Annual Snowmobile Party!

Each year in the beginning of the snowmobile season we love to gather around w/our family and good friends to break in the new fleet of Snowmobiles, this year we didn't have new one's to save money but still wanted to have our party! So we did! Once again though our Brooky wasn't there b/c we had to switch weekends w/her daddy but she was there in spirit! We had a great turnout even though the weather didn't cooperate very well for us but we made the best of it and it wasn't too bad overall! We had a campfire for warmth, hay barrels to sit on, (which the government had to of course get involved b/c hay barrels are so dangerous, something about the hay not being certified or whatever who knows just their way of having control ALL the time. My poor husband can't ever catch a break when it comes to the government) yummy chili n cheese, soft bread sticks and delicious hot chocolate to warm our soul :) Thanks to all our loved one's who came and celebrated the start of our season w/us we love you all and are so blessed to have each of you in our life!

He was so comfy and cozy warm he just fell asleep in my arms for at least an hour!

Mommy and baby James!

Mama and her boys :)

The gruesome twosome!

There was a period of crazy wind and snow coming down but we survived!

They were loving the storm and hot chocolate, it's written all over their faces ;)

Awesome sunset out the back of our Bear Lake house!

This party was the week before Christmas! Now here's just a few random fun pics of our growing up way too fast baby James and his adorable cousin playing together :)

These two play really well together - let's hope it stays that way ;)

They even have the same expressions - they are so cute together :)

James - 9 Month Stats!

Weight: 20lbs 4oz   50th%

Height: 29 1/2"   85th%

Head: 16 3/4"   5th%

This ray of sunshine is exactly that in our home! We are so blessed to have him and that he is as healthy as can be! His personality comes out more and more as the weeks go on and he just keeps getting bigger and bigger! Our happy little boy has had ear infections the last few weeks but it sure hasn't slowed him down - he is one of the happiest sick babies I've seen or at least out of the kids we have! I can't believe he is almost a year old it is amazing to think how fast the time has gone by and it's not slowing down anytime soon either! Here are some milestone's he's accomplished and some of our favorite part's of his personalities we enjoy everyday and maybe some that aren't as enjoyable too ;-)!!!

• Army crawling all around the room now!
• Picking up everything off the floor and putting it in his mouth - I'm sweeping 5x's a day!
• Sit's up really well finally on his own - still timber's over once in a while but catches himself really well and can go from laying down to sitting up on his own now too!
• His favorite game to play is Peek-A-Boo! He'll pull the blankie over his face himself and pull it down, it's so cute!
• I'm now having to start to buy size 5 diapers for this chunk - yep I said 5!! They only go to size 6!
• He still won't take milk from the bottle but will drink Pedialyte from it at least! Slowly but surely we'll get there!! Mommy or James is in no big hurry anyway!
• He has 2 bottom teeth that are fully in now and is working on his third right now which is his upper right front tooth! 
• Just barely this week started dropping the 3rd nap in the evenings - he's a GREAT sleeper :)
• We started on yogurt and he LOVES it! He also gets to start eating ground up meat, not the biggest fan just yet!!
• He thinks it's funny to put his toes/feet in his mouth and suck on them! 
• Now is always wanting to play w/his brother's toys - so Spencer is really learning to share now!!
• His favorite toy's right now seem to be playing w/the cars on the car garage and the alphabet train!
• Had his first Halloween and Thanksgiving these last 2 mths! Now almost time for his first Christmas :)
• Still love's his binky and being swaddled when put to bed!
• Sat through his first movie (Tangled) the other day at the Theater he was so good the whole time!!
• His latest new trick is when I get him from his nap he'll pull his binky out and toss it into the crib all by himself b/c that's what I've done every time so he's caught on and knows his routine!
• Still a mama's boy but not 'too' much which is nice - but also loves his daddy too especially when he play's w/him and snuggles him!

Time to put up the front gate again, nice to have it down while it lasted!

See my two bottom teeth!

My scared look - what, he was gonna attack me w/all his fluffiness!

My sissy and brother love me LOTS, well brother is warming up to it slowly anyway!