Saturday morning we woke up and ate a delicious breakfast (thank you Brandi) and got ready for a day of fun! We went to two parks, out for lunch, a little browsing in shops, more play time at the house and out for dinner. It was a action packed day and it was a blast! It was so great for the kids to play together and great for the parents to spend sometime with each other. I hope this is a regular event for the James family in the future!

They would walk right up to you to get the bread!
Look at the duck! She kept saying "Duck, Duck, Quack, Quack".
"Ooooooo"
Lily Grace loved watching the ducks but did not want to get down with the ducks.

" Look Braiden over there!" They loved each other so much. They played so good together!
Aunt Pey Pey and Madilyn on the paddle boat. This was so hard!! HA!
Riding the Train
Lily Grace loves her cousin Madi so much!

The second park we went to was the Smith Lake Park. We are looking forward to camping there this fall!
Swinging with the Babies
I can't wait to get these two back together soon! Aren't they cute!
"Wheeeeee!" She loved the slide!
After the parks, she was so tired because she hadn't had a nap all day, she fell asleep in Uncle Patrick's lap playing on the computer.
What a wonderful trip and wonderful family! Thank you for inviting us to stay with you! We can't wait to see you all again and we love you all very much!

Friday afternoon we went to stay with Marty's Brother's Family for a night. We had the best time with all of them! Brandi and I went to Kids Mart Friday night while the Daddies stayed home playing with the kids. After looking at all the pictures, they look like they all had a great time together. We have to do this more often!

Lily Grace found a shaking ball in all the toys. She loved it! She would put her mouth on it and make funny noises with her mouth. I think it was feeling good on her gums! The video is a lot more funny!

Cousin Madilyn blowing bubbles for Lily Grace. She loves saying "bubbles".

Swinging in Braiden's swing

Brennon climbed far up in the tree!!
Pretty Madilyn
After they came back inside, the kids wanted to go back out!
Madilyn read a bedtime story to Lily Grace.

Yesterday afternoon we went to visit Maw Maw and Granddaddy for a little while. We had the best time with them and Grandmommy and Uncle Skyler, too. Of course Granddaddy had to cut Lily Grace a watermelon (one of Lily Grace's new favorite foods). We were very sticky when the visit was over! And Maw Maw seemed to feel so much better after our visit. We love y'all!!

Riding on Mommy's shoulders
Holding on very tightly
Very tightly!!
Lily Grace would NOT ride on Daddy's shoulders!!
Would you want to ride up that high?!
Granddaddy feeding Lily Grace some yummy watermelon

"Yea Watermelon!!"

"HeHeHe"
My Pretty Baby
"Ooooo"
How sweet is that?

Yesterday, we took Lily Grace to the doctor for her 15 month check-up. Marty went with me to help because the last few times we have been, it has been very rough on Mommy. Lily Grace dislikes her doctor very much now and it is a very unpleasant visit when he walks through the door. He did say she was very dramatic. Yes, we know this, she is our little "Drama Queen"! HA!

We talked a lot about sleeping because her sleeping patterns are getting worse and worse which means not much sleep for all three of us. He believes her sleeping problems all go back to the problems she has with her eczema. That has also gotten a lot worse, so he gave her two stronger creams and a liquid to take before she goes to sleep. Pray this gets better because I think sometimes she has some pain from it.

She had lost a pound, I think because she isn't getting near as much milk as she did with the bottle. She weighed 25 lbs and was 31 and 3/4 inches long. Her head circumference was 19 1/4 around. Of course, she was off the charts in size percentile. She is a big girl!

The doctor was very happy with the progress on the sippy cup situation. Things have been much better around here with the sippy cup. She is doing great and drinking lots more milk! She is still having one night bottle which he said was fine for a little bit longer. I believe it all depends on the type of sippy cup kids use. She never liked any of the sippy cups I was giving her and trust me, we used every sippy cup made! I finally bought the Dr. Brown's training cup and she drinks great from it! I think it is because it is a clear cup that looks like a bottle. Thank you for all the advice and encouragement because we finally got there!

She only got one shot this time and we go back in three months for her 18 month check-up. I have a feeling there will be lots more shots then! Marty, mark your calendar, I will probably need your support there! :)