Days of Magic and Mud Everywhere

Around the end of December James became fascinated, perhaps obsessed, with spoons. It began one day while at Opa & Oma's house when...

James learned how to walk backwards about a month or so ago. He was quite proud of himself, giving the, "are you watching, huh? huh? hu...

James has two new teeth and is working on a third. His fourth tooth on bottom(left) and his first molar (bottom left) came through and were...

James moved into Joel's room. They are now sharing a bedroom and it's very cute. Everything is always very cute at first. It has ...

This was on the refrigerator when I got home this evening from my harp job. Joel made this with (very little) help from Daddy. He wanted t...

Today we put in a family effort to clean the house in preparation for PawPaw and Grandmommy's upcoming visit. It's so nice to have ...

James is officially walking. He is finally interested in doing it, wanting to do it, and really is doing it! He is still pretty wobbly and...

Next Sunday is the Handel's Messiah sing along. It's hard to believe that it's been a year already since the last time we were ...

Football season is now in full swing. To celebrate, family and friends of ours shared a special CD with us featuring the legendary voice of...

This is Joel's first dream bachelor pad. He didn't say those exact words, but here's how he described it. "It's a garag...

James is climbing onto everything, and I mean everything. He climbs into the dishwasher. He climbs into the toy crates. He climbs onto th...

This is the spine that Joel built with his legos all by himself. He built it last week and when I asked him what it was, he said, "it...

Little boys are so funny. Hugging and giving butterfly kisses at naptime and bedtime is, I think, one of the best things I get to see each...

Joel was introduced to Billy Joel music a few weeks ago in the song, "New York State of Mind". Now, the whole idea of this was qu...

For those of you who don't see James on a regular basis, this is what he would do if he saw you. He would lean forward as far as he poss...

Although James is not walking yet, he has taken two steps. But neither Daddy nor Mama saw them. He took two steps to Opa right after his fir...

James received "The Story of Ferdinand" by Munro Leaf for his birthday. As with all things, Joel has adopted "Ferdinand...

James is up to 5 teeth now. He cut his second top tooth (left middle) about a week after he cut his first top tooth. Then he cut the third t...

James has begun to enjoy his baths again, oh joy! I believe the experience of the cool wading pool a few times taught him to be thankful fo...

James cut his third tooth while out at Harmony Hill. At least, that is when I discovered it. I had not been looking for a tooth where this o...