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!)