Birthday Caboose.

We had James' 2nd Birthday Party at the NC Transportation Museum on the Birthday Caboose.  It was an adventure, haha.  The weather was not our friend that day, but we had a GREAT time.  We got the blue birthday caboose and had two train rides which James absolutely loved.

 I should say that James was almost un-photographable because he was too busy looking out the window- climbing up in the copula, climbing down, non stop.  He had attention for cake and Thomas. haha.  We certainly had one happy little boy.

This boy had him a darn good time.

The caboose was pretty bare, but we had plenty of balloons and James' Mimi made him Thomas the Train pennants that hung throughout the caboose and up in the cupola.   It was a good time had by all, albeit a little on the cold, rainy side to the day.  Only one major hiccup: I forgot to bring forks for the cake! haha, but Uncle John came to the rescue and very quickly picked some up.  It didn't even slow the party down.  Way to go Uncle John.

Thanks for celebrating our little buddy James.  It wouldn't have been the same without you!

***update for those thinking of having your party here!  Important tip: there is no heat in the caboose, so keep that in mind!  It was very austere in the interior, so bring some color!  I bought my train conductor hats, red bandanas, & wooden train whistles from orientaltrading.com in one dozen packs which was a great deal!  Pennants & table covering made by Grandma. :-)

interior view of caboose

 My Favorite insta moments from the party!!

Mimi's beautiful pennants!

James.

silly silly boy.

you make me laugh.

Hayden: 6 months and first food.

Little Hayden is 6 months now.  Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of him naked at the dr like I had hoped.  We had a bit of a crazy Dr. appt because for some unknown reason, he was throwing up before and during the appointment.  A little spit up, ok, that doesn't happen very often for him.  But seriously soaking himself in his car seat, leaving a puddle behind- soaking my whole shirt sleeve, leaving a puddle on the floor and counter top....  Poor baby and poor mommy.  I was scared the poor fella had the flu.  Luckily, he never ran a fever and didn't have any more incidents.  But seriously a stressful situation.  Thankfully, we made it home in one piece with only a few tears, and we put off his shots a couple days to make sure he was good and healthy.

Never a dull moment.  Sometimes I wish they were a little more dull, haha.

Hayden. 6 months. 16 lbs 1.5 oz and 26.5 in long

We started baby food with Hayden this past month, and it was pretty slow going at first.  I remember James just attacking his food and there was no looking back.  Hayden seemed interested but had trouble learning that swallowing motion.  The incident at his dr. appt may have been precipitated by a rice cereal lunch.  That was my only guess- even though it doesn't sound like a good one.  But, this last week we made a breakthough.  Temperature.  I wasn't very successful with the rice cereal even though it was warm- wasn't very successful with apples which were only luke warm- BUT was very successful with sweet potatoes and winter squash hot/warm.  Like a switch flipped.  He attacked and there's no looking back.  He's eating 2 servings a day, and I'm hoping maybe will be sleeping a bit better at night... :-)

Hayden & rice cereal.  "I'm not so sure about this stuff..."

"my fingers do taste pretty good though....."

January 11, 2012

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