I wish I could print mental pictures...

If I could, then there would be pictures to go with this post....

So you'll just have to use your imagination.

Today I was looking for something for James to wear to church

He's in between size 18 months and 2T as far as pants go

So I was down to one pair of black church pants that actually fit him

Most of his shirts are getting too short so I went to the back of the closet

and found a hand-me-down outfit from my friend Shannon

She gave it to me when I was still pregnant with James and at the time I thought

"It will be YEARS before my kid will fit into this"

Well...he'll probably get a month or two out of it, it fit perfectly.

He looked like such a little stud muffin in the outfit, if I weren't in such a hurry I would have

taken a picture.

So off we went to church, and as soon as we walked in the doors James ran straight for the nursery door. He loves that place. In between classes I went in to check on him, and he was playing as content as could be. The nursery leaders told me

"You have the best kid ever, he's been so good!"

I laughed "Really? Are you sure?"

"Oh ya, he's just been playing and running around in circles"

I still laugh at the idea of my little James being "the best kid ever!"

He's a sweet heart that's for sure, but he can be quite the terror.

He's a screamer and a biter, and makes a lot of messes.

Lucky for me he leaves the screaming and biting at home.

The messes he takes as you'll witness if you ever see our ward nursery. Every toy is out and spread across the room...all thanks to James.

Later we went to Katie (Matt's younger sister) 's ward to see her sing in sacrament meeting. At one point during the opening talks she got up to use the bathroom and James began to cry thinking she left. He cried again when she got up to sing, but calmed down as soon as he realized she wasn't leaving. He gets that way whenever family leaves, he just loves everyone so much. When Matt's parents were trying to leave today James got in their car to go with them, said goodbye to Matt and I as if it were no big deal, and waited for Grandpa to start the car. lol

I'll have to do a better job entertaining him for the next two weeks until we go up to see family.

Advice Welcome

Last night, like every night, James fell asleep in our bed, and I carried him to him own bed. He stayed for about 2 hours before he woke up crying. We decided to let him just cry to see if he'd put himself to sleep. Ha...right.

Well about 3 minutes into him crying, Matt had fallen back asleep and James got out of his bed and ran into our room. I could tell he was coming because of the pitter patter of his feet running and I could hear him getting closer.

Apparently Matt didn't hear that because all of the sudden I see James run in like a flash of white, Matt screaming as he jumps out of bed, and James' cries getting louder as Matt screams.

I'm still giggling about it.

When I asked Matt why he scram, he said he wasn't sure what was running and screaming at him and it scared him, also that it wasn't a scream.....it was a yell.

As funny as this was last night, I dont want it to happen again. I seriously think James has anxiety about being alone at night, and that he has nightmares. He sleeps through the night no problem at all if he's in bed with someone else, but wakes up at least every hour if he's on his own.

So today, on top of all my other things to do, I'll be searching for solutions to James' problems. If anyone has gone through this, or has hear of remedies I would LOVE to hear what you've got.

2 Year Check Up

At James' 18 month check up his weight was less than 5%.

He wasn't a picky eater, in fact he ate all the time.

He just had super fast metabolism.

Either way, his doctor advised me to get his weight up before his next check up.

So I've been trying..and its been tough.

He's become a pickier eater, and runs around even more!

So the last week I encouraged him eat spoonfuls of peanut butter, and as much ice cream as he wanted.

Lots of rice, and whole milk with formula added.

Don't worry, this was all on top of his usual balanced diet.

Well, I'm patting myself on the back right now because he now weighs 26lbs and is in the 25th

percentile, which is really great compared to where he was!

Thank goodness I have a whole year to fatten him up before his next check up!

Now if only I didn't need to bring James to the doctor for another year for anything that would

really be great!

I doubt we'll be that lucky, James has his second ear infection of the ear, plus he's getting

another two teeth in. Which explains why he's been so grumpy the last few days.

Oh the joys of parenting!

Two years old

Where has the time gone?

It feels like just yesterday I held him in my arms for the first time.

Now I've got a little boy on my hands.

Friday was James' 2nd birthday.

We celebrated the 3 of us with our traditional Donuts for breakfast

then played outside for a bit

later Matt and James went out together for a few hours so I could get ready for his party

when they returned I had James' wagon all set up for him.

( Yes, his face is dirty...still not sure why)

He knew exactly what to do, opened the door and sat in it, ready to go.

I'm hoping this next week has good weather so James can have the full wagon experience.

Yesterday (Saturday) we celebrated James' big day with our families.

James loves to be with family and had a great time.

Updates on the Morrissey's

James loves to Jump, and has discovered his bed as a substitute trampoline.

He also loves to dance and ever since his dance parties with my sister last time we were up there, he has impromptu dance parties every time he hears music. He begins to dance then pulls Matt and I away from whatever we were doing so we can dance as well. I would have a video...but James insists that I dance instead.

He has memorized Toy Story and one of our Veggie Tales movies in his own language and "repeats" every word with the dialog.

We're looking forward to warmer weather so we can go outside. James has missed feeding the ducks and says "Quack Quack Quack" when we do see an occasional duck.

Then again...every animal either says "Ruff Ruff" or "Quack Quack" according to James.

Can you believe James will be 2 on Friday?! Where has the time gone?

My pregnancy is going well, I haven't felt sick in a while and the little man loves to kick me all night long. The kicks get stronger and more frequent everyday. This one also prefers me to sit on my bum all day long, as soon as I get up and going he decides to nestle himself as low and as uncomfortably as he possibly can. So you can imagine having a very active toddler to chase around I get to feel that feeling often.

Matt still keeps busy with school and is set to walk May 6th! I have to figure out protocol for graduation...what am I supposed to do? What things do I need to plan that day? I know there's no set tickets so I'm pretty sure anyone can show up who wants to...I don't know. I have to figure all of that out. As far as the future...we've played through so many possibilities the last few months its exhausting! Matt has a job possibly lined up...we're just playing the waiting game. We're hoping he gets it, it's probably the best for us as a family, so keep your fingers crossed and prayers said that everything works out so I can tell you what job it might be lol.

More Pictures of James

A few of these were repeated....and for some reason I've been stuck with the old editor for the last few months and.....ya...

Ultrasound Video...lets hope they work