My Little Phelpers

Rob and James

Just after the 4th of July, James was able to meet his uncle Rob and Aunt Ali for the very first time. We don’t get to see my brother, Rob, and his wife Ali very often so it was so exciting to see them and hang out with them.  Currently, my brother is working on a new CD with his band so he grew his beard out really long. I thought James would be afraid of him, but he wasn’t. The first time that Rob held James, James flashed him a huge smile (James must have thought Rob’s beard was silly).

While Rob and Ali were here we went up American Fork Canyon and had YUMMMY tin foil dinners. Rob decided to get creative with the dinner and we added some banana squash to the tin foil dinners and it was so good.

Our dinners:

• Hamburger
• Cream of Mushroom Soup
• Onions
• Mushrooms
• Golden Yellow Potatoes
• Carrots
• Banana Squash

Grandma gave James his first dip in the river up the canyon too.

James in the River 1

James in the River 2

James in the River 3

I don’t think he expected the water to be so cold. Normally when his little toes touch water, it’s nice and warm. It was pretty funny though.

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Rob and Ali have been so nice to Sweet Baby James. They always have presents for him. This time when they came they brought the cutest little animal print socks. One pair matched James’ Tigger shirt from Disney World perfectly.

T-I-Double g-ER

Check out the zebra print socks they gave him in the picture with James and Rob. Those are cute too. There are a couple other prints too.

We had some pictures taken of our Sweet Baby James. I asked my friend Ian, from Ian Wade Photography, if he would take them and I think he did a great job. Here are some of my favorites.

He’s just so handsome. I love our little man.

*ps: if you live in Utah or Salt Lake County and are interested with working with Ian for some pictures, visit his web site or let me know and I can get you in touch with him. He does a great job!

Our 4th of July celebration included a celebration of our Sweet Baby James. On the 4th of July we celebrated and officially gave James his name and blessing.

His Name: James Edward Phelps

His Blessing: Beautiful.

I am so thankful for a wonderful husband who holds and honors the Priesthood and was able to give our baby a blessing. It was a wonderful blessing. And I am also thankful for the other wonderful men in our lives that were able to share in the special blessing.

Of course after the blessing we celebrated with food, friends and family.

James was passed around to everyone! By the end of the day all he wanted to do was be all alone on the floor by himself with no one bothering him. (I tried to get pictures with James and everyone who came, but he wasn’t too happy about that, and some of our family snuck out before we could get pictures. Oh well.)

Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated with us. It was a beautiful day.