

Randall, James & I are wonderful!  Randall's practices are thriving and as James gets older, my stay at home mom routine becomes much more easy and fun!  James is now 18 1/2 months old; 33 inches tall (75th percentile)  & 27 lbs. (50-75th percentile).  He LOVES everything outside and any kind of water play (hence the water table gift from the Easter Bunny)!  Below are Easter weekend pictures.  (We also had an Easter Egg Hunt at Papaw's (my Dad) but don't have those pics yet; will upload later).

Easter Egg Hunt at FBC-Ashdown

And their off....

 James, and cousin, Peyton

Grandmother, James, and cousin Reese walking the beam. 

 On the monkey bars!

 Dying Easter Eggs...."not sure about this"...

 Fun time play at Grandmother's with family!

 Dylan, Peyton, Daltan, Reese, Grandpa, Luke, Grandmother & James

Easter Morning.

 Water play!

 My Easter Best...a frown on my face but a smile in my heart!



So Big & So Beautiful!

James is getting so big & the weather is so beautiful! Thank you God for both!  James is now 17 & 1/2 months and feels so much more like a little boy than a baby.  We've been having a great time playing outside, taking walks sometimes in the morning & afternoon.  We introduced him to his sandbox, which is a lot of fun! He wasn't sure at first about the sand sticking to his feet and hands, but got over that quickly.  He continues to eat me out of house & home and has started telling me "tastes good" at meal time. This very much pleases the cook! :-) We look forward to a fabulous summer!

Swinging at the park.

A morning walk.

Climbing where he shouldn't.

 Sandbox play.

 "Vroom, Vroom."  Don't you love it when they make that sound?

"Look Dada!"

He stills love TV.

Beautiful!

James's Precious Smile

Dear Lord, it's such a hectic day,

With little time to stop and pray,

For life's been anything but calm

Since You called me to be a mom--

Running errands, matching socks,

Building dreams with wooden blocks,

Cooking, cleaning, finding shoes

And other stuff that children lose,

Fitting lids on bottled bugs,

Wiping tears and giving hugs,

A stack of last week's mail to read--

So where's the quiet time I need?

Yet, when I steal a moment, Lord,

Just at the sink or ironing board,

To ask the blessings of Your grace,

I see then, in my small one's face,

That you have blessed me all the while --

And I stoop to kiss that

precious smile.

--Author Unknown

Some Recent Pics of that Precious Smile...

Outside Play

 

 James still loves a bath!

My first popsicle & it was good!

James found the Capri Suns....his first experience...squeezing it is so fun!

He still likes a good game of PeekaBoo!



Winter Wonderland

Snow! Love it! Randall & I had the best time watching it fall.  Randall, Mr. Weatherman himself, gave me the hourly play by play as we tried to convince James of the excitement.  We received about 2 inches of sleet and about 8 inches of snow.  James's experience with our winter wonderland has been a love/hate one.  He loves the snow and playing outside, but hates all the layers and the difficult walking terrain.

Pics below. (Yes, those are sandwich bags over his gloves. We had a hard time with his waterproof mittens so we had to go the non-waterproof glove/sandwich bag route. :-) )

Snow Day 1: Right out of the gate...

I don't know about this.

Windy.

Okay, I think I like it.

I really like it!

Snow Day 2: James & Dada

Car.

Fun.

Snow Day 3: Dada's grill basket makes a perfect snow poker.

I love this boy!

Christmas 2010

If it didn't already, our house officially looks like a daycare!  James is enjoying all his new gifts and says "Thank You" to his many Santas!"  I say we need a larger house very soon or someone may get lost! :-)