4th Anniversary!

Tomorrow is our 4th anniversary, but since we are going out of town for a week, we went on our date last night. My parents were able to watch James last night, so we got to go out on our own! That was SUCH a treat!! Don't get me wrong, I love being with James and we missed our little guy by the end of the night, but we really needed that. It was so nice to get out of the car and not grab the diaper bag, car seat, and stroller! We went to our favorite nice restaurant, since it was a gorgeous night, walked around a little square in downtown with fountains, and then ended the date at Barnes & Noble.

We put James in the exersaucer for the first time this week and he LOVED it. Of course we had to put a book under his feet and a blanket around his waist because he's not quite big enough to be in there on his own, but it's really good for him to strengthen his back, head, and stomach muscles. We cracked up, because he got the biggest kick out of the sun with the smiley face on it. Babies at this age are most stimulated by faces, and he lock eyes with it and didn't stop smiling almost the entire time. James has not stopped sleeping through the night, so I think it's here to stay for the most part. He actually gave us 9 hours Saturday night! The weird thing is that now that I'm getting more sleep, my eyes look more tired than ever, and it takes me longer to feel awake in the mornings. I'm not complaining, though!!

~~BTW, if anyone out there is about to have or has a little baby, READ SECRETS OF THE BABY WHISPERER!!! That book is AWESOME, and almost everything she says is dead on with what really happens. I can't tell you how much that book has helped us. Josh and I said that we were going to have to start giving that away as baby gifts. You need to read the book cover to cover, and then it's nice because you can go back and reread sections to help you through a problem. I was still getting up in the middle of the night to feed James a few weeks ago, so I reread that section and she gave a simple solution that she said would take 2 nights to fix...and it did just that! Anyways, just wanted to let you know about it in case you were looking for something like that.~~

Josh and I are heading out tomorrow morning at 4:45 (which doesn't seem as bad as it used to) to fly into Atlanta, spend the night there with his dad, drive to Bham the next day for a wedding, and then drive back Sunday morning to spend a few days with Josh's family. I'm sure I'll have lots of pics to post when we get back!