Introduction to James, Elias, and Cora

Christmas with James was wonderful! He received gifts from relatives in Alaska to New Hampshire! Not only did he get some wonderful gifts, but he's also apparently a very good shopper! He slept through most of Christmas morning, which was funny. Christmas Eve with Dad in front of our tree. James with all his presents! A pretty big Christmas for one so young! Thank you everyone for the very thoughtful and generous gifts. We really enjoyed having Marthaa out for Christmas. Unfortunately my mom wasn't able to make it out, but the 4 of us had a blast. Christmas Eve in Jacksonville was about 80 degrees, so we were able to enjoy some time outside too. Seeing Marthaa with James was great, we were sad she couldn't stay longer. We leave for Kansas in a couple of days and this time traveling will be very different. It's amazing to think of how much he's changed in just the 6 weeks since his last big travel experience. We're really excited to be with Tobias' fa...

James is doing very well. This morning at church we were able to play Baby Jesus again for a beautiful rendition of 'Mary Did You Know.' It is so much fun to show James off! We were also able to get a video of James playing Baby Jesus in our church's Carols by Candlelight Christmas program. Thanks to Joy for video taping that for us. I'll try to upload part of that to the blog later. Saturday mornings are sleep in mornings around our house. Tobias and James enjoyed some extra sleep Saturday! James is sleeping very well now, about 8 hours straight through! Just a fun photos to enjoy. We visited Tobias on duty and it was bit chilly at the squadron so we wrapped James up in his Dad's flight jacket. Such a sweet little guy.

Christmas is almost here! My mom and Marthaa will be arriving within the next few days and there's still so much to do. In addition to Christmas shopping, grocery shopping, and house cleaning I'm also taking the GRE later this week and trying to get the rest of my college applications in! Yesterday, James and I got the majority of our Christmas shopping done and today we're going to brave the post office to mail out our gifts. He does pretty well out and about. Yesterday while shopping people would ask how old he was, and were in shock to learn he's only 6 weeks old! He really is growing so fast and he's so much more alert. When shopping yesterday we had to buy socks size 12 -24 months! He's gonna be tall! His sleep habits are also improving. Last night he slept from 11 to 4 straight through! That's the longest stretch we've had so far! We were given the opportunity to play the Holy Family in our church's Christmas performance this past Sunday and ...

James is doing very well. He's so strong - it amazes me every day. Now he will stand on my lap. Today we went to the library for the first time. Not much going on around here so I don' t have much to write, but I know that most of you just want to see pictures of him anyway! =) Just some belly time with the boppy pillow. We're having beautiful weather here. James is enjoying the sun shine. You can also see how big his feet are in this picture. These were taken this afternoon, 12/11. This picture is also from today, 12/11. From Sunday, 12/9, when Jill Mama was watching him. I love this picture because it shows how curly his hair is. This is taken right after bath time. I normally brush all the curls out, but I still think they're just so adorable.

Take a look at my handsome little guy. We're on our way to a Christmas ornament exchange. In honor of the occasion James got all dressed up. Just so adorable .

James has changed so much in the past month. He's actually 1 month and 2 days now, I wasn't as good at getting this posted as I wanted! The plane ride home went very well. Luckily the plane was pretty empty so he got his own seat and slept all but maybe 10 minutes of the flight. Since we've returned home we've had lots of fun! We went to Tobias' squadron Christmas party, watched the Army-Navy game (Navy won!), and went to church for the first time. First picture with Santa. Ready for the Army - Navy game! First time at church. He slept through most of the service - thank goodness! Now for some additional pictures from our trip to KS. Aunt Crystal was nice enough to host a dinner and invite some family members over! It was great food and plus it gave James some time to meet some more family! Great Grandma Leah can't get enough of Sweet Baby James! Great Aunt Charlene with James. Don't they look great together - such a cute pair! Great Uncle Rich and Gre...