Sweet Baby James is 1!!!!!

How big is James? So big!!!!!

Walking around now.......

Laughing at big sister, Claire!

Seriously? Look at that sweet face!!! I love this boy!!!! Cannot believe that he is one today! He is still as sweet and precious as the day we brought him home from the hospital! I think I am more in love with him today than I was then.....and will love him more tomorrow too! He is such a sweet boy! So happy and loving everyone!

Happy birthday to my Sweet Baby James!!! I love you more than I will ever be able to express! I am so happy that God chose us to be your parents! Mama loves you sweet boy!

Fun jewelry for baby girls!!!!

www.sweetbabygirljewelry.com
This is a link to a business that my sweet friend, Shannon, just started! We were sorority sisters in college and she is seriously one of my most treasured friends. We have gotten so much closer since college and have really enjoyed watching each other become wives and mothers.......both jobs that she does very well! She is now a stay at home mother to a sweet baby girl, and she started this fun little business........and let me say, her stuff is great!!!!! We ordered a little bracelet for a friend's child to give her this weekend when she gets baptized. It was so super cute that I have to give it to her early....they loved it! I also ordered a cute ballerina charm for the sweet baby girl in my life! We have our eye on a few others things that I know Claire will love! Shannon is really just using word of mouth right now, so I wanted to put her name out there! Check it out!! Such precious stuff!

Claire-isms

I keep a list of the funny things that Claire says......I thought it would be funny to share a few of the latest. These are just a few. This girl says something hilarious every day!!!! It is so fun to think of all the things James will say when his time comes! There is no tellin'!

The other day we were getting dressed and Claire got her clothes on and the promptly wanted to play dress up. I said that was fine if she just put her clothes back in the closet....she says, uuuggghhh, you are wearing me out!!! I almost fainted! I say that way too much and obviously need to watch it!

She has learned that if James cries, we usually look to her and see if she has done something. About 80% of the time she has taken something from him....she too has learned that if she gives him something to replace the toy she is about to steal, he is less likely to fuss. So today as she takes something away from him and he starts fussing...she hands him a toy and tells him to just calm down....here take this and calm down!

She was having a melt down the other day and I looked at her and she told me she was sorry, but she just could not pull it together right now.

On our way home from lunch on Sunday she asked if we could go trick-or-treating again. We tried to explain that you only do that once a year....she says ok, but we will go one more time real quick!

Oh, the joy these children bring me. I love them more than life and am so grateful for the daily humor provided by Miss Claire and the snuggles that Mr. James gives me......these things keep me going!