Hello friends and family! Eric and I welcomed our little girl, Grafton, into the world on January 9, 2009 and our baby boy, James, on December 2, 2010! We have just been blessed with our precious baby girl, Price, who was born August 28, 2012. We feel incredibly blessed and humbled, and we thank our gracious Lord above for all of our amazing family and friends. We hope this blog can give you a glimpse into our lives and a taste of how precious our children are. God is so so good, and we praise His Holy name.

Sunday, December 8, 2013

My birthday boy

Happy 3rd Birthday, Sweet Baby James! Our precious little boy turned 3 on December 2nd, and I can't stop wondering where these 3 years have gone! How is he already THREE?! I'm that sentimental Mommy who sits there on her child's birthday and reminisces about the day her child was born, all of the events of that initial birthday, and the emotions and joy in meeting her newborn child, and the hopes and dreams that filled my heart the moment I laid eyes on this gift from above. It seems like just last week that my little boy came into our lives, and now we are already celebrating his THIRD birthday!!! What a blessing these three years have been with our son...

James is our perfect mix of silly and sweet. He is funny, laughs all the time, and is constantly doing things to make US laugh. I call him the "class clown" because he is just so silly- whether he is making goofy faces, talking in different voices, playing pretend and make-believe, or playing a joke on us- he always keeps us laughing. And when we aren't laughing, our heart is usually melting over the precious things he says. This boy knows the power in those three little words...so he says them ALL THE TIME!! "I love you, Mommy" as we are driving down the road to school...."I love you, Mommy" as we are walking through Walmart...."I love you, Mommy" as we are eating lunch....and "I love you, Mommy" as we are getting dressed for bed- I promise I am not exaggerating when I say that he says these words a minimum of 20 times a day, and it NEVER gets old. And I hope it never ends.  He is just so sweet, and his heart is so pure. I love his big hugs, his precious kisses, the way he plays with his baby sister, the way he looks up to Grafton, his big dimples, his little hands, his love for animals, his endless energy, that he wears his boots every day, that he loves BBQ and BBQ sauce like his Daddy, how excited he gets when he sees Christmas lights, how he likes to wear matching clothes with his sisters, that he is Pop's little shadow, that he cuddles with me or Daddy every night and takes naps with me every single afternoon, and I love that he has a genuine love for life. I hope and pray that his sweet heart never changes.

James is our boy, our middle child, our little ball of energy.  We love him beyond words and thank our amazing Father for blessing us with him as our son. Happy Birthday, sweet Jamesy Boy...I hope this year brings you so much joy!!

Sweet James with his birthday presents! We celebrated a day early so that Daddy could be there!
 He picked out his own cake



 Grafton enjoyed the icing...
 And we all know that Price doesn't ever turn down cake...
 Sweet boy at bedtime...his last few hours before turning THREE!!!
 James's birthday breakfast!!! Donuts with candles before school! This was his face as we sang him "Happy Birthday" - he was so so excited!!


 How old are you?!?!?! THREE!
 Mommy! I'm THREEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
 James took cupcakes to school, and his precious teachers made him this hat to wear. They sent me this picture of him as their class all sang Happy Birthday and celebrated our precious boy.

We had a birthday lunch with DeeDee at Chick-fil-a
 Then came home and opened presents from Great Aunt B.J. and from DeeDee
 James LOVES his fireman and policeman costume...and Grafton is a fan too!!
 Then on his birthday night, James got to go to a Christmas parade!! What a fun way to end the day! We LOVE the Christmas parade downtown...it lasts about 45 minutes and is filled with marching bands, decorated floats, lots of candy, and lots of sweet friends and family to be with. The kids love it, and it ended James's birthday on a perfect note!



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