2 months!

Height: 23 inches

Weight: 12 lb 4.8 oz

At 2 months old James bedtime is around 9 or 9:30, sometimes 10pm (we're trying to move it up). On a good night he wakes up once at 3am, back to bed by 3:30, then up again at 6am. He loves bath time and laying on his changing table. Spencer and I joke how it's his favorite spot in the house. James sleeps fabulously while out running errands but usually wakes up as soon as we get home. He loves being on his stomach, is super chill, and pretty much our easiest baby yet! 

James' full body baby sneezes were my absolute favorite this month. 

Speech team

Madi and Elle were both brave enough this year to join the speech team. 

Madi did a duel with her buddy Mikayla of "The Spider and the Fly" by Mary Howitt. 

It was an interesting learning experience for Madi as she is a perfectionist about how things should be done and was not happy at all when Mikayla wasn't working on memorizing her part. While Madi had her very long part memorized the first week she got it, Mikayla didn't have it completely memorized until the day of the tournament which had Madi all stressed out! 

They competed in the 3rd grade speech tournament at Las Colinas on April 18th. They did great but weren't chosen to move on to the next round. Lots of tears were shed that night. Broke my heart to see Madi so sad, but was a great experience for her. 

Elle chose to do "The Teacher's Show" by Bruce Lansky. It was a funny poem where she got to fill in the names of teachers from her school. Elle's not a fan of having the spotlight on her and was NOT interested in joining the speech team. However, she kept moving on to the next round and got to present her poem at the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade assembly on April 22nd. She did a fabulous job and I was so proud of her for being so brave and getting up in front of so many people. 

Happy 36th Birthday to me!

I woke up with nothing planned for my day (which drives me crazy - I love having a plan), but it ended up being such a wonderful day! Spencer got up with the kids, letting me get a few more minutes of sleep. He came in asking me what I wanted him to do - hold James or get the kids breakfast. My response: "I want you to do it all." And he did! Spence was a champ - he got the kids all ready for school, letting me take my time getting up. I made Elle and Cal's lunches and then he took them to school. Madi was off school for the day so she stayed with me to help rock James to sleep so I could get my work-out in. I was able to shower and wash my hair in total peace. I was planning on taking Madi out to ice cream before picking up Cal from school but we found out the ice cream place didn't open until 11am. I was bummed. Instead we just hung out at home. Madi was super sweet about it though and very helpful (a huge gift). Lindsey Bell stopped by to visit and bring me a gorgeous lemon raspberry cake (pictured above). At 10:50am we left to go pick up Cal from school. After pick up I sat at the stop light with 3 of my kids in the car, not sure where to go next. Then I quickly decided to go run errands - Bath and Body Works and onto Costco. Good decision! It was nice to get out and get errands done. Elle was home from school at 2pm and Spencer got home right after! It was a great afternoon full of lots of friends stopping by bringing flowers, treats and gifts (Joni, Francie, Heidi, Lora, Alexis, and Lindsey Newman came later that evening). I felt SO loved and very spoiled!

At 4:30 we loaded up, drove over to Spencer's parents house to drop off a birthday gift for Lindsay. Then we headed up to Thousand Oaks for dinner at Cheesecake Factory! After we headed home for dessert and to get kids ready for bed. Spencer's parents, Lindsay and Shaun all stopped later in the evening to bring presents and visit for a bit! What a fabulous birthday it turned out to be!!

Easter dinner & egg hunt

Along with James' blessing and Calvin's birthday festivities, we had our annual Easter dinner of Lamb Kebabs with flat bread, rice, and greek salad.

Then time for an egg hunt!

Ready, Set, GO!!

My kids