Sledding! Snow ball fights! And a nursery update :)

Pristine hills covered with fresh snowfall = perfect sledding conditions!! 

The neighbor kids troop over and the sledding party begins!

Snowball fights!!  Sled shields!!

Super fun, super cute!! 

Nursery update!!

James removed the last of his Paw Patrol stuff from the walls so we can finish up everything to get ready for babeeeee!!!! 

The boys were super sweet to help mama get everything hung up and ready in the nursery...

Now all we need is sweet baby boy!!!  

👼💕👼 

A new kind of shopping day excitement...

Yes...sad, but true...this is what shopping day on bedrest looks like...😂😂😂

I have graduated to a new level in life of driving a motor-scooter through the stores!!! 

Very. Very. Very. Humbling experience.

Joshua thought it was HILARIOUS and begged for a turn.  

I gave him a Chick-Nik instead.  🐔🐔

Several people asked me for a bump-date...here it is...huge as ever!!! 🤰🤰 SIX weeks to go...

This man was picking a PRIZE for completing his Piano Marvel trophy case...

FIVE YEARS he has been working on this challenge and he conquered it!!!  

🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

He lifted, pushed, loaded and otherwise waited on me hand and foot all day long...whatta gift!!! 

Lambies & sweetness...

Our friends just had some new babies on their farm and all the kids were able to hold them!!

So fun!

And oh-so-sweet!! 

James came home and was all determined to "nurse" his own lambies...

😍😍😍😍😍

He will be our farmer, for sure...

He even got Daddy in on the nursing action 😂

Lambie day followed this excitement.  Lambie's had to come to reading time...

Mr. Chef was busy this week with his muffin-making factory!! 

Cutest Bro-Bro's in the whole world!!!!  

Valentine's sweetness!!

Chocolate covered strawberries are the Valentine's sweet-treat of choice 'round here...

😍💗😍

Well loved by all...😂

The heart game continues each year...we have 10 or so hearts and they are hidden by everyone in the most creative spots anyone can think of!  When you find one, you have to hide it for the next person.  This year, the creativity is climbing!!  We have found some sticky, gooey, dirty, sweet, CREATIVE hiding places for these guys!  

Everyone feels so loved when you find one and it's great fun! 😍

Joshua decided to take after Daddy this year and spoil the ladies with some Valentine's sweetness...we are so thankful for his thoughtfulness and kind words that he surprised us with!!  

James and Mama had a Valentine's Tea Party too...💓💕💓

So thankful to be so L💗VED!!!!

Happy 6th birthday, sweet James!!!

From THE MOMENT he was born, he was the happiest little fella you ever did meet!!! 

He arrived SMILING on February 10, 2015:

Don't think he's stopped smiling since!!

He brings SO MUCH JOY to our family and to everyone he meets...

He was showered with gifts all day long :)  We were so happy to bless him!

He got to help bro and sissy make his cake! A "mud" cake = chocolate frosting!

The BIG gift from the grandparents!!  A Marshall Pillow Pal! 

The best fun...the cake decorating! 

The "mud-pit" was quite...FULL!  

His special birthday dinner request? 

 I don't know any other kid that asks for...SALMON and broccoli and sweet potatoes...😂😂 happy to oblige this healthy little guy any time!!!  

("Mud" licker)

More praises, more presents! 

(They all dive into the new books...😂)

And Day 2 = More celebrating and cake for breakfast, yeah!!!!  

James, you are SUCH A DELIGHT and a BLESSING to all of us!! 

You are going to be the best big brother!!!!