James is so close to rolling over! I was videotaping him laying on his back tonight (he was talking up a storm and waving his arms and legs around like crazy!) and at least twice he was up on his side and kicked his leg and just about rolled over. But then he lost his momentum and rolled onto his back again. Then I put him on his tummy and once he almost rolled over to his back. I swear it won't be long!

James is trying so hard to laugh these days too. At this point when I'm tickling him he just makes these grunty noises, one right after the other. Pretty soon though and my boy will be laughing too. Man, I love that kid.

Saturday was James' 3 month birthday. We celebrated by having professional pictures taken of him. They turned out pretty cute. I purchased one of just him, one of him and I and then two of me and both kids. We're having a family picture taken next week for our church directory so we didn't do a whole family picture on Saturday.

Sunday we spent all day at Nana and Papa's house. Nana was altering my dress for Amanda's wedding. It's all done now so I'm all ready for Saturday. Yay! While we (and I use that term very loosely since all I did was play with James and try the dress on a couple times) were dealing with the dress, Papa, Kris and Annika went to go look at a pony. It looks like there will be a new pony at Nana and Papa's house next time we visit. Annika is going to have a great time riding this summer. Those new cowboy boots are going to come in handy!

Annika has been a little monster lately. I think the two's have finally hit the poor girl full force. She is testing her limits every chance she gets. If Kris or I tell her to do something, or not do something, she will look at us square in the face and tell us no. She usually gets one more chance to comply and then a consequence is handed down (taking a toy away, time out on the stairs, time out in her room, etc.). I was hoping she was just testing us but on Sunday she tested both Nana and Papa too. She was naughty when she was "helping" Papa with chores and he ended up chasing her down when she was in the field again, following the dog around after she had specifically been told not to leave the barn. And in the house Nana wanted Annika to come out of her and Papa's room and Annika told her no and then ran back inside. Nana had to pick her up, carry her out and close the door. What a naughty little thing! I know she's only testing her limits with those she trusts because when we are out in public she is very well mannered.

Of course Annika isn't naughty all the time. At dinner tonight she asked for more chicken so I cut her up some more. Kris did the same and she said "Thank you Mommy and Daddy" in just the most polite and sweetest voice. And each day when I get home from work I am greeted with Annika running full speed to me and wrapping her little body around my legs. And yesterday morning when Annika woke up she told Kris that she didn't want Mommy to go to work anymore. OK, so that last one got me choked up a bit. The point is that my sweet little girl is in there even when she's acting like a monster!