James 101

James is my cuddle bug. He is so much more shy than Alec ever was! He hates going new places or playing with friends-he would much prefer to be with family members. He absolutely loves both of his siblings, and is always trying to help me with the baby, and spend more time with his brother. If Alec ends up in a timeout, James will be there within a minute to cheer him up and bring him a toy. He has reached the imagination stage, so he's begun having nightmares which makes bedtime a bigger chore. It's awfully sweet though, when he just wants to be cuddled until he falls asleep. I love those moments!

Last week, he wandered into my bedroom one morning & when I asked what he was doing I got, "Distracting you so Alec can sneak downstairs & get us some lollipops." Haha. Five minutes later I heard Alec defining the term 'distract' to his little brother.

Another funny moment was when he came downstairs after his bath with his shirt half pulled up and cried, "I'm Samuel the Lamanite!"

He is definitely a 'terrible two' with tantrums arising at the most inopportune moments, but he's slowly learning to control himself, which is great. He's not as readily motivated as Alec was, so it's a learning curve for me also. He can cry on demand and that tends to be his threat, "if you do, I will cry," he tells me daily. He even cried when he saw daddy had been super glueing his LEGO sets together (otherwise he tears them apart & we lose half of them).

James is incredibly smart. He's memorized his first three articles of faith & is working on the fourth. He's great with his alphabet & sounds already.