Miscellaneous James

I thought I'd post a few recent miscellaneous pictures of our boy. It is such an exciting time, what with his growing vocabulary and all, and he is so darn cute that I must share some of these...

I don't love how look in this picture, but I couldn't resist because I love the little man's smile in this one - he is such a happy boy, even when he is sleepy. He is looking more and more like a little boy to me instead of a baby.


Here he is with my aunt Jamie (Jamie is so sweet and thoughtful, she gave James these green pj's) and my awesome cousin Jordan (he is a riot - such a funny kid and we love it when he visits!) who were here for a little visit. He was still in the waking-up stage when the photo was taken (which is why he is clinging onto his stuffed elephant).


Here are James and his little buddy from church, Spencer. These boys are pretty close in age, and they are foyer friends during sacrament meeting quite often. Notice James' cute shirt with the tie and missionary tag attached.


James in his fuzzy jacket with his Grandpa. Grandpa just can't get enough of this little boy!



Grandpas are the best! James' Grandpa gave him his first taste of a sucker. James was very intrigued and took a few licks, but mostly just got all sticky.



"Mommy, why is my hand all sticky??"

Pumpkins

Tonight for family home evening we went and bought some pumpkins for Halloween! We're going to carve them another day, it was getting a little late. James had so much fun riding in the shopping cart while we picked out our pumpkins. He held onto one of the pumpkins the whole time we were at the store! It was so darn cute. When we got home, he sat on the floor and played with the pumpkins for quite awhile. He liked to pound on the two big ones with his hands and kind of roll the little one around. You've gotta see these pictures!

Tum Pluckered

We went shopping this weekend and James was such a good boy -
he just got a little sleepy near the end :)

All Bundled Up

We were so excited to see the snow this weekend! It has been so nice to break out the sweaters for a change and to enjoy the comfy cozy weather. And I have to admit that it makes me excited for the holidays!

On Saturday we were going out, so we bundled James up. Jonathan was putting on James' jacket (which he has only worn once), and when I came up the stairs Jonathan was laughing hysterically. James had his baby blue fleece jacket on with the hood pulled up over his head and he looked so darn cute and funny. Jonathan said, "this looks so girly!!" I'm not sure if I would call it "girly," but it definitely is not very manly. But I think that is alright, because he is not a man, he is a baby. James looks so cute in it though, all bundled up.


Since it was snowing/hailing at the time, we put on his windbreaker jacket on top of the fleece one and he looked SO cute. I just had to take some pictures.


James isn't my only boy who got all bundled up this weekend - here is Jonathan trying on coats (as in, three or four at a time) at a store. Notice James' little finger pointing at his Daddy.

French Toast

Jonathan made french toast for dinner, and James LOVED it!

Fun with the Merrills!

On Wednesday we had a spontaneous little get-together with our good friends Annie and Jordon Merrill. Annie Connors (I can't just call her Annie, I still call her Annie Connors, even though she's married now and is Annie Merrill) is one of my bestest buds from college! Sadly it had been over a year since we had seen them (and they live in Salt Lake, too - what is up with that? We are slackers I guess) so it was high time to see them. They came over to our house and we played games. We played a rousing game of Cinqo, and then a round of Clue and then we played the Wii for awhile. Here are some fun pictures -

I love how my boys have the same face here -


Annie and Jordon -


Cute Annie -


Jenny Bay and Annie Connors! hehehe -


Jordon playing an awesome game on the Wii -


Jonathan playing the Wii -


It was a blast. I have to say that Annie and Jordon are such a fun couple to hang out with, we get along really well with them. It makes me happy that our husbands get along so well (since Annie and I get along so well, and since we always planned on being "married friends!") - they have a similar sense of humor and so hanging out with the Merrills is pretty much hilarious. We were laughing like the whole night.

And since I'm on the topic of Annie Connors (Merrill), I must say that I probably have more pictures of me with Annie Connors than with ANYONE, except maybe my husband - but seriously, I have got an ENORMOUS amount of photos of Annie and I during our crazy college days. Annie and I were roommates (I guess for only a semester - man, it seems like it was longer than that!) and then we both moved to Roman Gardens the next year (in different apartments - but, we were pretty much still together a lot).

Oh my goodness, I have SO many funny memories with Annie. Like how we used to roll out of bed at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings when we lived in Roman Gardens and go straight down to choir practice in our pj's, hair all messed up and looking all nasty. Everyone else was in their Sunday clothes and they would kind of look at us weird, but we didn't care. The really funny thing is that Jonathan was the choir director at the time. And this was way before we even dated! I wonder why he dated me after seeing me like this every week??

Or there was the time we studied at the library during finals week until the wee hours of the morning, and it got so late and we were so hyper and crazy, we took all these funny pictures and probably disturbed everyone else who was trying to study. We also made movies of us running through the library aisles like we were from Charlies Angels or something.

Anyway, I am just so grateful for Annie and her friendship, she is amazing! I am also so glad that even though it has been so long, we are still good friends and it is still so fun to get together.

And, for your viewing enjoyment, I thought I'd put an assortment of Jenny Bay and Annie Connors pictures. Enjoy!

Grandpa the Judge

James got to visit his Grandpa Gibbons at work the other day. It had been quite awhile since he had been there, so it was all new to him and he was very interested in all the fun things Grandpa has in his office. We had a nice visit with Grandpa and he even took James into his courtroom and they sat at the bench - James mostly liked the microphone. It's fun to compare these pictures to the pictures I took of James visiting my Dad at work when James was about a month and half old - James has grown up so much! And I must add that my Dad has lost about 60 pounds since then, he looks awesome! I'm so proud of him!

James is looking all around and taking everything in -


At the bench -


Grandpa got out his chess set and was showing James the pieces. James started chewing on them and we were worried he'd chew off the felt bottoms, so Grandpa took them away from him. James got the saddest look on his face and just cried, and he just buried his head in my chest and cuddled for a minute. It was pretty sad.




These are such cute pictures. In the first one you can see a big tear on James' cheek.




James and his cute Grandma. Lately James has been sticking his tongue out ALL the time, it's hilarious.


Me with my Buddy Boy -

Books & Big Boy Clothes

We have a whole drawer full of bigger clothes for James to grow into and fall/winter clothes, and it is so fun that he is starting to wear them now! So, naturally, I've gotta take pictures of him wearing the new clothes, right? These were just too darn cute not to share.

These cute pj's were from my Aunt Jamie, and I am so excited that they finally fit James, and just in time for fall. I can't get over his cute face in this first picture. Notice how much he loves books, too! He loves turning the pages and pointing at pictures.



I couldn't wait to try these pants on James - they are still a little big but they are close. My Mom and I bought them from a clearance rack when James was just a month or two old - they are Nike pants and they were only $2! Brand new! He looks like a big boy wearing them! I got the shirt from a friend at a baby shower before James was born. James was looking at this book and kept on pointing at the doggies and saying" da! da!" which may have been a coincidence, but I like to think that he was trying to say "dog" - it certainly seemed like he knew what he was talking about!

Jumping