Weekend fun

We were going a little stir crazy in the house with the bad weather so Alex discovered that he loves to play with my measuring cups and spoons - very noisy and very fun! I also decided he needed a bubble helmet when he was getting a bath - too funny!

We wanted to give a big shout out to Beyer Lawson Roberts and wish her a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fun at Grammy's house

Last weekend we went to Grammy's to celebrate her birthday. Alex got to see all of his family and had a great time with his cousin Evan. Great Grandpa was teasing Evan with cake - bad Great Grandpa! Alex's new favorite thing is to take fruit out of the fruit bowl and just have at it. He is also very good at waving "hi" and "bye" which you can see in the picture with the red shirt and overalls - he's got my sunglasses in one hand and he's waving with the other.

Big News!!!

So, the most exciting thing that has happened in the last week is that Alex has taken his first steps!!!!!!!! We knew it was coming soon, but it was so fun when Sam, Dreux, and I got to witness the actual first steps! He took 3 and then went down, but he's very happy with himself and has been practicing a little every day. I haven't seen more than 3 steps yet, but just wait! The other piece of news is that he is off formula and bottles! Only whole milk from a sippy cup for the big boy!

Weekend Fun!

This weekend was a lot of fun. Let me first explain the bad luck I hda on Thursday and Friday. On Thursday, my tire was low when I left my field site so I filled it up and was on my way home. I made it about 25 miles and I got a flat tire - really bad section of 3A where there is no breakdown lane and cars are flying by. After an hour, a guy came and put the donut on and had to put air in that as well. That night, Sam spent about 2.5 hours getting me a new tire - very slow at Sears. The next morning, on my way to the office at 6:30am in the pouring rain, got another flat tire! Not fun, but especially for Sam who had to put Alex in the car in his pjs with no breakfast, come find me on the exit ramp just before Route 3, and put the donut on the other side of the car... in the pouring rain. So, after much deliberation, I decided that I needed to stay home and clean the house instead of going to work. I didn't want to risk getting stuck again in the pouring rain with a donut on one side and another flat tire - obviously I ran over something. So, Saturday morning, Sam went and got me 3 more tires so now I've got 4 new tires, we're about $350 lighter, and I had to use a sick day. After all that nonesense, we had a few friends over on Saturday afternoon, and then on Sunday we went on a hike around Ellisville State Park (which is about 3 miles from our house) and Sam did some work on the deck. So, all is well in the world!

Sledding!

OK, so we didn't get a lot of snow, but we wanted to get Alex on the sled before he got too big and before Spring. He had fun with Daddy one morning last week. Thanks for the sled, Grammy and Grampy!!! And thanks for the snowsuit, Beyer and Jackson!

Fun with Daddy!

Alex has adjusted very well to his new environment. He loves his room and knows exactly where the toys are. He even has his own playroom!

Playground!

Before:
Alex is not a fan of getting all bundled up and smooshed into the stroller.

After:
It's all worth it when he gets on the swing!!!

The day after...

On Sunday, we had a relaxing day cleaning up the house from party chaos, going to the playground around the corner, playing with our new toys, and Alex even helped me fold the laundry.

Happy 1st Birthday!!!!!!!

Alex had SO MUCH FUN playing with all his friends, opening presents, and especially eating his own cupcake! We tried to get a picture of him with the cake with his name on it, but we put it a little too close so you can see what happened. Thank you Kianna, Rigel, Stella, Ryan, and Evan for coming to celebrate and for all your wonderful gifts! We hope you all can come back and play again soon!

The day before...

Alex's birthday fun started early when his Grammy and Grampy came down from Maine and brought him some wonderful gifts! Alex's Great Grammy made him this wonderful elephant to play with while he's in Maine visiting. Great Grammy also got him a stuffed frog and a nice fleece robe - so cute! He also got a teddy bear and a fun lobster toy from Grampy and Grammy gave him a wonderful picture to hang on the wall that was done by the artist who did Bambi. Can't wait to decorate his room!

Other funny Alex pics from the apartment when we were packing up. We stopped by the apartment yesterday to get the last car load of stuff and do a little cleaning. We will miss that place. It was good to us in many ways. We lived there for about 5 years - got married there, had a baby there. It was a great location and so convenient to walk to everywhere in town, but I'd never go back! I love the house and we will have many more wonderful memories to come. We still need to do quite a bit of work on the house - windows, kitchen cabinets and counter, bathroom needs some love, etc., but we have the rest of our lives to work on it and it will probably take as long!

More house pics of the living room and our bedroom plus some fun ones of my cutie pie.

Other house pics of Sam in the basement (a.k.a. Sam's workshop), another kitchen shot and one of Alex's room. Thank you Bill and Julie for the crib!!!

Before and after of the guest room/office (was purple and now blue) and our room (was peach and now green).

We successfully moved into the house this weekend and we could not have done it without the help of some special people. Thank you very much to Mom, Lisa, Teddy, Brian, Mac, Christina, and JC for all your help!!! Here are some before and after pictures of the living room (was green and now beige) and kitchen (was red and now yellow).