First Razorback Basketball Game!

While on our trip to Fayetteville, we were able to attend a Razorback basketball game. This was the first time James had ever experienced something like this. These are just pictures from the game. James wore his Daddy's beanie from when he was little, and I thought it was just too cute! James liked to watch the court and the people around us. He did really well throughout the game, but he had to have a snack in the second half. The Hogs won the game, so it was that much sweeter! No captions on the pics this time - James is now awake.

First Haircut!

Our little boy had his very first haircut Saturday! His hair was pretty long and people constantly thought he was a girl...so we decided it was time. We brought him to the hair salon where I got my haircut, and he was able to sit on a step stool on the chair all by himself! He had his own little cape with animals on it - too cute! He held onto the armrests the entire time and just watched everyone else in the salon. Everyone was impressed with his ability to sit still and not cry. He was such a trooper and he even got his very first sucker when he was all finished. His new hair is so precious, but it is taking time to get used to seeing him with a new look. He looks like such a big boy and not this little baby anymore. I get shocked just about every time he wakes up or is away from me for more than a few hours! We are so happy that he is growing up, but he is still my baby. I was happy to experience another first with him, and I am excited to see what other firsts happen this year!

Getting ready to go inside for his haircut. I thought I would take a couple before shots to compare.

The back - it actually went down his back when it was all combed out!

Our big boy sitting in the chair alone!


Almost time. I thought the cape was adorable!

Spraying his hair down.

Looking down at Mama so she could cut the back!

He looks miserable, but he was perfect the entire time!

Trimming the front - he couldn't keep his eys open and would blink a lot!

Up close shot

This is when he wouldn't stop watching a little girl in the salon. He wanted to see everything she was doing.

His big boy hair!

Eating his very first orange Dum Dum sucker!

Yummy!

Oh! That is good! :)

Christmas Pictures

Here are a bunch of pictures from our Christmas. There are a lot!

Daddy was trying to light the fire place for a long time and this is him thinking really hard.

My two boys getting ready for our family Christmas.

James opening a present very carefully.

Waiting patiently for daddy to open it up. He is dying to get those cars out!

Reading his new big brother book!

Here Mama! He would tear the tiniest pieces and then hand them to us. It was so cute!

He loves this monkey blanket, and even though it is really big!

Another present he can't wait to get into!

Swing! I love how happy they both are!

Tools! Of course he is happy. :)

Christmas Eve opening two very special presents. This book is one where you can record yourself reading the story. We love this book! Thanks Poppi and Lolli!

Christmas morning - he would go over to the counter and beg for food while breakfast was being prepared. It was so cute, and he definitely was spoiled!

Look what Santa brought!

What?! Are those for me?

Sword fighting with Poppi!

Ride that bull!

Going for a walk out on the farm. It was cold, but it felt good to get out and move.

Christmas gathering before the gifts.

Papaw reading The Night Before Christmas

Enjoying the story

I love this face! He was so excited, but it isn't for him. His brother was blessed with a few gifts already!

This present is for Baby "Bob" from his Gigi, Pumper, and Uncle B. I had to commemorate the baby getting gifts. :)

Look at all those presents!

Throwing his trash away. He wanted to do that for all the pieces, but that would have taken too long!

He just opening this Little People Amusement Park and I think his expression is "YES!" Too funny!

Playing outside with Lauren, Uncle B., Kristin, and Daddy

Look at me I am upside down!

He is such a big boy walking around the farm! He loves being outside!

Christmas 2009

Well, this may be a little late, but after ten days of traveling I guess it is to be expected. We started our Christmas 2009 by opening presents from each other the Sunday before Christmas. We were able to see first hand how excited James was with all his presents. Of course he wanted to play with all of them right away, and we were real relaxed and opened gifts and played. It was such a nice, calm evening together. On Wednesday we started our travels. All of James' family gathers in Texarkana for Christmas, and everyone was so sweet to invite my parents as well. We really enjoyed seeing everyone at one time.

Santa came to visit James there, and he brought him three awesome toys. He received two fighting foam swords (that are taller than he is!), Busy Gears, and a Rock n Roll Bull. He was quite sure where these toys came from, but he definitely enjoyed playing with them.

We all we super spoiled at Christmas yet again...everyone thank you so much!!! We had Christmas dinner on the 26th followed by tons of presents. James really enjoyed opening presents. He opened one present that was a book, and he didn't want to open anything else! He just sat on the floor and read his new First Words book. Because the snow up north delayed everyone's travels this turned out to be quite a late night. We drove back out to the farm and James was knocked out. He didn't even get to finish opening his presents! We all enjoyed giving and getting presents from each other, and we saved James' presents for the following day. Let me tell you - it was a good thing we did that because he had TONS of presents! We had to really make him finish opening them because he was just not into it by the end. He really likes all his presents of course. We actually are saving presents where he gets a new one each week or so, and then we take some other toys away. Otherwise our house would be over run with toys and he would be overwhelmed.

We spent the next week with our families. We played outside, went for walks, talked, stayed up late, and just enjoyed being with each other. We cherish our time with our family. We were so blessed to be able to stay for such an extended period of time. We felt like we were really able to see everyone and catch up since we were not there at Thanksgiving.

Our New Year's Eve consisted of being in bed by 10:30 because we were not sure when James would wake up. We had a nice day out to the mall, and we watched some football of course. We look back at 2009 and wonder where it went, and we know this year will be the same. We are looking forward to all the wonderful times ahead and waiting to see what God has in store for us! This year will be fun, and we will try to keep this updated as our lives become even crazier! :)

James was glad when we returned home. He just walked around and looked at everything with a huge smile on his face. Vacation is fun, but it is always good to be home. Well, I will post pictures soon, but there are so many they need a post all alone!