A Day In My Life

by james

When I wake up, my sisters are usually the first to hear me playing in my crib. They race to come get me!

I check to see who it is...

I greet with big smiles!!! And bounce up and down till they get me out!

Steffi got me today!! I LOVE Steffi!!
These are our 'WE JUST WOKE UP' faces.

Mom changes my diaper and gets me dressed for the day...I really have no patience for this and try to escape as fast as I can...out the door!! There are things to be doing!!

I need to get downstairs!! This is quite the adventure for me...but Im getting better...I know to swing my little leg till I feel the stair..and then I can pretty much just SLIDE all the way down!!




Mom has to be careful that there are no items (distractions) on the stairs. If I get ahold of one...I forget the drill and sometimes take a tumble (OUCH!)

Mom then puts me into my eating chair and I nibble on cheerios (have you tried the honey nut ones?? YUMMO) while I watch the girls furiously get ready for school! It is crazy, breakfast, lunches, hair...oh MY!!

Yup...still waiting...

And finally we are all packed in the van and we are off! Notice that Mom just flipped my car seat around! It is sooo great! I dont have to stare at the seat anymore...I can even find my mom in the mirror and I SMILE big!!

When we get home from taking the girls...there are so many things to do!! Mom spent a lot of time in the past few weeks organizing cupboards and drawers. Guess what??? I just figured out how to open these doors....and there is a whole new world to explore inside!! So I immediately start exploring and opening any cupboard I can find. Sometimes, I even reorganize it for mom...she LOVES my help!! She says....Oh James!!!

Usually Mom and I head up the stairs to do some straightening up and laundry! I like to take a spin on the treadmill!!

Then I help mom with her upstairs cupboards!!

I LOVE company! Today we had lots of worker guys coming and going. I kept my eye on them to make sure they were doing a good job!

Then it is time for a snack. Thanks to my new 6 teeth, I get to try all kinds of new things. Sometimes I dont like them..and spit them right back out (Mom loves this...she says...Oh James!). Sometimes I throw them on the floor...this is a fun game! Sometimes I love them and gobble them down and want more!!


Then more chores. Mom really keeps us busy!! As soon as I hear the dishwasher open, I know it it time for my FAVORITE chore!! I come RACING around the corner!!

I get my little foot up as fast as I can!

And Im UP!! Usually just for a second and Mom takes me away. But Im FAST and Im back in a flash...she LOVES my help with this job!! What would she do without me????

Well, Im tired and need my nap now...its been a busy morning!! I will try to share the rest of my day later!! OOOOO I LOVE my bed and blankies!! Here I come!!!!

Laughing James

We were setting up for James' party and Stephanie pulled out some of the party things. She found the blowers (I dont know what they are called) and started blowing it at James'. This was his reaction!! LOL!!

James Birthday Party!!!

JAMES' 1st BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!!!

I have been in shock preparing for James' party all week! I just cant believe he is ONE!!!

WE had a ton of fun decorating for the party!

The girls were a HUGE help and as soon as James was down for his nap...they went to work!

Emily did a GREAT job on the high chair! She couldnt wait for James to see it!

James showing off his 1st Birthday bib with cute Auntie Christine!!

James with his Poppa


The Party girls at the Party table!!

Cute cousin Claire


James LOVED the girls singing Happy Birthday to him....he didnt even look at his candle!

Then it was time for his 1st cupcake!!!

James could not get enough of the cupcake. He had it demolished in seconds!!! It was so cute!



YUMMO!!!!!

WE had a fun 1st Birthday party and thank you to everyone who came to celebrate with us!! James received so many fun presents!! He will be set for his 1st trip to Hawaii for sure!!

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY JAMES!!

WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paige's Hula Girl Party!!!

PAIGE'S HULA GIRL PARTY

Paige was SOOOOO excited for her birthday party. She invited so many cute girls from school and her cousins Hallie and Ella. The girls were adorable! Paige gave all the girls a Lei and a bracelet when they arrived.

Such cute girls!! They loved playing games...but each game lasted only 5 minutes then they wanted the next one. It was a whirlwind of activity!!!

They LOVED the limbo....and didnt really care about the rules...they just made up fun ways to go under or over the limbo stick!!

Paige LOVED opening presents and received so many cute and thoughtful gifts!


She blew out all her candles and the girls LOVED making icecream sundaes with all the goodies on top!

Paige and cute cousin Hallie!!

The girls loved the Pinata...and they could hit it hard! My broom stick will never be the same!!

The girls all learned the hula. They were SOOO funny! We learned the Hukilau! It was a fast party full of action and games!! Happy Birthday Paige!!!

ROTTEN ICE!!!!

Okay....it is REALLY treachorous outside! We have had SOOOO much snow this year...it is piled up. In the last couple of weeks, we have had warm days to melt the snow into ICE...everywhere!
Our roads are like driving on a rollercoaster and hoping not to get stuck in an ice/slush mess.

Well the school yard is a complete ice skating rink and every day the girls have stories of kids who have fallen and gotten hurt. Well my turn was on Wednesday. I was busily going thru my day when I get a call from the school.

Mrs. Dunham, Emily was out on the school ground and had a bad fall on the ice. (This is the moment that I hold my breath) She seems to be ok, but is pretty upset. She had a substantial nose bleed. We have just gotten the nose to stop bleeding. We do not think it is broken. (PHEW). Could you come and pick her up??

So I grab James and race to the school. Emily is quite upset, her whole snowsuit and gloves are full of blood. We quickly gather her things and head for home. We talk about the situation and how scary it was, but everything is fine. (Apparently she fell flat on her nose, we are lucky we do not have a broken nose or glasses!!) She rests for the afternoon and we do some major laundry. She is now sporting a larger than normal nose which is very tender and scraped up. It could have been much worse...so we are counting our blessings. I just want all this snow/ice/mess to melt and go away. It is ugly and causing problems...especially on the school ground! I just hope my girls stay off the ice and that I dont get any more 'Mrs. Dunham' phone calls!!

Stephanie's HULA GIRL Party

Stephanie decided to have a Hula Girl party for her birthday party this year! I have to say...this is a GREAT (and EASY) theme. Many of the decorations came from our surfer girl room so it was soooo easy to decorate!

Kekepania

All the girls received Lei's and their Hawaiian names when they arrived at the party!!

Under the palm tree! The girls looked so cute in their Hawaiian Lei's. This palm tree was a big hit too! I had bought it in Florida before we left...so it was PERFECT for this party!

We had found a DVD that taught girls how to do the hula! So we had all the girls put on grass skirts and follow the DVD! It was so cute to see them all do the hula...they were really good.

For food we had Hawaiian Pizza and lots of fresh fruits and Veggies. We were going to have Hawaiian punch to drink. But I was a little nervous of the Bright RED color of the punch so we made a punch (that was not red) to drink. For dessert, we had icecream sundaes. Stephanie is not a big dessert girl (crazy I know) so she opted for icecream sundaes with all kinds of fun toppings!

This was the hula instruction. They did stand up and move along with the dvd.

Stephanie received sooooooo many cute presents! She LOVED them all. After 4 hours of games (Hawaiian pictionary, pass the coconut, hide the coconut, musical beach towels, tacky tourist relay, pass the orange, hawaiian knots, hula hula coconut, the limbo and of course the pinata) all the girls were tired! It was a fun fun party!

(And we are doing it all again for Paige's party!!)