Cupcake Wars and A Relaxing Labor Day Weekend

I hope all of my friends and family had a good Labor Day weekend! Ours was super sweet ;)

Michael and I decided that we wanted a do nothing weekend, and it was exactly what we needed!

Saturday morning we took James's 2 year Chair Pictures 

(Link to pictures here)

Then we hit the gym and picked up Mike's new car

After that we had a surprise for our girl!

We took a walk (which is the kid's favorite way to spend family time) to the local grocery store.

Do you see those birds we found on our walk home?!?! 

While James and I picked out dinner Mike and Jenna picked out everything they thought they would need to have our very 1st Family Cupcake Wars!

The Theme was Me... Like Me, Jacqui Reece, Mom, wife, lover of all things sweet! 

While Mike and Jenna made their cupcakes I made dinner "cupcakes"

I call them Steak Fajita ala guacamole cup 

We had dinner while their creations baked

then James and I cuddled with Buzz during the "decoration time" 

Once their time was up it was time for my favorite part

Tasting

Jenna made me chocolate pumpkin cupcakes 

with a chocolate chip crust

And Mike made me pumpkin pie cupcakeswith cream cheese filling

They were pretty and yummy

Though Mike's flowers were very pretty Jenna took the win with the chocolate crust!!

They agreed! 

And Jenna was excited to bring the left overs to her church friends for Sunday school!

Sunday we tried out the new Lions Park (Super Cute)

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Then we went home and the kids played outside while Mike and I spent some alone time, and watched them from the couch 

 Then we had family movie night and foot rubs :)

Monday we took the Labor thing seriously, and started in on our side yard project!

Nothing wrong with a little slave labor right?

James was so freaked out that Jenna was holding a worm ;)

Site supervisor right here ;)

 Oh and that guy right there is Bill he just started helping when he saw Mike working! 

Then another neighbor Lisa showed up with veggies for all of us, and all the kids started playing

I LOVE THIS HOUSE MORE, BECAUSE OF THE NEIGHBORS WE HAVE!

I feel so refreshed and more in love with my husband, kids, and home than ever!

I love times like this when there is nothing you have to be doing just having fun with no one around!

Thing 3 and His Chair

For the 1st year of his life we took monthly pictures of James on his comfy chevron chair in his nursery to keep track of how he was growing. 

It is a special chair, because it a gift from his grandma April and Grandma Sue :)

Here is a link to his 1st Birthday post

We decided we should keep the fun going, and do a yearly picture as he grows!

This weekend we remembered to take his 2 year old pictures...

And he is definitely a 2 year old ;)

He was good, but didn't want to smile

Then he got bored 

Then he got mad that we kept sitting him back up

Then daddy offered candy, so he tried to look happy

Sister got the candy and he kinda smiled. but couldn't sit still he was so excited for a sucker

So we gave him the sucker to get him to smile

But he had what he wanted, so he showed us what he thinks about picture time!

The shirt is from my favorite baby boutique 

https://www.facebook.com/Sewfisticatedbabyboutique/?fref=ts

Thing 3 is Ten Months Old



As you can see he is not much for sitting down these days!

 He loves to brush his hair (well hair/head/face whatever)

And playing with cars

He goes broom broom whenever he sees them!

Height/Weight: At his 9 month check up on 6/9/15 he was weighing in at 21.5 (74.4 percentile) and was 28.5 inches long (42.6 percentile)

Routine: We are loving summer here in this Reece House! I have never had a time in my life that it was so easy to keep up with things. I have gone weeks caught up on house work and laundry! Needless to say this stay at home mom gig is kinda nice! 
We try to get out in the sun at least once a day, so we have been trying all the parks in Nampa, having play dates, walking downtown to the library, and getting to know our new neighbors. 
James is still on the same sleep/food/bath schedules, but luckily is a flexible little man to make time for having a busy big sister!

oh the difference 10 months can make!

Sleeping: James is a great sleeper, and I am so glad he likes his crib so much! We have also learned this summer that he loves to sleep in his stroller, so we will take walks at nap time.

Eating/Feeding: Pretty much the same on the food front. Eating solids 3 times a day and snacks though out (mostly when I need to entertain him lol)

He did however experience his 1st gluten at the water park last week, and I don't think he will ever give it up now! He was so impressed with that bread stick he would scream if we tried to take it away!

Sizes: He is rocking 12 month clothing and size 4 shoes 

Milestones:
This has been by far the biggest growth month for Mr. James!
He has learned to Walk and is quickly figuring out running!

He learned to not only go up our big flight of stairs, but can go down just a fast!

He can play the drum, brush his hair and teeth like a big boy, and can make car noises!

He loves dogs and barks (woo woo) at them when he sees them!

He raises his arms anytime you ask how big he is or say touchdown lol

He gives the best kisses ;)

He loves playing at the waterpark, and water pretty much anywhere!

I really can't express how in love with being his mom I am,

 or how much I am loving spending my days with my kids in the sun!