John and James - Preschool 2015-2016

Preschool 2015 - 2016

John and James started preschool at Stonebriar Community Church this year. They had a good first day of school. We pray for the boys to grow in their knowledge of Christ, as well as, learn their numbers, letters, and colors. John even gets to take Spanish. Below are their first day of school pictures ... that we took after school:

Grace - 3 Months

Grace at 3 Months

Grace laughs and smiles now.
Plays with her mobile and is starting to grasp at the animals.
She has started to recognize her hands.
She loves to be held, talked to and cuddled.
She has gone to the nursery at church a couple Sundays and has done really well. They always say she has such great facial expressions and is good at cuddling.
Started to wake up consistently about once in the middle of the night, but prefers to be asleep for the night by about 8 or 8:30.
She takes a really good morning nap and an afternoon nap, but not really at a consistent time.
Sweet Grace!

Grace - 2 Months

Grace at 2 Months

Grace is smiling all the time now.

She especially likes when John or James play/talk with her. 

She lets out a cry when one of the boys leave.

Likes to be held and talked to.

Sleeps well at night. Even had a few times she slept all night.

She is our sweet little girl!

James - 21 Months

James at 21 Months

Our little baby...isn't so little anymore!

He keeps up with John. They run around the house chasing each other and wrestle.

James has started figuring out how to delay bedtime. He asks for Mommy when Daddy has him and then asks for Daddy when Mommy has him.

Enjoys readying books. Especially "Batman" and "Superman".

He likes Mickey Mouse right now "Mic Mou".

He also likes Barney and will watch it with Uncle Matthew.

At night he has lots of books in his bed along with multiple stuffed animals.

Lately he prefers Charly Bear in his bed. 

We played the "Happy" song recently and he asks for it to be played a lot.

Enjoys being outside without shoes!
James has started paying more attention to Grace. He will rock her when in the swing and will pat her when she is playing on the floor.

We love our little guy! 

James - 20 Months

James at 20 months

James is happy all the time.
He loves to wrestle and laugh.
He thinks everything that we do is play time.
Still loves his snacks and doesn't each much at meals.
He prefers graham crackers...big graham crackers (the tall ones).
Doesn't pay too much attention to Grace.
Calls himself "me" and is no longer the "baby".
Talks very well and uses more words every day.
Still plays well on his own, but now starting to play with John.
He is growing up so much!

John - 3 Years, 2 Months

John at 3 Years, 2 Months

John started 3 year old preschool on 9/10/2015 and had a good first day.

- John was very good about putting his backpack and nap mat in its designated place at school. 

- He didn't nap, but that's not a surprise since he hasn't been napping much lately. 

- At bedtime he told Mommy and Daddy about a "Monkey that was hungry and wanted a banana". The class is the "Monkey" Class. 

- He also told Mommy about playing with a girl/boy (not sure because he doesn't distinguish between he and she correctly yet.) that had a purple shirt. 

- They played a game where they introduced themselves and John was the frog. 

John is really into watching TV right now and technology games. 

He's still my big eater and loves angel food cake with strawberries and whipping cream.

John loves to get new shoes and he now wears a size 11.5 shoe size is pretty much in size 4T pants and 5T/XXS shirts.

He has started getting up around 7:15 am and seems to be our morning guy!

Can't believe what a big boy he is becoming!

John - 3 years, 1 Month

John at 3 years, 1 Month

John loves being a big brother. He loves "Gracie". 

He always says, "I love her so much" and "It's okay Gracie"

Any time Grace cries John says, "I think she's hungry (hungie)"

He has started becoming more obstinate. Friends have said it's not the terrible 2's it's the terrible 3's and I'm starting to believe them!

John loves to play soccer, baseball, and basketball.

He has so much energy!

John and James like to wrestle a lot and run around the house chasing each other. 

John has started asking James to play with him, but James likes to do his own thing so most of the time James won't do what John wants him to do.

He's still our lovable, structured little man!