Let's Party Like It's 2013!

Happy New Year's Eve confetti throwin', sparkling apple cider drinking peeps! Daddy and Mommy say they have a very special pair of sunglasses for this very special evening for me to wear, I wonder what they look like?

BOO-YAAAAAA!!! I love 'em! We put our hands in the air and we wave them around!

Then Mommy brought out even more fun things, she brought out some pots and pans from our kitchen, here I am thinkin', what's Mama gonna cook out here?

Then Daddy explained to me that I get to drum on the pans and make lots of noise to bring in the New Year... we are working on New York time so I can hit the crib.

And if that wasn't exciting enough... Mama and Pops plugged in my Noni's special New Year Ball; there's just one word for it... INCREDIBLE!

Staring at those twinkling lights is super fun! Mommy said next year all of our Christmas lights are going to be colored lights... I can't wait!

New Year's Eve with my Mommy and Daddy has been so awesome... we have our Christmas lights on, Noni's power ball glowing, my Christmas toys covering the living room, 2013 hoitee-toitee shades and Dick Clark's Rockin' Eve Special rollin' in the the background... 

... the only thing missing is all of you here with the 3 of us!

This evening before this New Year is quite exhausting. As you can see I am falling asleep with my radical shades on; this may be a good time to say have an awesome night and we'll be seein' you in the New Year!!! WELCOME 2013!!!

From Rags to Toy Riches!

Here I am in my humble lil' chair approximately one week before Christmas...

BIPPITY, BOPPITY, BAM!

Here I am after Christmas! My toes are tapping on my piano keys in a sea of toys!

I am having SOOOO much fun!

Hey Mom, have you figured out where to put all my stuff?

To hit the perfect note, the key is to jump high! Check the form folks!

Music to my ears!

Wanted to share some moments of me in the midst of my Christmas toys composing my first symphony. It will be titled, "So this is what it looks like to be on the Good List."

Hey Dad, we need a stock pile of batteries ASAP! 

My Very Merry FIRST Christmas Ever!

Hey y'all holly jolly snow peeps! L to the J to the G here with the most amazing report back from this Christmas holiday; it was my favorite Christmas to date!

So my Mama and Pops went South for Christmas. They told me I was on this "Good List" and that I would be gettin' lots of awesome presents, and they were not even kidding! I got presents for two days straight!!! It started on the Eve of Christmas...

Most of the gifts I received were bigger than all of me! In this next pic was one of my absolute favorite toys of the Eve! It is my very own remote control!!!

By the end of Christmas Eve I was getting a lil' sleepy and I was ready to climb into my Christmas P.J.s... "And to all a good night." 

By morning, I was up and ready to celebrate!!! Welcome Christmas Morning!!!

My Noni made me my first reindeer pancake with a piece of bacon... no, I did not get to eat it but Mommy says it was waaaayyyyy YUMMY!!!

Then it was off to "Grimm's House We Go" to celebrate Christmas Day!!!

Hey Pollyanna, what do you think of my new "Super Hero in Training" shirt? Pretty snazy if you want my opinion.

The presents started off small...

And then the mother load showed up!!! WOW-EEEE! Mommy and I both almost fit in one of the boxes!

But the size of the gift was not intimidating, no sir-eee; I tore that lovely paper right off of that package!

"DAAAAADDDDDD, you will never believe what I just got.... YIPPEEEEEEE!!!!" You could say I was a wee bit excited. It was the one and only Rock Band Machine (don't you worry, you will see me rocking out in another post)!

 Even the Coach could not believe what the Grim-mister and Grandpa Mark got for me; the two of us just had to stare at it for a while...

I didn't even know where to begin... an all inclusive activity table! I have no idea what that means but it sounds cool!

Can even teach me spanish... BUENO!

Even going to learn how to tickle the ol' ivories!

Then along came a "man's best friend," my stride and ride PUPPY!!! Yes, I can even ride on this puppy, but I have to learn how to sit up all by myself first... don't worry doin' my crunches as we speak... 1-2-3-4- London is workin' on strengthening his core!

 Welp, I can't thank this Santa dude, my Mommy and Daddy, my Noni and my Grimmstone and Grandpa Mark and Papa Rich enough for EVERYTHING they did to make my very FIRST Christmas the best one any kid could have ever dreamed of. I love you all with all of my heart and HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!!!

Signing off for now with...

Twas the Night Before Christmas… London Style

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house

The only show on T.V. was the awesome Mickey Mouse.

Mommy hung a cool stocking for me with such care,

And Daddy said Santa would be filling it ‘cause the “Big Guy” likes to share!

Five months old, how time is flying by,

Since the day I was born, on the Fourth of July.

Along came August when we moved to Visalia,

This is where I got my own room - just one word peeps - BOO-YA!

Now in “V-Town” wearing my stylin’ hats,

I am learning about tummy time on my Lion King play mat.

Away to our drive thru Starbucks we three love to go,

While listening to my favorite classic rock tunes on the radio.

My first change of season into the fall,

Brought pumpkins and costumes, which was an absolute ball!

When, what to my wondering eyes did I see,

Was myself dressed as Batman, could this possibly be?

Superheroes and Star Wars, so adventurous and rad,

I am starting to see I love a lot of things just like my Dad.

More rapid than starships Mommy’s nicknames for me come,

I just laugh and I smile… are you ready? Here are some!

“Sweet boy, and Ma-Noom, Silly Snoopy, Two-Four-Two!”

I know she will always end with, “London, Mommy loves YOU!”

From the mid of the night! Through the rest of the day!

I know that Mommy and Daddy are here for me in every single way.

My eyes they do twinkle! My smile is infectious!

I “A-Goo” and I “Coo” while Mama’s camera tries to catch this!

My recent adventure is eating cereal made of rice,

I would enjoy turkey and pies, but the bland grain will suffice.

From storybooks, the outdoors, to my Dad and my Mom, 

One of my favorite things to do is blog - check me out at

themanyadventuresoflondonjames.blogspot.com

Christmas time is the best; I love the lights and the tree,

But most importantly I am learning about Jesus, and how much He adores ME!

So I just wanted to share and to give some “London insight”

“Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight!”

Ho! Ho! Ho! My FIRST bite of cereal!

Hey all you carolers out there! Put down that sheet music 'cause I have a major pager of an announcement... I probably gave it away in the title, but for those of you who do not bother to read titles, here it goes... I finally got to taste my very first bite of cereal!!!

It was a lot to "digest" (LOL) the taste of rice, the crazy green and blue utensil y'all call a dinglehopper... wait no, a spoon (Mom's watchin' her Disney cartoons again)!

In this next photo, you can actually see me slurping my cereal, it was absolutely fantastic!

It took no time for me to polish that goodness of a meal right up!

So then I got to thinkin' while I was taking my last bite...

Why is Mommy feeding me? I have come a long way with my fine motor skills, I can hold the spoon! So I decided to take things into my own hands!

Ta-Da! Don't try this at home kids without a bib on; life lesson #82... I'm really just winging all this as I go.

First bite was delicioso; it was no "turducken" though! I will have to give Mom my recipe for next time! Get back to singin' carolers of mine... London James out!

Raised by Elves!

So, here is my first post for this season called Christmas Time! It seems like the coolest time of the year!!! I am convinced that my folks are actually elves, no but really... check out the shirt they bought me, I do not make these things up! Wait... now what are they putting on me?... I definitely cannot fit into that yet...  

I now have one big tree, tons of lil trees, a gazillion lights, red socks hanging from my fireplace, men made of gingerbread in my kitchen and now I am wearing a hat that could fit the actual big dude they call Santa Claus! 

I do love my special red sock from Noni, but I think she forgot I have two feet 'cause she only gave me one.

While my "elves" have been decking the halls, we three have been watching lots of Christmas movies and cartoons; at this moment we were watching Elf... that's a shocker.

I think I am starting to really like this furry hat, Mommy says that she will get me one that fits me and I can give this one back to Mr. Claus... not sure how to return it, I think he lives North of here.

Hey, peeps, just had a thought... if I leave the "Big Guy's" hat maybe he will put me on this Good List I have been hearing a bunch about... maybe he will even bring me two front teeth for it; I'm not picky he could bring the tops or the bottoms.

Safari in December... Why not?

Mmmm... Mommy says that today we are going on a Safari adventure and that I get to meet animals like the roaring lion, the tall giraffe and the ENORMOUS elephant! This would be my concerned face... but I love how dressed for the occasion I am!

Oh my goodness!!! Mommy left out the part about the safari friends being London size! I am super excited... Safari on dudes!

The animal that I ended up liking the most was the elephant.

He was blue, he needed a cuddle.

Mommy said that I could hold his foot, but she didn't say how!

Hmm... elephant's feet don't taste very good. Life lesson #32, write that down kids.

Mom, can you do me a favor and wash my tongue with some milk? I am exhausted!

Thanks for surfin' the safari with me! Catch 'ya later!