18 Months Old!!!

I took James to the doctor this afternoon for his 18 month check up. James weighed in at 28 lbs which puts him at 75% for weight & he is 34&3/4 inches long which puts him at 90% for height!! Dr.Strang said James you are such a big boy & James just looked at him & clapped and said yay!! Both of James' tubes are still in his ears which are very good since not all of his molars are in yet. So that should keep him from getting anymore ear infections from his teeth!! He only had to have one shot this time and will not have to have anymore until he is 5! James has been saying alot of words lately such as....cars ,trucks, puppies, mollie, juice, tree ,socks, mommy, daddy, baby, yay, NO, apples & many more :) His favorite saying is ummmm I dont know :) The hardest thing that I am dealing with right now is James has become super clingy lately to me & Don around new people, which he never really has been that way before. So after this last checkup I think it is safe to say that James is for sure going to have his daddy's height & my strongwiliness, but we love every little bit of him & are VERY thankful to God for him!!

1st Haircut!!

Today I took James to get his first haircut, it went better than I expected! Although when we first got there & sat down in the chair, I started to tear up. It was just another reminder of how big James is getting!! He was rather jumpy in the beginning & Sarah bless her heart tried many different things, like letting James touch the scissors & comb but that didn't help, James was not interested in them. We ended up just doing the sucker thing. James went through 3 suckers during his first visit! I guess whatever works :) Sarah gave James a cute little certficate for his 1st haircut at the salon & we made sure to save his hair! James was even good enough to sit through me getting a haircut, which was a HUGE surprise for me & Sarah. James looks like such a little boy now, Don & I can not get over it!

Great G'ma & G'pa Lorenzen Visit!!!

I have been wanting to visit my grandparents Lorenzen for awhile, so I was thrilled when they came up to visit this weekend to my parents house in Waukee. They haven't seen James since he was about 3 weeks old, so it was neat to see their smiles watching James play on their faces. We enjoyed some nice conversion & we took James sledding for the 1st time. James LOVED it, I could barely pull him around because he was laughing so hard, which made me laugh hard. Took pictures with my sisters camera, cause I couldn't find my at the time, so I will have to post them when I get them from her. After sledding, all 11 of us went out the eat at the Machine Shed in West Des Moines. James behaved very well, considering it was past 5:30 & than we still had to wait for the food to come once we ordered. James & his cousin Asher found these red tractors to ride on, which of course was a fight when it was time to get off of them, but that is the norm with this age! After dinner we said our goodbyes & headed home. We all 3 slept very well that night from sledding!!