Boy Cousins

James got to hang out with all of his boy cousins last weekend - Nathan, Lane, and Wade. The little boys loved crawling and sitting on Lane.

We tried to get a good picture of all 4 boys together and this is what we ended up with.

And James loves playing in Nathan's house on the deck!

21 Weeks

For those of you who have been asking to see a prego picture of me - here I am today at 21 weeks. The bump really decided to make an appearance in the past week...all of a sudden I popped!

Go Daddy Go!

Doug ran a half-marathon today and James and I were at the finish line to cheer him on. His official time was 1:46:56 - we are so proud of him! Here he is with James right after he finished the race.

A few of Doug's co-workers also ran the race today.

It was a beautiful day today so we spent most of the day outside. James had a blast after the race - there was lots to do in the area they had roped off at the finish line including lunch. Then we all 3 went home and got to spend the rest of the day together - that is a rarity on a Sunday for our family so we really enjoyed it!

Easter!

Happy Easter! This is one of the best Easters of my adult life - I had such a fabulous day. It started by going to church which is always packed on Easter Sunday and is entertaining because of the sheer volume of kids who are just waiting until the service is over so they can go to the Easter Egg Hunt. We skipped the hunt this year since we figured James wouldn't notice (he didn't) and I had to get home and finish getting dinner together. Cory, Jamie, Kaylynn, Carmen, Sophie, and Stephanie came over to our house for dinner. We had a great meal and over-ate as is tradition with a good American holiday. After dinner, Kaylynn and Sophie watched "The Princess and the Frog".

Sophie, Carmen, and Stephanie had to leave after the movie. And after we all woke up from good naps, Kaylynn and James dyed Easter Eggs. I probably wouldn't have attempted this with just James but Kaylynn showed him the ropes of dying. He was more interested in banging eggs together and dropped them forcefully into the cups of dye.

Of course, after dying, we had to have an Easter Egg Hunt and the weather was nice enough for this to occur outside! Cory and I reminisced about the days of spending Easter at our grandparents and how we used to hide eggs all day long. Both kids enjoyed finding the eggs and we had several rounds of hiding. As I said, it was a fabulous day!