Motherhood

We have an app on our iPad that plays Mormon Messages.  James loves to watch them especially this one.  He'll watch it over and over.  I love it though.  It makes me cry every time.  I love my babies so much and even though we have our rough days, I wouldn't change it for the world.  How grateful and blessed I am to be a mother.  It is a crowning privilege and I am so grateful for a hard working husband that allows me to be able to stay home with my children.  Being a mother is the greatest job in the whole world!

“Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling. You do not collect children because you find them cuter than stamps. It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for.”

Libby's Blessing

We blessed Libby last week. Finally.  We were supposed to bless her the first Sunday in January but the weather was too dangerous so we weren't able to make it to church.  Gregg gave Libby a beautiful blessing and Libby was so good thru the whole thing.  She didn't even make a peep.  We were sad that we weren't able to have family there but it was still a great experience.

This dress has a lot of history behind it and I am so glad Libby was able to be apart of it!

Libby - 2 Months

We love this sweet little thing!  I love being to know her as more and more of her personality comes out.  Libby is a STUBBORN girl.  It is her way or the high way but not even the high way.  She is very vocal and loud if she needs something and it needs to happen right now, thank you very much.  She also loves attention and sometimes will get cranky if she thinks she is being left out. But she has the prettiest smile which she is more than willing to give if she does get your attention.  Seriously though her little smile is the best.  Her whole face just lights up.  I love it!  Libby also started sleeping 9-10 a night ( HALLELUJAH! ).  It just happened suddenly. One night she was getting up every 4 hours then BAM the next night she was sleeping thru the night.  I'm not complaining though!  Libby is such a cutie and I love that she is apart of our family!

I had to put this on because this is a rare thing.  Usually she has to be wrapped and held to sleep.  I was just sad that I couldn't leave her like that.

I rave about her smile so of course she won't do it.

Christmas 2013

This year we stayed home. There was just not enough time to go see any family with the basketball schedule.  But despite not seeing any family, we had a fabulous time! It was so fun to plan Christmas for our own family and to start our own traditions.  The weather even warmed up from the negatives so that we could go outside and play in the snow a number of times! 
Christmas morning James did really well and didn't touch the presents til we told him he could.   He loved opening the presents.  It took him a while then he didn't want to stop.  We definitely got spoiled thanks to our generous parents!  We also had a great time skyping with family!  I love both my families and am so grateful for them!

Cutie on Christmas morning!

Cute pajamas from Grandma and Grandpa Wilson.  They say "Bear Cheeks"!

All bundled up!

For some reason James is really attracted to the dirty snow.

Sledding!

Libby isn't too happy here, but she did have a good time.

Sorry I can't get the picture to rotate.

Love

I love this picture!  I love that James loves Libby and wants to take care of her.  Today while Libby was laying on the floor, James went and got his blanket and some books.  He covered Libby and himself then proceeded to read to her.  So stinking cute!  I love my kids!

One Month!!

I forget sometimes how fast time flies with kids. Libby is a month old today.  Libby is definitely in charge.  She likes things to be her way like bouncing the right way or she has a hard time going to sleep.  I better feed as soon as she is ready or she gets super upset.  She likes to be on the move.  Sitting doesn't last more than a few second.  Libby likes to be held while sleeping which makes it hard to get much done.  To go along with her in charge personality, her hair refuses to lie flat even when it's greasy.  I've tried to dry it flat but that doesn't work either.  Oh well it is so cute. 

Pretty little lady!

Libby is starting to smile.  She does it all the time!

Love this little girl!

Crazy James

After Libby was born I was blown away by how fast James seemed to grow up.  I knew that being compared to a newborn he was going to seem bigger physically but I wasn't really prepared for how mature he became.  He is such a big help to me. If I need something, I just have to ask and James is really good about getting me whatever it is I asked for.  He loves Libby and wants to help with her all the time.  When she cries he wants to "kiss it better" and give her big hugs.  Other times when she wakes up from a nap, he'll come find me and tell me that Libby is sad and that I need to go get her.  He tells me all the time that Libby is hungry and I need to feed her.  He is so concerned about her all the time.  This past Sunday we were sitting next to a couple with a 16 month old little boy.  The little boy was very curious about the baby and wondered over to check Libby out.  James did not like that at all! He pushed his way in between the little boy and Libby and gave the little boy a really dirty look like he was saying "Back off kid!"  It was so cute.  He is already protective of his sister.

James also seemed to pick up on things faster than prior to Libby.  Before I would try to sing to him and he would look at me like I was stupid then run away to find another toy or something.  It was really frustrating to me.  But after Libby was born it was like a light switch.  Suddenly he knows the songs and sometimes will try to sing them with me.  He is doing better at counting and knowing the alphabet.  He can count to 10 without a problem and will try to keep going.  My favorite number is "twelven" which come after 10.  It cracks me up every time. James will get almost all the letters  and their sounds right as well.  He is talking more in complete sentences or tries really hard to talk in complete sentences.

Granted James has also become much more mischievous since Libby was born.  He struggled going to bed.  A couple nights Gregg went in to check on him only to find him totally naked, diaper off and everything, and had peed on the bed.  I think that happened twice before we decided that it had to stop.  Now we sew the zipper shut at night so there is no way for him to take it off.  After we started sewing him shut at night then he decided to put things like his magnetic alphabet letter down his pajamas.  James tries to test his boundaries, getting into things he knows he shouldn't, using his bat against things that he shouldn't, throwing things he knows he shouldn't like books.  There have definitely been some rough days but all in all James has adjusted to Libby extremely well.

The tower James built by himself.

He loves building towers.

James and his cheese grin.  So cute!

Next to building towers, James loves to knock them over.

Dancing!

Most days James runs around without pants.  It is near impossible to keep his pants on.