Hooray..Tank is two!!

The best surprise two years ago.... A baby boy (AKA baby Jesus). I can't believe he is only two. He likes to act older than he is. He told my sister he was four. I got to spend his entire birthday with him due to the "Ice" day. We dropped Ansley off at PreK and headed to Gymboree. Then we picked up Grandma and headed to Zaxby's and Home Depot! On Friday, Grandma took James to his checkup. His stats are below...
Weight: 29 pounds (75-90 percentile)
Height: 36 (75-90 percentile)
All about James
1) You sit on the floor you will get body slammed from every direction
2) He calls Ansley... sissy or Ans
3) No problems with his gross motor skills
4) He knows where the lollipops are kept
5) When the phone rings: James is there to answer it.
6) Getting dressed is not a priority on his list.
7) He can pretty much mimics anything you say!
8) Favorite Food: Peanut butter
9) Favorite Show: Anything sister likes, Diego or Dora, Toy story, lion king
10) He can sing the ABC's
11) Can count to 10. May or may not include the number 9.
12) Loves crawling through mommies legs
13) Likes to throw!!
He is at such a cute and trying age. Yes, he has taught me the next level of temper tantrum's and how to hold strong. However, he is a loving and sweet boy that enjoys being at home and playing with his sister.
Today we celebrated James birthday at my parents house due to the kitchen renovations that are going on. The party was a "Cars' theme.

Sometimes it takes two Grandaddy's to figure it out.

A pregnant Aunt to figure out the other toy





Boots!!

Thomas trying to help Grandaddy!

Using the cash register as a phone...he can make anything into a phone

He liked the remote controlled car as long as he was behind the table

Breakfast with Santa

Getting a tattoo! It took two visits to Ms. Alison before he really got the courage to do it.

I would like to say there is a better picture of James. But this is as good as it gets.

As always I have to brag on Mt. Pisgah (wonderful preschool) for putting on another wonderful Donuts with Santa.

Jesus Loves me Duet!

Learned my lesson

This is what happens when you tell a 4 year old to go up and get something to wear.

Great Grandma

On Saturday we headed down to Peachtree City to visit Great Grandma. Ansley was so excited because she new who GG is and where she lived. James on the other hand has really gotten into the two year old spirit and thinks that being in one place for more than 5 minutes is a crime. So needless to say I got a few good minutes of visiting in then we walked around Azalea visiting all the decorations (luckily there was nothing that struck his throwing arm).  Ansley and Bob got to have a good visit. Grandma looked great and was in good spirits! Below is a cute picture of the kids showing Grandma how well they get along.

Christmas Decorating

So far this Christmas season has started off with a bang. We started to decorate the tree on Black Friday. Everyone is a year older therefore we are allowing a little more creativity with things. However, I quickly learned that somethings still haven't changed from last year. The first ornament James got his hands on he quickly decapitated and amputated it all in one smooth throw across the room. We had a moment of silence for Mickey and Minnie and mostly so Mommy could really take in what happened in a split second. That was the first and last ornament of the night. It was off to bed. The next day during James nap Ansley went outside to help me decorate the front yard. You can only guess that that ended within 10 minutes of starting. I new that I was pushing the limit when I decided to lay big bulb lights on the grass in front of the flower beds. I was hanging the wreath and I heard a pop and Ansley gasping. I turned around immediately and was some what relieved that she was fine but the new lights were not. She was climbing on the lights with her red cowboy boots (which was against the color of the day but I don't rule the shoes only the outfit) on and stepped on a light. That ended the outside decorating!

Right before James attempted to decorate

Trouble

The end of the decorating

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. My mom and I started off by hitting the mall on Wednesday at 9 am. I think this was the most successful shopping trip I have had in a long time. We spent a little under two hours in Macy's and I was able to cross off most of my Christmas list while saving over $100.

After my morning celebration it came to a halt that night when I had a feeling James might have an ear infection. Unfortunately, when he gets an ear infection he doesn't really run a fever. He had been up for two nights in a row but I thought he was pulling an early two year old attitude. Our day before Thanksgiving adventure began with a trip to the pet store. On the way to the store I decided to just make a quick stop at the minute clinic just to make sure I was right about his attitude. The one thing they don't tell you about the minute clinic is that if your child has had more than 4 ear infections in the same year they can't treat him. Grrr!!! The practitioner was very nice she checked his ears off the record so I could know if I needed to head to Kidstime. The first ear was nasty and the second one was bulging!! So off we went to Kidstime. You would think that a child with ears this gross would be sitting quietly and sluggish in his moms lap. Instead, he was so loud and high on life while all the other sick kids and parents were looking at me like I couldn't control this kid. Luckily, they took us fast. Good news is he on the mend yet blowing up numerous diapers along the way.

On to Thanksgiving...we celebrated Thanksgiving dinner at my parents house. The Turkey was juicy and the company was fun. The kids all enjoyed playing in each room of my parents house. We were lucky enough to have Bob's parents with us at my parents house. It is definitely a blessing when both sides of the family can share the holiday in one place.

On Saturday we met up with my brother and his family for a Thanksgiving Pizza. We attempted to take the 4 kids to get a picture with the grandparents at the Forum. Unfortunately, James was a wrecked because I was there and wasn't holding him (yes that is my fault. I take full responsibility). Caroline got some good pictures of the kids however this was the one I got.

Merry Christmas!!