Happy birthday Jamesy!!

Yesterday was James' 1st birthday. We didn't do much special because we are going to have a little shindig for him on Saturday, but this is a milestone since he can now eat pretty much anything, including chocolate. So the first thing we did when we got up yesterday morning was have chocolate chip pancakes. He loved them! Happy Birthday James

James and the Giant Pumpkin

Ok, it's no secret, I am bad at posting (since the last time I posted was James being 9 months, and now he is turning 1 in two days), and just as bad as reading blogs, so I am sure no one checks this anymore, so this is for Kim!
James on Halloween (enjoying his very first succor):Our little polynesian baby:New family pictures (I made Aho go up the canyon to go take pictures with the fall background, we were quite pleased with them):And last, but not least, our money maker-we entered this in the baby gap casting call. How could they not choose this face?!!:

Jamesy--a 9 month tribute

I wanted to post a picture of James with my last post, but all I had on hand was a picture of us camping. I was a tub o'lard, so I cropped me out. Well, Aho was jealous and wanted out of the picture too, so I took it complete off, with the idea I would post more pictures. Well, I could not find the memory card of the pictures I wanted, until yesterday, so here they are!

He loves swimming! Look at these teeth! He is now pulling himself up and can stand for a few minutes! These last two are his new thing. He likes to scrunch his nose when he smiles, and he will lift his head up and smile down at you. Very cute!

Things I am grateful for

The other day I was making scalloped potatoes. I don't like making them because I hate slicing the potatoes. As I had starting slicing, I looked up and saw my kitchen aid mixer sitting there. I remember my mom had gotten me attachments for it, so I looked through and found ones that would slice. I had such a great time!

I can't figure out what the buzz is with Rachael Ray. What credential does she have to have a daytime talk show and a segment on the food network. I don't have cable, but my parents do and one I like to watch is the food network. It just happened to be 30 minute meals with RR. So, I watched it, trying to figure this out. For dessert she made a peach melba. I have always wanted to make peach melba, and with peaches starting to come out, I thought this would be the best time for it. So, I tried it. It was so good! I don't want to say I am grateful for Rachael Ray. I will say I am grateful I saw this episode and that peaches are in season!

Update on us

Well, not much new with Aho or me. Aho is taking a class this summer and is working so hard, we never see him. I am still working, and hate being away from James, but know I need to get Aho through school before I quit, so even though I am not ok with it, I am ok with it!

James changes so much every day. He is crawling and into everything, which I love. I put his books in the bottom shelve in the bookcase in our living room and he loves taking the books out and playing with them. He hasn't ripped one (that I care about at least) yet, and I hope he will like reading them as much as he likes taking them out of the book case. He will follow us wherever we go, and I have found that he likes to play with my spices. I will put him on the kitchen floor while I make dinner and we talk and play with the spice bottles. Who knew!

He has learned to pasi (clap) he loves to do it, and always looks for one of us to pasi with him.

He is now pulling himself up on things, so we need to watch for him walking around pretty soon. They grow up too fast!!

Time to turn the TV off

Last week I saw on the news there was a study done with kids and TV. Basically, they found that background TV is not good for kids playing in the room. They found they moved from toy to toy, and see this as a cause for childhood learning disorders.
Those of you who know me, know I love tv. I ALWAYS have it on, it keeps me company when Aho is gone. I would notice James would do exactly what they talked about. He would be on the floor playing, and would stop and watch tv, start playing again, stop and watch. After I saw the study, I decided I would turn the tv off. I have it off when James is awake, whether he is down on the floor playing or not.
A few months ago I bought some music from a company called BRITE. I grew up on this, and wanted my kids to as well. So, I will turn the music on and sing to James as he plays. We love it. Aho is starting to learn the songs as well, and will sing to James as well. I haven't noticed a difference in him, but I have with me. I get down on the floor and play with him more, sing and talk to him more. I don't need to watch every show, and am ok if I miss some. It is a bit hard, because I do like watching some things, but I decided that time with my baby is more important that the shows I watch. Basically, the reason for the post: It is a LOT easier than I thought it would be, and I love playing with my baby!

Olympics

Yes, this is my third in one night, but I am catching up!
So, as I mentioned below, I am home by myself yet again, so I decided to watch the olympic trials for diving and gymnastics. I wish I was a swimmer. They have awesome bodies! (That was not the reason for the post, but I wanted to comment on that.) I was watching gymnastics while James and I were eating dinner (he had squash and I had an awesome dinner in which I got the recipes from watching the Early Show Saturday morning...I did make the pudding, it is FABULOUS!!!) the floor show came on. I wonder, why is that gymnastics. That is one that I kind of enjoy watching, but is it dancing, no, is it gymnastics, no, what is it? They do a few dance moves, they do a few tumbles, what's the point? I do enjoy watching the vaults, the bars, and the balance beam, but the floor, not my favorite. I am excited for the olympics, and can't wait for 08-08-08!

James

James is growing so fast. His two bottom teeth are now coming up, and finally he is sleeping better because the teeth are not buggin'. He is getting up on his knees and rocking back and forth, almost ready to crawl. He goes backwards great, and forwards is in progress. He can get anywhere he wants to go, so we will need to baby proof! It's the little things I haven't thought about that will cause the most trouble (like the internet cord strewn across the floor...he loves playing with it and I can just see him strangling himself!) He loves being entertained, and in return is very entertaining himself, with his cute smile and fun laugh! It's late coming, but here are a few pics of James at 6 months. (He is now 7 mns)

The things we do for our children

Today was such a beautiful day that I decided I would take James for a walk. Aho was working, so we were home by ourselves (that seems to be a growing trend!!) I decided we would walk to the temple. I had put some sunscreen on James when we left, but it was very overcast, so I didn't worry too much, so all he had on was a onesie. We got to the temple and the sun came out just blaring. I would run in between the trees and take my sweet time when we would walk past a tree. His face and arms were pretty well covered by the visor on the stroller, but his poor legs were soaking up the sun. So, I decided to sit on a bench for a minute and enjoy the sights. I started wondering what I was going to do on my way home to cover his poor little legs. I had nothing with me. I started looking at what I was wearing...I did have a tank top on...and then I remembered my slip. It is a half slip, easy to take off. I looked around and I was surrounded by missionaries. They go to the temple every Sunday and mosy around. They were all around me, but I decided that I didn't care, I needed to cover those chubby little legs. So, I put my hand up my skirt and started pulling. As I was doing that, two missionaries walked up to me and wanted to practice their testimonies on me. So, here I am with my slip to my ankles and missionaries bearing their testimony to me in German. Very funny. Anyway, I got it out and wrapped it around his legs and headed home. It was a very nice day, and I quite enjoyed being outside surrounded by the beautiful nature.

My feet are cursed

Remember my post about Aho running over my foot? It is still healing, and if I put a shoe on funny, it does hurt a bit. In our apartment, our kitchen chairs have rollers on them. Thursday (this is Sunday) I was rolling James in his high chair around the room, and it rolled over my foot, the same one that Aho rolled over! It cut my foot to shreds (that's an exaggeration, but I feel like it!) It hurts so bad. I am still limping around. It cut two nice slits in my baby toe, and the side of my foot. Sunday...it still hurts. Then, yesterday, I was out doing laundry, and came around the corner and could hear James screaming, because he was hungry, so I ran up the stairs, and tripped. Normally, that doesn't hurt, I have done it SEVERAL times, but these have metal in the step part. My shin hit it just right about the ankle and it kills! I finished the flight of stairs limping, opened the door, and yelled at Aho to get me some ice. It still hurts today, and I think it will for a while. I must have bruised my bones! I don't consider myself accident prone, but the last few weeks may suggest otherwise.

Race for the cure

My sister talked me in to running in the Susan G Komen race for the Cure 5k run. That is coming up this saturday and I am super excited. Aho decided he wants to run in it to, so that will be even more fun! Poor James, though, he is going to have to get up super early to come with us. He will like it though, he loves riding in the stroller. It's fun to be involved in something that is for a good cause!
I did go to the Dr to see if my foot was broken. I wasn't worried much, but people kept telling me I should go. My foot does fine when I run, except when I am not careful in putting on my shoe and it hits the top of the foot, then it KILLS, but, other than that, it will be just fine!

Terrible horrible no good very bad day!

I will try to keep this short:

Aho got a job he goes to at 4:30 in the morning. Had to get a bike. Yesterday morning, riding to work, he realizes his pedal fell off. Goes back three blocks and finds the pedal. (It wasn't just the pedal, it was the bar connected to it...I guess he was coasting and enjoyed feeling the wind beneath his toes...) Had to walk the rest of the way to work.

His boss then decides she will take him and his bike home since the pedal is disconnected. I took James to work with me, and when Aho said he was at home, I then ran James home. Aho decides he needs the car for whatever reasons, so he brings me back to work. I got out, go to kiss James goodbye, Aho thinks I had closed the door and he starts driving away. My foot happened to be in the way of the tire and he starts driving over my foot. I yell at him to wait. He stops. I tell him to back up. He doesn't, back up, I keep yelling. He turns the car off. I say, why are you turning the car off. The car is on my foot BACK UP!!! He, in a fit of confusion, fumbles with the keys and turns the car on and backs up. I, a little upset, tell him he probably just broke my foot, I didn't get to kiss James because I was a little frustrated, and close the door, hobble off. Aho watching the whole way. He feels bad and calls me after and asks me if I want to go to the dr. I say no, I will be ok.

He calls me later and tells me he is going to S.L. to go see a friend in town. I tell him, I can't walk home and I am done at 4. So, I HAD to leave work early, and I went to Salt Lake with them. James was not happy, he had been in the car too long. We had lunch at Denny's. That was the closest place and James was screaming.

We go home, and I check the mail. Still no tax refund from Utah or Hawaii. What's the hold up! Realize we have to take movies back to redbox, and get James diapers. I go, with my sore foot, Aho stays home with James. James was hungry. Aho wasn't happy. Feed James when I get home. Put him to bed.

He doesn't want to go to bed. Is up until 10:30, force him to sleep. (He did sleep really well last night, after I got him to sleep. It may the squash in his tummy...he loves them!)

Aho's alarm goes off at 4:30. I wake up. Aho knocks on the door a few minutes after leaving. The chain fell off the bike (do you see a reacurring theme with the bike...it is brandnew! I think I need to take it back!) Aho takes the car, I will walk to work.

I lay awake. Aho comes back and says he doesn't have to go. He left his phone in the car, and she had been trying to call him all night. I still lay awake. I guess I went back to sleep as my alarm was going off. Didn't get up until 7:40, when I should be at work by 7! What a day. Hopefully today is better.

Here are some pics of my foot:

The upside of this is James. He is super fun. His favorite thing right now is to hang upside down and watch us walking around. He talks all the time. And I love this outfit. Not a fan of overalls, or camo, so when Aho got this, I thought, I will never put him in this, but then Aho dressed him today (He was taking him to work and didn't care much for the other outfit I had put him in!) The orange! Its all very cute!

And then last night, I heard the story of the guy who locked his daughter in the cellar and had 7 kids with her...nasty...just end my day hearing that kind of garbage, not a great day!

More James

Since I really have nothing to post about, except for sperm drenched burritos, I thought I would post more pics of my baby.

It's not my blog anymore

The other day, I was looking at Kaitlyns blog and was linking to the friends on the side, and then found several others there. I was showing Aho and he decided that he wanted to make comments on others blogs, so, instead of making his own, he decided we would share. I doubt he will ever post, but you may see posts by Aho now and again.

One Sperm Burrito, comin' right up

The other day, at work, Aho mentions that he loves Beto's, or now known as Rancheritos. His co-worker tells him that last year sometime, a customer found sperm in his burrito. Apparently a family, maybe two brothers, put sperm in a burrito. Aho is not sure if they knew the customer, or what, but for some reason they wanted to put sperm in someone's burrito. Can you imagine taking a big bite of a california burrito and finding some kind of nasty mucus in there! Gross! They all got fired, of course, but why would anyone want to eat there again, knowing what has happened in this chain of restaurants. (Sorry for any of you Beto's lovers!)

(I tried to search this online, and only got bad things, so I didn't want to search anymore. If anyone finds it, please let me know!)

Flocker

I just downloaded a new browser today and it seems to do some pretty cool things.  For instance, there is a link that says "Post to My Blog" and I clicked on it, and it opened a window, and then will post to my blog.  I am actually testing that right now to see if it works, but this new browser seems to be pretty cool.

Blogged with the Flock Browser

I finally changed my background

I spent a few minutes this morning changing my background. Thanks to the link on Elizabeth's blog, I found some cute backgrounds with super easy instructions. (I have never taken the time to figure it out, but now, I know and it is EASY!) I also added some friend links (if I didn't add you and you want me to, let me know, if I did add you and you don't want me to, I can take you off!) As I was adding the links, I noticed Leah had the same background as I do. I chose it because I could smell the plumeria as I was looking at it. So, sorry Leah, I am going to keep it for a few days.
Sometimes I miss Hawaii, the great smells, the clean air. Monday I went for a jog, and the air was so dirty I had grit in my socks and hair and mouth. NASTY!!! I was running around the temple, so it's not like I was on a dirt road or anything. Where does this garbage come from?!?

Good eats

As promised, here are the pics of James. He loves eating!
James is now rolling over. He doesn't do it much, but he has done it 4 times now. He can hold himself up pretty good.
He can hold his sippy cup pretty good. He doesn't know yet that he needs to suck to get something out of it, but its a start. He does like to chew on it, as he does everything else!
I love the highchair! It's one that sits on a chair so it doesn't take much room, and it converts to a booster. He seems to enjoy it too. He is super excited to eat. He loves it!
Here is our bathroom. It was green before, but we decided we wanted something different. You may be thinking, what about the rest of the bathroom. No, this is it. Basically, we both don't fit in it at the same time! Love on campus living!

My Much Anticipated Return

Many of you are wondering, no new post since March 18th? Almost a month?!? Here's Kim and Kaitlyn who can do 2 or 3 posts a day, I and don't do one for a month? Well, here is what I have been up to.
Since my last post, we were nearing our "Go-live" at work. That means, PeopleSoft will now be live and people will actually be using it. We did go-live on March 27th. I worked about 13 hours of over-time for those two weeks. It was crazy. Poor James. Luckily, I was able to work all my overtime hours at home. I told my boss, that I would not work more than my 40 hours away from home, so they approved me to work at home. Things went rather well for the beginning, but I am now working (diligently, even tho I am posting at work!) to the next phases of the project. Fun times!
Work has been crazy busy and I haven't had much time to do anything else. You see, I usually update my blog and look at others while at work. I don't like to do it after work, because I want to spend the time with my little James. I don't want him to feel like he has to compete with the computer, so I never touch the thing after work. (Unless I am ordering Papa Johns or Cafe Rio online. I love the internet!) So, to all you who were expecting a comment on their blogs, I can now do so, for a few minutes a day. It's nice to not be so busy that I can use work time for personal time! (Bad me, I do justify it, however, by saying it is my break!)
I got the flu last week. Crazy, nasty flu. I woke up Monday morning with a gurgling tummy, by the time I got out of the shower, I felt like death warmed over. I got back in bed and didn't get out except to run to the toilet. Aho would bring James to me and we would nurse in bed, I was even too weak to hold him. It was nasty. It took me all week to get over it. The good thing is, I lost about 5 pounds with it!
Friday, I started feeling nasty again, thinking I was getting a cold, Kim tells me it could be allergies, well, lucky me, it is. I have never felt allergy season before. Why now? It stinks. I have no energy, my nose and head are always stuffy, and I want to lay down all day. But alas, I cannot, so I just trudge through it.
Saturday Aho and I finally got out to go run some errands (and spend some much needed time together) that we needed to. The highlights: we got a high chair and feeding stuff for James and we decided to change our bathroom. So, I spent the rest of Saturday (while I was locked up at home while Aho had the car at work) cleaning and updating my bathroom. You see, James now wants to sleep all the time. What's up with that. So, while he did that on Saturday, I cleaned our apartment, especially the bathroom. James is now taking baths in the big boy bathtub, because he is too big for the infant one, and I had to clean that good. Aho was afraid he would get a skin fungus, since I have cleaned it in months (how embarrasing to admit!) But, it looks good now, I will have to post pics of my new bathroom.
Finally, we started James on rice cereal Sunday. He loved it. He couldn't get enough. We have pics of that too, so I will post those when I get them downloaded.
So, basically, I have been up to nothing. My life is boring. James is growing so much, that I like to spend all my spare time with him so I don't miss anything. (He is rolling over now, and I did happen to be there for the first time. I saw it twice before Aho did, he was jealous!)
Oh, we did buy our ticket to Tonga. I am excited, but can you say, chhaching! It was super expensive. Thank you Pres Bush for the stimulus package. Even tho it will put the country more in debt, it helped me pay for the astronomically expensive airline tickets!
I am glad it is nicer weather outside and James and I can start going on our runs again. I am going to run the Susan G Komen cure for cancer 5k with Sheila (my sis). So, I am trying to get ready for that. Doing good so far. I am glad James likes the stroller. It makes it much easier.
Ok, this has gone on way too long, and I want a donut (do i put the 5 lbs back on and get one?TBD). Pics later.

Fun James

James is getting to be so fun now. He is now grabbing at things, and can hold on to his toys that hang from his aquarium mat. He loves to talk, and loves to squeal when he is done being on the floor. He is a very happy baby and loves to smile. He loves laughing especially with his daddy. Aho is really cute with him and can get him laughing like no else. He is not rolling over yet, but is almost there, and he is teething right now. Can't see the teeth, but he has all the signs (he cannot stop chewing on his hands...see the pic below), so they are coming. He loves going out in the stroller (who wouldn't...it's a GREAT stroller, now that it has air in the tires or tire in the airs, for Elizabeth), and he loves watching TV (what have I done to my child...) He weighed 17.3 lbs and measured 25 inches at his last checkup. He is now in 6 month clothes as well as a the last few 3-6. He is growing so fast and is so fun to be around. We love our little James!

My Crazy Life

Starting March I was told I couldn't work from home anymore, so I rearranged my schedule to go something like this: be to work at 7:30 work until 1:15, go home and feed James (I do one pump in the morning and he takes a bottle only once in the morning), eat a sandwich quick, put James in his car seat and bring him back to work with me for the last two hours, and get done at 4. I come home, feed him again at 4:30 and I go out for a jog (I am trying to get ready for a 5k in April), come home spend the next few hours making dinner, straightening up, and playing with James. I then get him ready for bed, read him a few stories, sing him a few songs, feed him and put him to bed. He doesn't like staying in his crib, so we play the "crib" game where he sleeps for a few minutes, wakes up, I put him back to sleep, back to the crib, sleeps for a few minutes, etc. We do this until 9:30 and then it is my bedtime and I just take him to bed with me, and start that all over again the next day. Don't I have the life!

My cute James

Here are just a bunch of random pictures of James (He is mostly 4 months in these, except for the first one): The first one is when he had to be under the bili lights when he was first born. How sad! (There is one in there with me...so you can kind of see my haircut!)Look at how well he holds his head up!

I love Utah!

The other day I was driving home from work and saw two birds out running around at the ASB. One was a beautiful red color, the other was a pretty blue color. I don't know what kinds of bird they are, but they were pretty, and I have to say I have never noticed them in Utah before. Not to say they have never been in Utah before, but I was not a nature noticer before. When I moved to Hawaii I would notice nature things all the time. Hawaii have beautiful flowers every where you turn, their mountains are gorgeous, the ocean is breath-taking. I learned to notice nature when I lived there. Moving back to Utah I may have gotten back into my habit of being a non-noticer of nature (or NNN!) but I realized the other day, Utah has "beauty all around." Look at these "snow capped mountains." Sure, they are different from Hawaii's, but they can be just as beautiful. So, when I saw the birds, I realized Utah is beatiful too. From now on, I will be a NN (nature noticer!) (There's my baby waking up, so I will sign off!)

Poor Deseret Towers

For those of you who are familiar with Deseret Towers, they are in the process of tearing those down. Deseret Towers are dorms for students on campus. They are probably at least 10 stories high. BYU is tearing them down because it appears that students want more of an apartment living situation. As I was out walking today, I walked past them, and they are working on one building. All of it is down except for three columns (that's my best descriptions) in the middle of the rubble. I was quite curious what they were. I studied and studied, and it ended up being a stairwell on either side of the building and the elevators. I really wanted to go up the elevators. I found it interesting they would tear the building down but leave the stairs and the elevator. It made me wonder if they were working, and I had a strong desire to go up them just to see what it would be like to have an elevator open up and nothing to walk out on to. But, alas, I am still sane, and it was just a fleeting thought.

Stroller Update

So, my dad looked at the stroller and said just pump the tires. Well, apparently, they sent them with no air in them! Am I stupid? I took it out 3 times without putting air in the tires! So, I got a pump, pumped them up, then we have had bad weather all week, so I haven't been able to take it out. There is sits on my porch, newly aired tires, and bad weather. Well, today was beautiful, so I took it out. It was AWESOME!!! I love the stroller. It is such a smooth ride. Even better when the airs have tires in them. Again, for anyone that is thinking about a stroller...the jogging ones are great!

Singing a Song is Fun to Do

I discovered that James likes us to sing to him after bath time and while we are getting him ready for bed. So, I decided to get the Primary Children's Songbook so I could sing him Primary Songs. that went over really well. He would go to sleep right away when singing. I would continue to sing just because I enjoyed it so much! Then I decided that I would get a Tongan one so Aho could sing the Primary Songs in Tongan. Then I decided that I wanted to get the CD's in Tongan so I could play them for James. On Monday we went to the JSMB to see the Joseph Smith movie and went down to the distribution center. I got the books I wanted, and asked them about the CD's. To my amazement, they don't have them in Tongan, but they do have them in Japanese, Italian and German? What? There are probably more Tongan saints than Italian and German combined but there isn't a CD with the Tongan language. I was flabbergasted. I asked the guy if there is any plan to get them made, and he said, "well, I am not sure what is on their schedule." Who is they? After I left, I decided I would get the cd's that just had the music and have Aho record him singing the songs. Well, he will never have time for that, but, I can dream!

A New Me

Last Friday I took James to the Dr. because he had a cold, and the paranoid mother that I am wanted to make sure it wasn't RSV while going in to the weekend. Every time I go to his Dr, I weigh myself. For two reasons, 1. They have the same scale that BYUH has in their gym and it reminds me of the carefree, good ol' days in Hawaii, and because I still have about 15-20 lbs I want to loose and think I am loosing it and want to make sure. Well, this time, I was the same as last. I haven't lost a pound in over a month! Unbelievable! So, I decided at that moment, I would start a new me. I went home and prepared our meals for the week and went shopping. I didn't buy a think that wasn't on my list (cookies, ice cream, etc). So far, we have done really well this week. I have prepared each meal as planned, not eaten more than one portion size and had two vegetables with the meal. It has gone really well, and the best part about it is the dessert. James has been good enough to sit in his chair and talk to me while I make dinner so I can do the dishes while I am making dinner, so afterwards, the only dishes to wash are the dishes we ate with. What a treat!
Anyway, I wish I had a scale so I could weigh myself, but I do feel better physically and interestingly enough, mentally. It has been a good week.

The much anticipated stroller

Even before I had James I wanted a jogging stroller really bad. Most of you know, I enjoy jogging, and I would do it often before I was pregnant. So, I did a lot of shopping around, and eventually, got an eliptical instead. You all know I love those also. As I have tried to use the eliptical, James has realized I am not holding him while I am on it, so he gets uphappy. If he is asleep, it is loud enough that it wakes him up. I can't win. So, I decided to take him out walking. I go to the BYU indoor track when I can and have taken him outside when the weather permits. I had learned why people use jogging strollers to exercise. We could feel every bump, even when he was in his car seat. So, I decided that my exercise was important enough to me that I would give up and buy the jogging stroller. After a few weeks of research and searching, I found one that was a reasonable price, and fairly good-looking (which is important! LOL) So, here is the stroller:Elizabeth wanted pictures with James in it, but I had taken him out and so I just put his little winter suit in there and the hat he wore, so you could see what he looks like.
Pros:
It is much smoother than our other "ride"
Don't feel the bumps and hills
Lays totally flat so he is learning to lay flat and sleep by himself (I need my crib to vibrate or rock like the stroller)
The umbrella has a little window in it so James can look out, but I can look in and see how he is doing
The side flaps can open so he can see out, which I will open when it gets warmer
Cons:
The break is very stiff (that should work out with a little wear, I hope)
It is very heavy
I can't figure out how to fold flat and to lock
I thought the handle was supposed to adjust, but I can't figure it out (I think I am pretty good at figuring things out, so I think it is a hard stroller to figure out, if I can't do it! LOL!)
The straps are not padded and I feel they won't do a great job, but they will probably be ok.
The big thing is the wheel is not going on straight, so it pulls to the left. Yesterday it made a weird sound. I fixed that, but it is still pulling. I will take it to my dad tomorrow and see if he can fix it. If it can be fixed, then every other problem will be no big deal. This is my big one!
So, I love the stroller, the two times I have used it. James has fallen asleep both times so it has been a nice ride. I can't wait until it gets a bit warmer and we can enjoy it that much more.
For those of you who are debating on a jogging stroller, I say DO IT!! I love it so much more than my regular stroller!

Stinky hands

For several days now, as I am holding James I smell a stinky smell. Not bad enough to make me throw up, but enough that I can smell it. I sit and wonder what it is. It is kind of a familiar smell, but can't put my finger on it (hahahah...no pun intended, because I am talking about hands...hahah) . So, tonight as I was holding him, I smelled it again, and took his hand and realized that it was the hand. How did it get stinky...then I recognized it. It smells like stinky feet. Why does James hand smell like stinky feet? Because I put socks on them all the time, to keep them warm, and so he doesn't scratch himself. It made me think that feet don't stink because they are feet, which I have always thought that is why. If you know me, you know I don't like feet, so any reason not to like them, I find it. so, the moral of the story is: whether hands, feet, or entire body, you keep them covered all the time, and it will start stinking. So, don't wear clothes...lol!

Blessing

Ok, this is the last post for today, but I wanted to post pics of James' baby blessing in his cute little outfit. It is hard to see him, but you get good pics of the outfit!