Sunday, July 18, 2010

Kanuga

My brother plays in The Five O'Clock worship band at The Advent in Birmingham. Their band has been asked to lead the worship at Kanuga Renewal Conference in North Carolina the past few years. Sybil and George have told us how wonderful the week at Kanuga is but we have never been able to go. We finally managed to get our entire family (minus my sweet Mama who so stayed home to help my grandfather who had emergency surgery the night before we left) to go this year. We stayed in quaint little cabins with no phone, TV, internet, or air conditioners. But with lots of fans and a great screen porch- we had a relaxing and renewing time. We had wonderful worship and bible studies, went on hikes, took naps, laughed, played in lakes and streams, ate dinner (that we didn't cook) together, stayed up late together, etc, etc... James had a wonderful time too, but due to a lot of chasing him around, I don't have many pictures to share. Below are the few I had:



















Thursday, June 24, 2010

Lett's Get Our Hair Cut

It was time for a haircut!
I have been wanting to get James' hair cut for a while now- his bangs were getting in his eyes and really bugging him...poor little guy. I always make too big of a deal out of all the "firsts" so I have been putting off the 1st haircut... trying to think of who should do it, when can we do it so that Zack and I can both be there, etc. But today was the day. When I got home from work we took James to a new hair place in Prattville, Lett's Cut Up (Lett's is the last name of the sweet lady who cut my baby's hair). Well James was not very sure about the whole thing- but he sure looked handsome in the end. Here are pictures of his first haircut experience.





At this point all he kept saying "I want Mommy" so we had a little switch-a-roo!





All done!!

Sunday, June 13, 2010

A typical day...

A typical day...

Flush every toilet in the house....

Pull everything out out the drawers...


Throw everything on the floor ...

Remove everything from bookshelf...

Give Go-Mama's picture a kiss...

Run around the house...

Play outside with Daddy...


Play Tickle with Daddy...



Be so darn cute!!!

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Italy


Pictures from our Trip to Italy. We had such a wonderful time, but I must admit, I am so happy to be back home with my little man. The pictures uploaded out of order so below is a journey from end to beginning .

On the rooftop bar in Florence on our last night in Italy.
Watching the Mille Miglia Race on the streets of Florence.
View of the Ponte Vecchio from our Hotel.
Tuscany
G & S in San Gimignano
Z & S in San Gimignano
G enjoying the tour of the Il Borro winery
The fam heading to dinner
Z & S after a LONG hike in Cortona
L'Amorosa
Sinalunga
Sinalunga
The fam at Il Borro
The delicious risotto lunch G & S prepared


Saturday, April 24, 2010

Jesus loves me

I put James down for his nap a few minutes ago. After a loud clap of thunder he sat up and started singing the following...

"Jesus loves me.... bible... yes... yes... yes,
Jesus loves me... bible... yes... yes...yes"

Yes James, Jesus loves you!! My cup overflows!!


Saturday, April 10, 2010

Bubbles


So many things to update, so little time. We have been living in sickville around here lately. Zack had the flu, James had the stomach bug and strep, and I have been feeling a little sickly myself (no, I'm not pregnant!) So this poor little blog has been neglected :(. I will be updating soon on 15 month stats. James is talking up a storm- the pediatrician actually said she was amazed by his vocabulary and couldn't believe he had such strong language skills at 15 months. We are having to be pretty careful because he is now repeating EVERYTHING we say!! Anywho- thought I'd post a few pictures of James and his cousin Lucas. James loves Lucas and has been calling for him instead of Mommy when he wakes up from his naps.



Tuesday, February 23, 2010

A little walking & a little dancing


We were getting ready for bed and James decided he wanted to take a break and play with his toys before putting on his PJs. He thought he would get in a little dancing before bed. Usually when he dances he goes to town shaking his little bootie- but tonight he had some new moves. Of course, by the time I got out the video camera he was a little less enthusiastic, but still cute. AND...I thought it would never happen, but my baby is starting to walk. He crawled & pulled up so early I knew he would be walking by 7 months...but it was more like 14 months. He's still a little wobbly, but he's getting the hang of things.

Sweet boy is talking NONSTOP!! He is even saying two words at a time. Here are his favorite talking points:
go bye bye {says this to go outside & stroll or ride in the car}
off light
hey
hello
ride
no no
night night
bye-bye
beep-beep {says this when he sees a car}
dog
tank you
zack
daddy
mommy
dada
mama
daddo
shoe
sock
tickle
ball
book
cheese
ohs- {cheerios}
alright
oh man
uh oh
bobble {bottle}
bath
baby