Weekend

I survived being a single mom this weekend. The kids tried to tackle me but I came out on top...so maybe it was just James. Ansley is at such a great age that she is easily entertained. Now that James is cruising he has found a new freedom. He is everywhere, climbing stairs, tackling his sister, loving the dog, playing in the dogs water, banging on anything that makes noise, eating dog food when I am not looking, and his favorite thing to do is to open every single cabinet door. He has been polite to this point and not taken everything out of the cabinets but I am seeing that in my future. If you walked into my kitchen you would think I have been robbed. The kids are both at such a cute age. James has learned to clap for himself and others. He can pretty much go wherever his legs will take him. Ansley has been so respectful and loving lately. It is well worth the money I am dishing out to her school. I am afraid Mr. James is going to be going to school a lot earlier than Ansley went. He is itching to be with other kids. He likes Grandmas but loves being with Thomas on the days he is there.
Below are some pictures from the weekend. We went and saw Great Grandma. The kids had such a blast. Grandma is probably going to sleep for a week.
Ansley trying to smile.

Sweet picture.

Showing Great Grandma how he can stand.

Right before James took GG's wheelchair for a spin.

Cruising outside.

Pictures from the Playroom.

Now that James can almost walk he loves playing with Ansley. They are playing the keyboard in this picture.

Racing for the cell phone.

Oscar needed a little camera time.

A sweet moment.

Concentrating

My days seem to be flying by lately. Work, kids, work, then sleep. James has become a little speed machine. His goal is to see how fast he can walk holding on to anything in sight to get to the nearest cabinet or light socket. It is unreal. To add to this craziness he seems to fall every minute because he has no fear. His head looks like I beat him. He has even let me put ice on his head because I think it is so numb in the two spots he continuously hits.

Ansley is such a good sister. She absolutely loves having a baby in the house. I thought she might not like him getting bigger and more mobile. But she is so excited every time he does something new. She told her teacher the other day that James dosen't know how to use his hands (because we are constantly having to pull his hands out of her hair; luckily she has given up the screaming and is patient with him and sometimes laughs). Ansley is growing up so fast. I am now shopping for her in the girls section of the store. She is too cute. She wore leggings to school the other day and she said she was so excited because she looked like me. Too Cute!!!!

Life has been crazy this week with the flooding around Atlanta. Our creek got really high. To the point where I was freaking out withthe sinking feeling that there is nothing I can do but pray that it recedes before it hits our basement. Luckily, it did and we did not have any damage. However there are some trees that have suffered erosion at the roots and are leaning toward our house. This is scary since we are fixing the house up to put it on the market. The road closures have been crazy around here!!
The other natural disaster is James. I thought he was just getting one tooth in!! WRONG!!! Not two but four are coming in. The kid is a disaster. Sleep?? Who needs it. I keep reminding myself that this will only last a few days and to be thankful it is not a virus. He is still the destroyer. Still finds time to go after Ansley and tackle her. He even finds it more enjoyable when we tell him no. We are in trouble with this biggin.
Ansley went to the dermatologist on Friday for her itching. The dermatologist is worthless!!! I could have watched a snail for thirty minutes and learned more than I did at the dermatologist. They pretty much told me to put some lotion on and try stuff that I put on my legs (which didn't work). Waste of my time. I think this is an allergic reaction to something. However, there is no rash or anything to prove my point. This is getting ridiculous. Any suggestions??? Send them my way.

9 month checkup and accomplishments

James had a great checkup today. I hate going to the doctor for a well check up because we are always back there the next week sick. I am not a germ phobic person but the doctors office scares me. Below are his stats:
Weight: 21 lbs 12 oz (70-75 percentile)
Head Circumference: 18 3/4 (97 percentile)
Height: 30 1/4(95th Percentile).
I knew he was tall because he is in 12-18 month clothes. His weight has stayed the same since his 6 month check up. The doctor said that he is where a 12 month would be so it is okay that his weight has slowed since he is on the move. I do have to brag that he is the most handsome biggin!!!
I have a new nickname for James now. He is the destroyer. Biggin can destroy anything you give him. When we were at the doc today she gave him a cup to play with because he had already destroyed the table paper. He just cackled over the cup. We couldn't stop laughing at him. No need to buy him toys. I have given up my cabinets to him..he especially likes the tuberware cabinet.
James has been really into finger foods these days. Even when I give him baby food he still chomps like he is chewing gum. He can't stand it when Ansley is eating goldfish and cheerios and he doesn't have any. I caught him with honey nut cheerios in his mouth.
He has been really into Ansley lately. He thinks it is funny to body slam her and then sit back and laugh. Luckily she finds him amusing.
Yes this blog was all about James. I promise I will lay it on thick about Ansley next time.

We had our first soccor practice on Monday. Can we call it a circus??? Coach got stuck in traffic so we were left to entertain the girls for 30 minutes. There is a reason why I am not thier coach. I do have to brag I was a good soccor player. Caroline and I played on the same field the girls play on. Our team is made up of Ansley and Frances and then two boys from Frances class...Sam and Daniel. Daniel is amazing. This kid could play with 6 year olds. He is awesome. At one point during the scrimage he was scoring and the two girls were in the middle of the field cheering. It was hysterical. Our first game is this Saturday at 9am at Mt. Pisgah. If you feel like seeing the cutiest thing come out and cheer them on!!!

Pacey finally gone!!!

Okay so I was that mom that made fun of those parents that had a child that was over the age of 2 with pacey's stuck in there mouth. Unfortunately, Ansley is three and had a pacey. She mainly used it at night. But still too old for one. I have been too chicken to get rid of the pacey myself. I would like to thank Oscar the dog for doing my dirty work. We came home from work on Friday to find a chewed up pacey. Many months ago I had told Ansley that I would not replace the last pacey she had (thinking that it was only a matter of weeks before the last one was lost or destroyed). She treated that pacey like gold. But thanks to Oscar it had to be thrown away. She was devastated but not as much as I had imagined. In the mist of her crying I told her to call Caroline because Aunt Caroline always makes it better. Well she told Caroline everything (and so clearly told her). Caroline began to explain to her that big girls don't have pacey's...at that moment Ansley handed me the phone and wanted nothing to do with Caroline. It was very funny!!! When bedtime came she started to whine. I explained to her that she gave up her pacey therefore she gets a special treat. So what does she choose...a doll. Like we don't have enough no named dolls in our house. She was all excited to go to target today. Of course she spent forever in the baby doll isle. She really had her eye set on this huge dollhouse. I told her only Santa or grandads bring that too little girls. I did manage to get her to buy these two little ones that were $2. They are miniature babies like the ones she has already. She thought she hit the jackpot.
Last weekend we went to the first GA tech football game of the season and took Ansley with us. She loved it plus a bonus was that Logan and Celia were there. I can't wait until she is a little bit older to enjoy the games. Finally after the trillionth time of getting up and going to the bathroom, for a walk, or to get food..She and I headed out of the stadium to play.

Here are some random pictures that I have been getting.
This is Dora the explorer going on an adventure in the house.

Friday night we had put the kids to bed and was watching TV when we looked down and saw two of Ansley's babies watching TV with us. (kind of creepy)

James has started crawling this week and decided today was the day he would take a couple steps. Of course I was at Body pump. But he did show off after nap time for me. It is too cute. So I decided he needed to put on Thomas's shoes. Yet again his hand me downs don't fit biggin!!! However check out the shoes are there ankles anywhere.


Finally this is just the cutiest picture of James sleeping...