It's a Boy!

We are so excited to introduce to you the newest member of our family, John Tyler Rosser, due in early May, 2016!

Ultrasound at 20 weeks

We are thrilled to be having another boy and are excited for James to have a little brother! He's excited too...even if he doesn't know it yet! At least he has a fun balloon to play with!

New Adventures

This week we have had two fun new adventures with toys in our house. My parents gave James an early Christmas present of a toy kitchen from IKEA. We love it! It's so fun to watch James pretend to cook. We might have a future chef on our hands!

James can't quite reach the utensils by himself yet and he can't open the microwave up top. But it won't be long until he can!

The next adventure was playdough. I have wanted to try this for awhile but finally got around to making some easy dough. Sure enough, James tried to taste it, but thanks to the half cup salt it didn't stay in his mouth!

He wasn't too interested in playing with it so we'll try it again sometime soon and see how it goes!

Thanksgiving Pictures

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend at the Rosser's. Tyler's Aunt Debbie and four cousins came from Texas and we were reunited with our dear Chris who has come back to the states after being home in Korea for the last several years.

James was right at home and enjoyed having everyone around

I made a gluten-free Boston Cream Pie thanks to Tyler's request 

James and Uncle Chris definitely bonded

James warmed up quickly to Aunt Debbie

And of course we can't forget about the food

We had delicious food all weekend long

And lots of fun play time

Demanding

I am so thankful to be a mother. To be able to be at home with James and share our days together. He still goes to bed at 6pm so Tyler and I have a nice break in the evening. Thankfully he usually sleeps til around 5:30am so after a good night sleep I am ready to see him again! But James is definitely a 16 month old and sometimes it's exhausting. Very demanding. He wants me. All the time. No matter what. And sometimes I just need a break.

Tyler and I had a funny moment the other night. I was telling him about my day, the ups and downs, and he looked at me and said, "Thank you for being with James. I don't know what it feels like to be followed around and yelled at all day." I laughed, but he got it exactly right! That is exactly what I feel like! All day I have this little person, hanging on my every move, clinging to my legs, wanting to be with me and to do what I am doing, and on top of all that, he is very vocal and I feel like I'm being yelled at!

I know it'll get better as he gets older and learns how to express himself in different ways. But in the every day-all day present, it's tiring.

God knows what we can handle though because in the middle of the yelling and being followed around all day, James is a sweet little guy who gives so many smiles, hugs, and kisses. We love you James!