flip flops

James tried on his first flip flops this week, and it was so cute I had to take a picture! Our friends Charles and Melissa gave these flip flops to us when James was born, when they came to visit us at the hospital. Since it is getting to be warmer weather, and his feet are getting to be the right size, I tried them on him and they were just adorable. Thanks, Charles and Melissa! I'm sure we'll get some good use out of these this summer :)


And, a random picture just for fun - James' latest is that he loves to hang upside down and look around at people. One second he'll be sitting on your lap, and then suddenly he leans back and is just hangin' out, looking at the world from a different perspective. What a cute boy!

We miss you, Daddy!

Jonathan had the opportunity to go to Idaho for work today, and it is so great because the job he had to do is only about a half hour away from his parents' house in Oregon, so he is staying with them tonight. We don't get to see them nearly as often as we would like, so he was so excited to be able to visit for a day!

James and I hung out with my family for a big portion of the day, though, and that was so much fun. Abby and I (and James) went shopping, and then we all had dinner and visited until just a little while ago. It is so fun to have my family so close!

It is kind of weird to have Jonathan gone, even for a short period of time - I think we have only been apart one weekend since we've been married! I left my parents' house and James and I got in the car and drove home (the VERY long drive of about one block :) hehe), and it was kind of weird to come home and not have Jonathan here too! I am so grateful to have such an amazing husband, and especially now that we have James I am incredibly grateful to be married to such a great guy, and that James has such a great Daddy. We miss you, Babe!

Here is a picture of James and I playing Mario Kart on the Wii with Grandpa - James, as you can imagine, was a BIG help during this race. We were playing with a bunch of people from around the world, and Dad and I were having a great time beating them (mostly...).


Here is my sleepy boy in his crib - he was so tired when we got home that he fell right asleep, with his puppy in his arms. What a cute kid. I'm so glad he's mine!

Fun with the Stoneman fam

On Sunday night we got to have a fun visit with my Aunt Ruth, Uncle Al and my cousin Augie. These guys are so great! They are so much fun to hang out with. James had lots of fun getting to know the Stonemans, and I think they had fun hanging out with him!

Here is a cute picture of James and Aug - what handsome guys!


James and Aunt Woosie have a little cuddle -


James was very fascinated with Allen's fun sound effects and facial expressions. It was very cute.


The sleepy, sleepy boy finally fell asleep in Grandma's arms. :)

father & son

James and his Daddy are great pals - they love to hang out together and play games, and James gets so happy when Daddy comes home from work to play with him!

Here are my boys, hanging out, playing a little Wii together. James' outfit used to be Uncle Josh's, and it is the comfiest outfit ever. He's very cuddly in it. :)

playing around

Here is our happy little boy having some fun tummy time. He totally wants to crawl and move all around, but doesn't get yet that he needs to push up with his arms and bring his knees under himself - so now he kind of just "swims" - it is so cute!


Last night James was standing on my tummy and we were playing, and then all of a sudden he just leaned his head down on me like this, it was so funny. I guess he thought it was comfortable...


And then all of a sudden, he kind of jumped up and kicked his legs in the air! It was hilarious. What an acrobatic little boy!


More kicking. He looks like a gymnast, or something...


All tuckered out and being cuddly.

called to serve...

Yesterday my sister Liz received her mission call! She came home from Provo to open it and our whole family was there, it was really neat. She is going to the Washington, Seattle Mission and will enter the MTC on August 6th. We are so proud of you, Liz! You will make an amazing missionary. We will sure miss you, but will send TONS of pictures of the boy. :)

Now we will have two family missionaries out - Liz in Washington, and Jonathan's brother Jared in New Zealand.

Here are some pictures from yesterday:

my *sleepy* boys

I was up late last night chatting with one of my very best friends, Janina, online (love ya, Janina!) - it was so much fun! I sure miss her!! When I was done I went into the bedroom where my boys were sleeping, and I found this...


I had left a whole bunch of baby stuff on the bed, like James' car seat, a big box of diapers, etc. - and Jonathan was so sleepy he just kinda found a little corner to sleep on. Poor guy! It looked so funny though, I just had to take a picture. He is such a great guy, he is so patient with me, even when I am not the cleanest person ever (I am SO working on it!)

Then I went and checked on our little guy and he looked so darn cute, I had to take a picture of him, too. I think that watching babies sleep has got to be one of the best things ever, because they look so sweet and cute.


I love my boys!

James' first shoes

my baby looks like a big boy!!

James is growing SO fast, he has been wearing some clothes that are 6 and even 9 month size!!! I can't believe it. Today I tried this shirt on him, for fun, and it was only a little big on him, I couldn't believe it! He just looked like a little boy to me, instead of a baby! He is so cute. The reason why he looks SO tired in this picture is because he hardly slept today at all! He's teething and he just won't sleep for any length of time. Poor kid!


Our happy boy!!


Today we went and watched Uncle Josh run in a track meet. It was pretty windy and cold outside, so I bundled up the boy, and then I decided to try on his shoes! He has these cute shoes that my sisters gave him, and he had never worn them before. They were SO CUTE! I just love this picture, and I think it is funny how big he looks, with his feet totally hanging off the end of the car seat.


I just love this picture. Here is the boy in his stroller at the track meet. It was pretty cold!


Love the feet!


Me and my cuddly boy!

choppers!

The BIG news for this week is that James cut his first TOOTH! He has been drooling a TON lately, but still, we were so surprised! He is pretty young to be getting teeth, so it was kind of random. My Mom discovered it during graduation on Thursday. I think he is working on the 2nd "chopper" now, so he is kind of fussy and in pain, poor kid. Here is a (kind of blurry) picture - you can kind of see the white tooth. What a big boy!