JAMES GANG VACATION

I'm not going to write anything -- I think the pictures are self-explanatory and probably most of you have seen them! It may seem like a lot of pictures, but keep in mind that I went through about 300 of them to pick these out and I did it pretty quickly, too!! Hope you enjoy! Grandma Cooper

Watch out Rocky!

Okay, so I know this won't be that fun of a blog for everybody because it does not contain any cute baby or kid pictures, however, I accomplished something and am SO excited for myself that I had to post a blog. Drum roll please.......I finally ran a complete mile without stopping! YAY!!! I have been jogging off and on all summer long and today after work I went on my usual jogging route and when I came to the spot where I usually start walking, I kept going and going and going until I made it to the end of the road!!! I know I am a dork, but this really makes me happy! And really, if I technically added it up, I probably jogged a mile and 3/4 and only walked a quarter of a mile! YAY ME!!!! So anyway, that's all!

The End!

Kendall :)

Pigs Are Flying

There's a new post on the James Gang blog.

Amelia Kay Machlitt

Amelia Kay Machlitt was born this morning weighing in at a surprising 5 lbs. 12 oz. She's 18 inches long and has dark hair. Mommy and Amelia are both doing great and Daddy is extremely proud! Amelia is breathing well and was sucking on a pacifier tonight with her eyes open while lying in Ben's arms! We'll know more tomorrow after they've tried to feed her, but so far this baby has surpassed all of our expectations! If you didn't know she was a preemie you wouldn't be able to tell by the pictures! She is really filled out... just in a compact little body! What a blessing!

We'll try to post an update tomorrow! Thank you to everybody for keeping Ben, Kori, and Amelia in your thoughts and prayers! God bless!

She was starting to whimper when I took this picture.

Delivery Day

I realize this isn't the delivery day we are all anticipating in this family right now! I know we all have Monday's delivery of Baby Girl Machlitt continuously taking over our thoughts but I thought I would share pictures of the delivery we got this morning.
It was very exciting to see Scott's "new" combine pull into the drive and to see the look on Scott's face as he watched. He's been talking about getting one and searching for one for about three years now and finally took the plunge this week. Jacob was quite enthused as well! He didn't hesitate to sit in it as often as anybody would offer - that probably had something to do with all of the buttons to push in the cab.

Thank you all for checking in! God bless! Scott, Kim, and Jacob

Jacob and Justis checking out the tires.

This and That

I've had several pictures that I've meant to post and just got around to downloading them today. These first two are of the little girls. They have asked me what it's like to wear the patch on my eye and I had told them that I had a box of children's patches that I had mistakenly bought, so they could try a patch on sometime and see what it was like. Well, they were spending a day with me and Emma remembered about the patches and brought them out to have me put one on each of them. Ella was a little reluctant at first but Emma and Anna were eager to see what it was like. How funny! They wore them home when their dad picked them so they could show their mom!!


Kendall had an appointment at the Mayo Clinic in June and I met her there. I thought this was interesting! I'm sure Rick will say it was named after him!

Stacy and Ben crossing the headwaters of the Mississippi at Lake Itasca (I believe) in northern Minnesota. After this, the three of us went canoeing on the lake, if you can imagine that!!! No pictures, thank goodness!



Thought you might like to see this, Kelly! (This is a planter of petunias that Kelly and Nick gave me. We have enjoyed it all spring and summer!)

I was hoping to post some pictures of the Jameses but that will have to be another day, hopefully not too far off!!! Mom

Baby Machlitt

Here are the pictures from my last ultrasound. I am very sorry that the last two are so grey. I am battling with a bad headache and do not feel like starting over and fixing them. Anyway, you can really see her face in all of these and she has her mouth open in all of them. She was not moving around very much during the ultrasound but she was sticking her tongue out and moving her little fingers around. It was always exciting to see her during the ultrasounds but this one really shows some of her features and really looks like a little person. I feel bad that all she does to entertain herself is open and close her mouth all day but that will change soon enough! They say she weighs a little over 4 lbs. so we are keeping our fingers crossed that they are right and she will be a decent size even though she will be early. So that is all for now and the next pictures posted will be in color!!

Love - Kori