Giddy up little cowboy, and meet your new cousin!!

December 30th was a big day for us.  Our big plan for the day was to do something fun since we were all finally over the stomach flu!!  We thought it would be great to take James out to see his Mimi's horses and become a real cowboy.

Check out the legit cowboy hat. haha- we tried to get him to wear it on the horse, but no dice.

In the middle of our little horse back ride, Mimi got the phone call that Natassja was in labor!!  So we of course hustled back to the house to get packed up and down to Tampa to be there when little Jack Prose was born!!

We were lucky enough to be in the state, and we were even luckier that my parents were available to watch James for us- feed him and put him to bed!!  That was the first time that his mommy hasn't put him to bed.  But, it was for a very good reason- we got to be at the hospital and see little Jack after he was born.

Jack Michael Prose - Dec. 30th 2010. 9:53 pm. 8 pds 4 oz and 21 1/4 in long.  Such a little cutie with his blond hair!!

We took James back on New Year's Eve to meet his cousin Jack.  He reached out for him right away!  Definitely gonna be buddies one day.

Congrats to the new Mommy and Daddy!  That definitely was the best way to end 2010. :-)

Merry Christmas James

We went to Florida for Christmas, and we got sick.  Poor James and me.  My parents, my mother-in-law, my brother-in-law, Matt's sister-in-law.  Poor them!  But, we had a Merry Christmas anyways.  Special in its own way (hopefully not to be repeated!).

Here is James sitting in his Daddy's lap on the floor watching Robin Hood for the first time.  He got it for Christmas from his Grammie and Papa- poor sick baby.  He isn't the type of boy to normally sit around during the day.  We were able to celebrate Christmas Eve with my parents- we had a really great time despite our little buddy not quite up to speed.

Christmas Morning at Matt's parents.  This was about all the excitement that we got.  Our little man just wasn't feeling like himself.  Normally, all his photos have his mouth wide open! haha, poor little boy.

Our sweet little man.

This was basically the moment that I was really starting to feel sick.  I'm pretty sure you can see it all over my face. :-(  But, hey, our Christmas plaid looked too cute not to take a picture.  My boys sure do look sweet.  We were visiting Matt's brother Mike and his wife Natassja who was too pregnant to travel on Christmas- so we went to them.  Their front porch was pretty picturesque; check out that cheeser face James is making. :-)

One little smile from our buddy on Christmas.  Check out all those teeth!! 

better late that never??

Needless to say, these next few posts have been a long time coming!  Apparently I just didn't remember to upload any photos, and therefore, no blogs.  But, my motivation to finish 2010 so that I can print my blog through December is kicking in.  I'd really like to get it done asap, especially with James' 1st birthday coming up next week!!

ps. where has the time gone? My little man is going to be 1!!

December started off with some VERY cold weather- so in order to go out walking with our friends Rebekah and Addison, we had to bundle up!!  Of course, James is a Prose boy, so all the little girls try to hold his hand.  Truth be told he tried to hold hers too! haha.

Thanks go to his Papa for the Carhart Hoodie and Camo fleece hat.  If you were worried about hunter's safety, we could reverse this hat to 'blaze orange.'  Yes sir.

My friend Kelly and I are throwing a birthday party for James and Anna Kate together.  They are only 11 days apart and have spent their whole first year together, and we share all the same friends!  So, it made good sense to us to have a friend party for them together and do our family parties separate.  We were at Walgreens getting their party invitations printed, and they had this little Santa chair set up.  We had to plop them in the chair together and get a few pictures. :-)

Mrs. Kelly did a good job getting them to smile with the big stuffed Rudolph.  My boy loved the red nosed reindeer. haha.

Can't believe she's already one and James will be soon!

One more fun, random photo to share.  I was blessed to be able to get together with some of my 'middle school' friends from Orangeburg.  Ah, yes. O'burg.  We have all grown up, but seriously, in our own eyes we haven't changed much.  I wish I had a picture to put up as a comparison, but sadly I don't have any idea where one would be (or not sadly?? haha).  Anyway, I love you guys.  Thanks for driving to meet me, Matt, and James.

Me, William and Jennifer. :-)