James' Birthday

Here are some pics from James' Birthday party from a few weeks ago...

He was thrilled to get some birthday balloons and enjoyed them for many days after the party. The theme for James' party was a combo of his two favorite things....tractors and Elmo! James was so super cute and excited when everyone sang to him. He covered his mouth and just giggled with delight while looking around the room.

He blew out his candles speedy quick....didn't get it captured on film!

In our family, we always light the candles more than once so the other kids can help blow out the candles too. James didn't blow fast enough the second time and was upset that he didn't help blow out the candles... He burst into tears, so we lit them a third time and made sure that he was ready to blow them out with the rest of the kids.


James had lots of fun and lots of help with opening presents. He finally got the hang of it by the end. He is all geared up for Christmas presents now. I think Ella will be upset that she can't open all of James' presents this year.

Many thanks to all our family and friends who celebrated with us or sent James birthday wishes!

Harvest Time

Recently, each time I have tried to upload some new pics, I have run into problems....Blogger seems to be acting goofy. However, I did manage to get these pics uploaded after a few attempts. They were taken several weeks ago when the kids went out in the cornfields to check on Grandpa's harvesting. He had a rough time this fall as there were many wet spots in the fields. He had to leave patches in several fields and come back to them later when the fields had dried out a little more. James inspecting an ear of corn.

Ella, James and cousin Trenton watching Grandpa unload. Ella was waiting not so patiently for her turn to ride in the combine with Grandpa. She combined twice with Grandpa and James took one ride. They both enjoyed riding in the bumpy field.

James and Grandpa Jim in the corn field with James "Best of Show" awards that he won with Grandpa's corn at the county fair. Grandpa Jim was an extra big winner...He won this Mule this fall via a drawing from Producers Hybrids! He has been enjoying driving it around the farm and all the little ones have been excited to go on rides with Grandpa.

My Baby is Two!

Our baby is two years old today. I can hardly believe it. At this exact time two years ago, we were sharing news of James' arrival with family and friends and getting to know our sweet boy. Since I'm feeling nostalgic, here are a few pictures of James first days.... The very first picture of our sweet baby boy...he's a minute old!

A happy Mommy and Daddy

All cozy and asleep.

A kiss from big sister, Ella.

Brother and Sister!

I wanted to add more pictures....but blogger is having trouble uploading today. As James would say, "Oh my!".

Our Cute Little Tricksters!!!

Here are James and Ella right before we left to go trick or treating on Halloween night. They were so excited to go out and by the end of the night James had trick or treating down to an art form. I'll post more pics later!