Looks Good Enough to Eat

James loves the Muppets.  They make him giggle.  We were watching Muppets Christmas Carol the other day, and this is what James was trying to do. 

He is trying to get the apples off of the TV.  It was really funny!

Spring

We have been enjoying the Spring weather as much as possible. James likes to have the sliding glass door open. Here is a video of him playing by the open door.

Now when ever the door is open, he can most often be found by it.

Blogging Absence

Things have been really busy for me recently. I am amazed at how much more time my calling is taking these days. It is hard being the only one to stay in the Stake Young Women's Presidency, and it is hard getting used to the way the new Presidency does things. We have had three days of meetings this month, as opposed to the one night of meetings before. There is one more night of meetings this month. There is a leadership meeting on the 29th. I hope things will not be so busy once that meeting is over.

James also keeps me pretty busy. He is growing so much! I am hoping that soon I will be able to get some more pictures and movies of him on here for his grandmas. I also am working on getting our Washington D.C. pictures posted.

I'm So Glad When Daddy Comes Home...

James always races to the door when he hears the locks turning.  He knows it is daddy coming home.  Here they are watching TV one night before bed. 

James was not feeling really well this night either.  Those molars are killers.

Table

We have a great table.  It is the table I grew up with.  So many memories!  It has been through so much.  Nails, spills, rain, moving across the country...

James really likes our table, too.  He likes to grab things off of it and dump them all over the floor.  His arms seem to grow an inch everyday, as he reaches father and farther on to the table.  In this picture, he is looking under the table. 

He found what he was looking for, the bolt that holds the leg together. 

There is one over here, too! 

It looks like he is trying to tighten the bolt in the last picture.

Cornstarch

When cornstarch is mixed with water (or other liquids) it has some really interesting properties. I have actually noticed this property when I use cornstarch with cooking, but never on this scale.

This is a really awesome video! Thanks for sending it to me mom!

Throwing a Ball

James enjoys "playing catch." He is actually really good at flicking the ball to me. Most of the time it gets to me. Here is a video of him throwing a ball on the couch.

Still Hooked on Cars

James loves Cars even more now than he used to. If I ever need him to hold still or stop crying, all I have to do is turn on Cars. This is the only movie that will make him mostly comatose. We also found the brilliance of a DVD player in the car while we were visiting friends in Maryland. It made the car ride through traffic with two toddlers a lot more pleasant. 

Here are some pictures of him enjoying Cars. 

Even with friends over James is totally focused on Cars. 

Robby loves to smile for the camera though.

Sorry I could not get a better picture.

Washington D.C.

We got back for D.C. last night.  We took a spur of the moment trip to D.C. for spring break.  The original plan was that my parents and one of my sisters was going to come out here and visit, but they were unable to come.  We were really sad they could not come so we wanted to get out of Toledo so we would not have to think about it too much.  Thanks (big) James, Sarah, and Becca for letting us come visit on such short notice.  We had a great time!

Hopefully, I will get my pictures posted this week.

I am really looking forward to watching conference this weekend!  I am glad we are able to get all the sessions at home!

Tall, Tall, Tall

James seems to be able to reach farther and farther every second.  Here are some pictures of him reaching on to the counter

and grabbing a lid. 

Then he inspected it to see how it worked.

Kind of Walking

All James has wanted to do for the last little while is walk, but he just will not let go. He will walk along the wall all over the house. Then he discovered he could walk using this toy. Thanks Renae!

Now, he constantly wants to walk around pushing this toy. The problem is when he runs into the wall or other things. So I follow him around a turn him around so he can keep walking. Last Sunday, he actually let go on his own and walked a few steps to me.