Here are links to new videos of James from the past month or so. Most are pretty short. Enjoy!

James lovin' on Mama (PLEASE try not to look at me!)

Future American Idol? (watch his facial expressions)

One of James' first times to wear his squeaky shoes

James laughing at Daddy

James' favorite word that he says 100 times a day ("outsigh")

I was tagged by Rachel and thought it was too cute!

1. Who is your man? Joshua Carl
2. How long have you been together? Married-5 yrs and 3 months, together for about 6 1/2 years
3. How long dated? About 8 1/2 months, and then engaged for 8 months
4. How old is your man? 28
5. Who eats more? Josh
6. Who said "I love you" first? Josh, he said he really knew for sure when I got off of the plane in Atlanta to see him the summer after we started dating...we were just at that same terminal last weekend!
7. Who is taller? Josh, he's 6' and I'm 5'7"
8. Who sings better? I can stay in tune better, but he does great pretend singing sometimes (John Mayer sounding)
9. Who is smarter? We're smart in different ways. He was a better student than me, though.
10. Whose temper is worse? Mine, but neither one of us has much of one
11. Who does the laundry? Me, but he never minds pitching in
12. Who takes out the garbage? Josh, but I pitch in
13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? me
14. Who pays the bills? Josh
15. Who is better with the computer? Me
16. Who mows the lawn? lawn men
17. Who cooks dinner? Me (and taco bueno at least once a week), except about a few times a year when he grills or makes breakfast for dinner
18. Who drives when you are together? Josh, and I'm glad he likes to because I don't!
19. Who pays when you go out? Josh
20. Who is most stubborn? Josh, but he's not too stubborn
21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? me
22. Whose parents do you see the most? mine, we live in the same town
23. Who kissed who first? Josh kissed me on our 4th date
24. Who asked who out? Josh, and I very happily agreed
25. Who proposed? Josh, with an incredibly sweet proposal that we have on tape
26. Who is more sensitive? ME!
27. Who has more friends? Probably equal
28. Who has more siblings? Equal, we're both the babies and have an older sister and brother
29. Who wears the pants in the family? Josh with the big things, me with the little things, but we work together on most things

I tag everyone!!

We went to Altanta this past weekend for Josh's cousin's wedding and had a wonderful quick-trip to see all of the fam! We have been so blessed to be able to see Josh's side of the family almost every month this past year! The trip started with us leaving Thursday evening and staying with our friends, Matt and Amber, in Flower Mound, right by the airport. James had fun with his buddy Sam, and we had a great time visiting with them. Friday morning, we flew out to Atlanta. James did pretty well on the way up there, but was squirmy and constantly went back and forth from Mama to Daddy. We spent Friday with Papa-Joe. We went to a really pretty park, and James observed everything there was to observe. His favorite thing was the turtle, and his least favorite was the frog statue. Check out my photos to see evidence of this! He really loves his Papa Joe, and would fuss when he would go away. Papa Joe has a calming affect on James, and he would just let him hold him for as long as he wanted!

After that, we headed over to Aunt Ally's house to spend the night. James was very happy to see his Nana Anna, whom he'd just gotten to spend a week with (new blog on that below), his favorite twins, Jess and Jen (Jen is one of his girlfriends), Aunt Ally, Uncle Eddie, Paul, Mama Gloria, Auntie Jo Anna, Hannah, and Uncle Charles. We ate a yummy dinner, Nana Anna style!

Saturday was the wedding of Josh's cousin, Marissa. Saturday morning, Josh and I woke up around 9/9:30 ish, and found James entertaining all of the girls upstairs in the playroom. He ate up being the center of attention and did a lot of his tricks for them. There was keyboard music going on in the background, and James would be walking around, and then would stop and break out into dance, and then just keep going about his way! He also was walking around on his feet and head to get them to laugh. Everyone kept asking for kisses over and over, so he'd roll around to someone, open his mouth for a kiss, get one, and then move on to something else. He knows he's cute! The wedding was beautiful...from what I heard. I was in the nursery with James, but Marissa looked so beautiful and we couldn't be happier for them!

Saturday night, we went back over to Papa Joe's, met up with Jo Anna, Jerrod, Amy, Charles, and all of the cousins for some football watching. I was very happy that I got the other out-laws, Amy and Charles to root for Alabama with me! Josh was very disappointed in Amy, and she had lots of fun cheering very loudly for Alabama the whole time just to get at him. (Thanks again, Amy!:)) Sadly, Alabama lost, but I still was a little happy for Josh. :)

Sunday, we went to church and lunch with Papa Joe, and then Josh headed off to a Falcons game with his brother, Jerrod. Jo Anna and Hannah came over to hang out with James and me (Joe had a speaking engagement) at the house. James said his first three word sentence with them there (he makes a lot of developmental leaps when we're in Atlanta). He was obsessed (no exaggeration) with the "choo-choo" that goes behind Papa Joe's house often and very fast. Every time it would pass, he'd say, "Weh doe?" and several times he said, "Weh doe choo-choo?".

We left early this morning, and we are all wiped out! James ate more than he's ever eaten tonight (a full meal, 4 different vegetables, 2 fruits, and a full yo-baby!), so maybe he will wake up a couple of inches taller tomorrow! I'm going to continue to work on pictures. Hope everyone has a great week!

I have been such a bad blogger lately, but I wanted to be sure and record Nana Anna's trip out to see us for a week! James loved having his Nana there to spoil him (and us) all week! She got in lots of cuddle time by rocking him to sleep, she got up with him every morning and let his mommy sleep in (totally loved that), cooked for us, bought James a fire truck, watched James so his mommy and daddy could go on a date, and many many more things. Speaking of our date, we went to see 3:10 to Yuma, and it was a GREAT western. I absolutely loved it (and Josh, of course, did!). James is so blessed to have a nana like Nana Anna. She is so devoted to her grand-kids, and we are very thankful for her. Here are some pictures.

This has been rivalry week for Josh and me. Tomorrow, our teams are playing each other. Josh's team is Georgia, mine is Alabama. I hate being divided. I really just don't want to watch the game. We're in Georgia this weekend (around a bunch of bulldog fans :)), but I'm not sure we'll get to watch a lot of the game because of a wedding. Josh says that we won't root against each other's teams, just for our teams. We really do both love and have respect for each other's teams.



Here's the hard part...Who will be James' #1? I, who was born in Alabama, carried him for 40 weeks and 1 day and gave birth to him! His granddaddy got his undergraduate and masters degrees there, and taught there. On the other hand, Josh is his daddy, and I'm sure he's going to want to be just like his daddy, just like my brother and sister and I did because of our daddy. Only time will tell. I do realize that it doesn't look good for me, though. :)






























James with his Deedah, Alabama's #1 fan.








James with his daddy, Georgia's cutest fans. (I think James looks pretty sharp in Crimson! What do you think?)

I do love Arkansas, but Bama is my first love! The game tonight was a great game and about as exciting as you can get!

I can't tell you how many times I've been told that Mary Beth and James look alike. I took some pictures of them last night. There is definitely a family resemblance!









































James and his Nana Anna...









Georgia's biggest (and cutest) fans...More later!

-Thursday night was my first day back at work. I thoroughly enjoyed getting back into it!! I absolutely LOVE going to the teacher supply store, so I picked out a couple of things there and had a blast decorating my room the rest of the day. As much as I love staying home with James, I also love to get out of the house a couple of days a week and use my degree, socialize, have a routine, etc. We had "meet the teacher" night Thursday night, and I can already tell I'm going to have an incredibly sweet class. I'll have 9 pre-schoolers, which is 1 less than last year...7 girls and 2 boys! I'm about to go back up to church right now and do some more things to the room. I am really looking forward to Tuesday, our first day back. I have to mention how bittersweet it is to move James up to the 1's class. I, of course, want him to move up and be with his buddies, but when I look in the nursery, it makes me a little sad!

-I keep forgetting to mention that I have a missing tooth right now! First time since elementary school I guess! The first big molar on the bottom right side was a crown/root canal tooth, and I barely had any tooth to hold it in. What little tooth I have is chipping away slowly but surely, so that crown has fallen out and will be replaced by an implant! I go for my first appointment in about 2 weeks. I'm so read to not be self-conscious about smiling, eating, etc.

-James is changing SO much right now. Josh and I have both really noticed it lately, and he's really turning into a big boy! He likes to pretend he's going "nigh-nigh" and will put his head down, or sometimes in strange places, like leaning against a door, and say "nigh-nigh". Yesterday he looked in the mirror and said, "Baby?...Baby!" I still haven't figured out if he knows its him or just a baby. How is it that he can be getting cuter and cuter in his personality, more fun than ever, but at the same time, more of a stinker than ever? I am seeing glimpses of the terrible 2's starting already! His favorite word hands down in "no-no!" Going out to eat is harder than ever...almost not worth it! Still, he's more of a joy with every week that passes! I think God planned it that way to get us through. :)

Gotta run up to church. Hope everyone has a wonderful week!