3 months

Sir Charles is 3 months old! He is getting more fun by the second! It is amazing to watch them grow, learn and soak up the world around them. Charles continues to have a more reserved personality. He is smiling a lot now, but only gives them out to who he wants, when he wants. He mostly loves to smile for mommy, daddy and his big brother. He will watch James and smile and smile at him as he talks to him or plays with his toys. It is pretty fun seeing the two of them interact. He is trooper when it comes to long car rides and his brother accidentally being too rough with him.

Charles is getting a lot stronger. He is able to hold his head up really well and is less and less wobbly when you are holding him. He is pushing himself up with his forearms during tummy time. He is kicking a lot more and is grabbing at toys. He remains a very content baby for the most part but does have moments where he cries and there is just no explanation for it. Since it is is not that often I don’t mind giving him the cuddling and loving that he wants. I find myself just holding him and not wanting to let go because I know this phase is oh so short and these are the days that everyone looks back at so fondly. His baby smell is the best thing in the world, which probably contributes to me wanting to hold him so much!

I really can’t believe 3 months have passed but I am so thankful for every moment I have with my boys now that I am working again. Love you sweet Charles! You are a joy in every sense of the world!

 

 

Wild Tings Pahty!

For James’ second birthday we had a Where the Wild Things Party. He has LOVED the book and can recite most of it without help. So we decided to make a party of it. We talked it up for a few weeks before hand and James could not stop talking about his ‘Wild Tings Pahty.’ Because I was on maternity leave, I had some time to Pintrest a few ideas and have some fun with it. It turned out super cute and it was really fun to put together too! Here’s a peek a what it looked like:

Welcome Wild Things Sign

‘And now,’ Max said, ‘Let the Wild Rumpos Start!’

Austin made this sweet cutout of Max, King of All the Wild Things

I found some sweet masks that were from a teacher’s resource page. Score!

James, I mean Max…

Wild Things were all around.

More fun teacher’s resources that I put to work on the cupcakes.

Drooling over his cupcakes.

Pound it Max, Pound it!

Roar!

It was a super fun time and we are so thankful for our friends and family that love James so well!

Enjoying 2 YEAR OLD!!! James

One of my favorite things about my maternity leave was the ability to spend quality time with James. At the end of pregnancy I was tired and working and not able to really spend a lot of quality time with him. He is such a FUN kid and I am so thankful for the time off I had with him. He is TWO now! Time really does fly by but with how much fun he is it sure is a joyous ride.

Here are some of the things he is doing now that make me and lots of others smile:

-When in the store he asked for my sunglasses. I asked him,”What do you say?” and instead of his normal “Peese mommy.” He responded, “Oh Baby,” with an ‘I look so cool’ look on his face as he put them on.

-Making us repeat everything that he says over and over and over and OVER! He wants to really make sure you are understanding what he is talking about.

-He has started to memorize some of his favorite books. My favorite one he has memorized is ‘Where the Wild Things Are.’ He has even been reciting it just for fun during the day when we aren’t reading it.

-He now will set the table for us. He gets everything from the plastic ware drawer and is so proud of himself. He really soaks in everything we do and wants to copy us.

-When singing the chorus my mom made up in the book ‘Love You Forever’ James taps his hand on his knee as if he is enjoying my singing so much. So sweet.

-He has picked up so many silly phrases lately. Including ‘otay’ and ‘dude’ to which he adds to just about anything ‘mommy dude’ ‘daddy dude’ ‘Jamesy dude.’ When saying goodbye to people at our house he will use a myriad of farewell greetings including see ya later dude and Merry Christmas. Obviously we said that A LOT during the holidays because it stuck with him.

-He LOVES Christmas. He always asks for ‘HO HO HO’ music or movies. He never dances around more than when he is listening to Christmas music. He always asks me to sing ‘HO HO HO’ music his favorites are Jingle Bells and Up on the Roof Top. I love Christmas too so I enjoy too.

-His imagination is coming to life. He will lay out Jenga blocks side by side and present they are a piano to play. He pretended a piece of cardboard was a skate board. He is doing lots of pretend play with his Legos and other toys. So fun to see his imagination at work.

-When he sneaks into our bed in the middle of the night he always brings something with him besides his blanket. Each day brings a new item including a hammer, books of all kinds, a whiffle ball, and a drum.

We are so thankful for sweet Jamesy! Happy Birthday my love! Your Daddy and I love you so so much!

Jenga Piano

Christmas and cookies

Hugging his Bear Bear

Hitting his Bear Bear

No such thing as smiling pictures with his Bear Bear these days. That’s okay. This is real life with a 2 year old.