Weekend

James is dressed and ready for a fun day of biking one of our favorite bike trails in Rocheport, Mo. It is a 2 hour drive from our house and James took his morning nap on the way. We enjoyed a nice lunch at Abigails and then biked about 10 miles on the trail. Here are some pictures from the trail. James fell asleep halfway through our ride.




After our ride we enjoyed a snack and refreshments at Les Bourgeois wine garden overlooking the MO river. It was the most beautiful day!



Sunday morning Todd made waffles for Mothers Day. You can tell by the picture he doesn't cook much, but he can handle a waffle mix. He had a cute little helper too! I was hoping James would say Mama for me, but he did give me his first real hug which was one of the best moments of my year! He walked over, put his arms around me, put his head on my shoulder and patted my back. My heart melted. James also gave me another sweet gift by napping from 9-12. So, Todd and I both went back to sleep. What a gift! I then enjoyed my favorite Williams Sonoma peppermint hot chocolate before James woke up.



Here are some pictures from my parents backyard. All in all a great Mothers Day weekend!!!!

night talker

Todd and I are both sound sleepers and sometimes when James wakes up at night we wake up wondering how long James has been trying to get our attention. Hopefully not too long. Last night Todd suggested shutting our door and James' door since he had to wake up early for a golf meet. He thought the alarm would possibly wake up James at 5am which would not be good. Lately, James has been sleeping from 7-7:30pm to 6-7am. We were concerned that if James needed us in the night we wouldn't be able to hear him with the doors shut so I left the monitor on in our room. Fast forward a few hours and we wake up at 1:30 to James jabbering away. He babbled about lots of important stuff for 10-15 minutes and THANKFULLY went back to sleep without parent intervention. Yeah! Typically, as soon as James wakes up in his crib he starts crying for us, but just in the past week he has woke up once in the morning and once from a nap being content just playing in his crib. I'm hoping for more of those happy wake up times! Todd and I are left wondering how often he wakes up on the middle of the night to play and we just never hear him from across the hall???

two parties in one day!

Happy Birthday Morgan!
Today we celebrated Morgan turning 1. James loved helping Morgan open presents and eating a cupcake! James is so lucky to have such a sweet girlfriend like Morgan.


Happy Birthday Papaw Greg!
We headed to my parents after Morgan's party to celebrate my dad's birthday. James loves his Papaw Greg and lights up whenever he sees him. James enjoyed his first corn on the cob (forgot to take a picture), but really didn't have an appetite since he really pigged out at Morgan's party.

He loves playing with the easel and markers. It keeps him really busy. I love how cute he looks in his "big boy" pjs.

First family bike ride

Ready....

Set....

Go..... We'll not quite. James didn't care for the helmet, but after some initial crying he did keep it on for the ride. Yeah!

James' new favorite thing

Playdates=Long naps??

James had his friends Morgan and Kenyon over to play this afternoon. They had a lot of fun and James was really worn out from his company. He took a 2:15 nap this morning and another 2:15 nap this afternoon which is atleast an 1-2 hours more than he normally sleeps. Maybe we should have playdates everyday!

The Wilson Diner

Check out our new blog. Ok, really, my new blog. We all know Todd doesn't spend much time in the kitchen unless it involves eating. I will be posting lots of fun and tasty recipes at The Wilson Diner so please check it out!