a little bit of life...

intent on his legos.

trying to jump ship...

riding in cars with boys.

spiderman...

daddy's promotion cake!

intent on reading.

how he watches his shows.  at least he gets a core workout doing it!

kid can write his name now!!!  and he writes "y" instead of "s" at the end (jamey instead of james), because he doesn't know how to make an "s"!!!  smart kid!

a dining out.  a formal dinner for the destroyer squadron.  it was quite fun!!!

sweet boy busted his lip.  twice.  in one day.  and should have totally gotten stitches, but i didn't see the second cut until later!  i thought he just resplit the first one...  poor boy.  thankfully it was better the next day!  glad the mouth heals so fast!

all decked out and ready to go!

i asked james about life today.  he said he didn't know about it.  at least he's honest!

and i feel like i keep apologizing to people about how "busy" these two months have been as i get adjusted to school...  and life.  and i keep waiting for it to slow down.  and it's dawning on me that it might NOT slow down.  that this is life.  this IS our new normal.  and i love it.  it's just busy!  school.  gymnastics.  soccer.  anything else we choose to add!  it's good.  just adjusting!

i drove to pick j up from a playdate today.  to get there, i had to pass the arizona memorial, the utah memorial and the uss missouri.  it struck me, as it does so often, that this is such an historic area.  and what a privilege it is to live here.  and i REALLY TRY NOT to take it for granted!!!