He did it! James rolled over from his back to his tummy for the first time on Saturday. And I was right there on the floor with him to watch. It was great! He's been so close for weeks now and Saturday he finally got enough momentum going to get all the way over. He even repeated it for me a short time later when I had the video camera out. And he did it again Sunday morning so Auntie Carrie could see. My big boy! I also weighed James on Saturday morning and he was 17 pounds! He's enormous! He was awfully happy this weekend too. I just love those big open-mouthed, gummy smiles. I think he even tried to laugh last night. I got a little "heh-heh" out of him as he was smiling at me. My heart just melts when he gives me that smile. And I think he likes me too. There were several times this weekend when Kris had to give James to me because James was upset. And all I had to do was hold him and bounce him and he was smiley happy again. Maybe I just have the right bounce, who knoes, but I like it that I'm able to soothe him so quickly.

Even Annika was pretty well behaved this weekend. She is definitely going through a phase right now, the typical 2-3 year old behavior of not wanting to listen and telling us no. She had to spend a couple of tear filled time outs in her room. She is still the sweetest little girl though. And the silliest too! She was singing and talking almost the entire way home last night, often making up her own words to familiar songs. And she is doing so much imaginative play lately. Last night she and Nana were playing tea party and she would pour the tea and scoop the sugar. And she was so cute serving everybody a little plate with fake cookies and invisible tea. And she's assigning different names/personalities to herself and others. She is Peter Pan, I am Wendy. She is Woody, I am Buzz. She is Cinderella. She is Madalyn (her little friend). Such a cutie.

We got half our garden put in this weekend. We're building a two-tiered garden on the side of our house and Kris got the lower half retaining walls built. We also put in all the soil and some plants in there too. This is our first garden so we'll have to see if we have any yummy strawberries, tomatoes, peppers and herbs come later this summer.

Auntie Carrie came to stay with us Saturday afternoon - Sunday night. It was so nice to have her with us! Although I must say that I was feeling guilty. I felt like we dumped the kids on her to work outside on the landscaping all day. I hope she didn't mind. She said she didn't and I know that Annika loved playing with her. I feel like I didn't get to spend enough time just talking and chatting with her though! Hopefully I'll have another chance before she leaves for home next weekend. And now that she's moving to Iowa this summer, we will hopefully get to see her more often! We've already planned to go visit once this summer. It will be our first big drive and mini vacation as a family of four. Wish us luck!