Introduction to James, Elias, and Cora

All of three of us have birthdays within 2 weeks of each other. We started off by celebrating Tobias' 33rd birthday! Tobias celebrated with a picture of his birthday cupcake - lucky guy! Next we celebrated by birthday! It's amazing how once you're a mom your birthday parties revolve around children! We celebrated with some close friends, including our Florida Grandparents, with a play date at the park, sandwiches, and cupcakes! In addition to our birthdays, James' birthday is coming up! It's amazing what a sweet little boy he's growing up to be! And a super cool little boy too! Check out those shades! And did I mention, he's a bit mischievous?! Here's how I found James one morning last week after he'd spread diaper cream all over himself during the night! And yes, he really does sleep with Bear, his toothbrush, and a football. We started the Bear thing, but the decided on the toothbrush and football on his own! More pictures for James' ...

Today we went to a pumpkin patch with a few other Navy wives and their children. It was such a neat experience that I wanted to share it with you. There were chickens and chicks in a cage that James enjoyed watching. There was a hay ride that took you into a pasture with some cows that you could feed. Here's James and his buddy watching the big cows. Moo Moo! And there was a lot of open space to run really fast. James likes to race and he says, "ready, set, go!" They also had pumps to show the kids! The thing I found the neatest was a little cow train they had for the kids. Here's James all ready for his big ride! Of course there were pumpkins too! It was such a fun day!

While it's been a long time since we last did a blog post - I promise it's because we've been so busy. The weather is still warm in Florida and we spent a wonderful afternoon at the beach. While James still really enjoys the water he is now beginning to enjoy playing in the sand even more. My mom was out for a visit in mid-August as well. Here's a picture of Jill Mama and James watching some television. The real reason this past month was so busy is that I finally graduated from nursing school. Yippee! My dad, his girlfriend and Tobias parents were all able to come out to help us celebrate my accomplishment. James was able to open his birthday presents early that Grandpa and Grandma Walters brought from Kansas. Here is a neat picture of Tobias and James all dressed up for my graduation. Three generations of Walters! Here's Tobias' dad, mom, Tobias, and James. Notice the stick! It's really hard to get a toddler to stand still and the stick was the motivation ...