Ropin' a Pacie

Ohhh I have dreaded this process.  I know it has been time for a while, for Judson to bid fare well to his pacie, but he LOVED it soooo much.  And lets face it, he wasn't a good sleeper with it, I was scared to see how he would be WITHOUT it.  When Judson was born, Cole decided on his own that he would throw his away.  I think he had one or two cries about it and it was OVER...easy with no torment or torture.  I didn't for see this going that well.

I have asked several people about the best way to do this.  We decided his real problem was that he had no boundaries with it, he always had it.  We were down to one pacie and NOT buying more.  So I ended up tying it to his bed with a short shoe string, that way if he needed it he must be in his bed.  The first two nights I didn't sleep well thinking he could get tangled up but he never did. And he adjusted so easily to traveling and not having it all day!  I was so proud of him...when he was asked about his pacie he would say "we roped my pacie to my bed."  He is infatuated with his rope right now so it worked perfectly.  

Fast forward to this past Monday night...when he came down with a horrible tummy bug. So the first night he got sick in his bed I stripped it down including the roped pacie and threw it in the washer.  But I decided to hide it in the drawer instead of putting it back on the bed.  Of course he noticed immediately...and had a few melt downs and asked many times what had happened to it.  I explained we had to throw it away because it was nasty now.  I felt bad taking it away in such a hard time and believe me, he has had a bad week with this bug.  But today he told me he was big and didn't need it anymore and wondered when the baby in my tummy would want one!!  

👍 So proud of our big boy!!! 

11 Weeks

With the boys I have always kept up with a hand written journal all through pregnancy with specials pictures, cards etc.  With Cole, I wrote until he was 2, even journal down to his first bite of corn on the cob it was VERY detailed!  I remember Levi telling me "now make sure you do that with all of them or they will have a complex."  So with Judson I started out strong but ended his journal at age one when I started blogging.

So...I'm taking Levi's advice and started another journal and so far I have kept up pretty good with it.  But let's face it, I'm just 11 weeks!  Being the baby of 4 I don't even have much of a baby book so I know I am a little over the top with my pictures, journals, and card keeping. But I don't want to forget special times and how we felt.  Which leads up to this blog...I am going to double document a few things with this pregnancy so they are in our printed blog book (which I need to get printed).

So here we are 11 weeks!!  This pregnancy has been quite different than with the boys.  I have only had slight nausea and by slight I mean not existent compared to my boys.  I am starving every couple of hours but nothing sounds good, but this is getting better.  As of right now I am down 8lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight, I did this with both boys also, so I know I will catch up SOON!

Our first appointment went great last week, we heard the heart beat with a Doppler and it was 161 (Cole was 171 and Judson 151 at same week) and strong!
 

  We will not find out the gender of the baby just as we didn't with the boys!  We LOVE the surprise.  It drives some crazy and as of right now, Cole isn't too excited about waiting.  And just to answer the question that EVERYONE keeps asking...we do not care one way or another.  We are learning how to raise boys and we can learn to raise a girl too.  We can't wait to see what gender God has planned for us...either way we are very excited for this journey to grow and meet the newest baby James.

Go WOLVES!!!

We went to our first Wolves game of the season and Daddy got to get off the tractor and join us too!  Judson had been looking forward to the "hitball" game all day and of course the tattoos!  

The boys were able to see their cousins and managed to eat ALOT of junk!!! I'm also so thankful for the family that sits behind us, they have smaller kids also so were very understanding when our brood had their "issues." The Wolves ended up winning by ALOT and we were able to watch one of my best friends son Jaidan Puga make his first varsity TD.  All in all a great night!!  

And He's OFF

Ohhh...Cole's first day of school!  I can't tell you the anxiety I have felt the last 6 months for this day!  And it went 100% better than I ever imagined through a lot of prayer and giving it to God I was at total peace the first day...not a single tear shed by any of us! 

Now lets get to Cole...He was so excited about today!  He couldn't wait for the day to come.  We are blessed that he is in my sisters class this year, its helping me adjust a little easier although I think he would have been fine in any class. 

I picked him up several times this week and he complained that school went WAY too fast and wasn't ready to go home yet, he also added in that he really hadn't had time to miss us much!  Answered prayers, I would really be having a hard time if he was having a hard time! 

 

Apparently we live so far out that there really aren't kids around here to share a bus ride with Cole.  We knew we had no "neighbors" per say, but we assumed there were kids that lived at the different dairies on 385 to our house, apparently NOT.  Anyhow, Cole has had a personal driver a few mornings/afternoons this week and I guess its going to be this way for now.  He has really learned to really like Mr. Joe picking him up in the mornings and I am sure talks his ear off all the way to town! 

 

It's still hard to believe that he is old enough to be headed to school...I am so grateful and blessed for the years I got to have him to myself at home.  He has always been my little shadow at home along doing whatever I was doing.  I am going to cherish this alone time that Judson and I have until the new baby arrives in March.  He asks me a couple of time a day where his Cole is, and then quickly remembers he is at school!   We are looking forward to the weekend, when we can stay up a little later and hopefully sleep a little later!  We are becoming routine people!

He's 3

It's still hard for me to believe that my little guy is 3.  Judson is a fireball, he is everything boy!  He loves anything to do with sports, cattle, and being outside!  He is always on the move, even in his sleep!  I can't tell you enough how he has blessed this family. 

He loves his big brother and they are the best of friends, if you mess with Cole you better believe this 3 year old kid will come after you full throttle.

Even though he is crazy busy, Judson had the sweetest soft side too!  He LOVES babies and will sit so still if he gets the chance to hold and love on one!

Judson is quite, I'm not so sure he is compared to other boys his age, but compared to Cole he is.  He gets across what he wants and needs and his talking has really took off the past 6 months or so.  He still makes up his own words and Cole and I have a lot of fun figuring them out!  

He is right on track and here are his 3 year old stats:

Weighs 34.6 lbs -75%

Height 38 1/4 inches- 75%

Eyes were 20/20

Blood Pressure-102/68

Heart Rate- 74

 

 

We had his birthday party Sunday afternoon with a few water slides and had a blast! 

 

Exciting news

They are excited!! 

The James brothers have some exciting news to share with everyone...they are expecting a new sibling in March.  We want to thank everyone who has prayed for us and for your continued prayers during the pregnancy.  We couldn't be happier and are so blessed and excited as a family.


Junior Rodeo

The boys took part in the annual XIT junior rodeo and had so much fun!  They did great!  This was Cole's first year to ride in the mutton bustin and he did well!  However, his fabulous mom didn't get any pictures of him riding his sheep!  Judson was pretty upset that he wasn't big enough this year, next year we will be sneaking him in!!   I fear that they both have been blessed with Levi and mine competitive spirit so there were a few tears when we had to leave without trophies!!  Here's to next year..,

And thanks Whitney for snapping a few AWESOME pictures for me