Introduction to James, Elias, and Cora

We have received a lot of rain the last two days, but we've made it through the storm. We lost power for most of the last night and this afternoon, but other than that, it was uneventful. We were able to take the dog for a quick walk yesterday morning. James loves his walks with Bandit. He actually crawled into his stroller this afternoon, I guess trying to tell me he wanted his walk! With the rain we've had lots of time to read. We're reading 'Gifted Hands' by Ben Carson. It's a wonderful story and I think James is really getting motivated to study hard and have faith that God has wonderful plans for him too! =) To help me prepare for the storm James checked the weather on the laptop. He loves the computer. James also helped me take Tobias' truck to the shop earlier this week. He wasn't too sure about that truck though. In other exciting James news, he's eating a lot and is only drinking from sippy cups! Sweet potatoes are his favorite! Yum...

My last post got a bit of complaints for having too many pictures of Tobias (mostly from grandparents), so I'll make up for it in this post with lots of pictures of James! Tobias has been gone for just over a week now. This picture is actually one from his homecoming, and I just got it. Before Tobias left, we had a tailgate - Walters style! James didn't really get any donuts or coffee, but he seemed to enjoy his Cheerios and milk! And there was plenty of playtime with Daddy too! I think this picture is so funny! Tobias and James just after bath time the night before Tobias left. Look at those beautiful blue eyes on both those guys! The morning Tobias left one of James' top teeth popped through. He now has 3 teeth and the other top front tooth is just about out! You can kind of see the top tooth in this picture. I realize this isn't the best picture, but I think it's so cute to see James looking all athletic and enjoying his books. We moved James into a tod...