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!