Daddy's Boy

Daddy forgot Alex's hat at daycare on Friday so in order for us to go out for a walk in the beautiful weather yesterday we had to improvise with Daddy's hat - how it fits on both their heads I am not sure - after some protesting - he does not like change - he thought he looked very handsome.

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day - a little late. What did we do?

Alex got a new playdoh farm set - with a roller and lots of little cookie cutter things. His personal favorite is the tractor - big surprise.

The set came with these three cute little animals on top - you are supposed to put the playdoh in them and then squish it through the holes they have making hair and tails etc. Except in Alex's world this is unacceptable and they must sit on top of the container and watch - they are NOT to be touched or removed from their proper places.

He also got some foam shapes to be used either in the tub or when I get brave enough to bring out the paint.

And what did I get for Valentine's Day? I got chocolate covered strawberries - and boy were they YUMMY - all gone now and I did NOT share!

Snowman

Say HELLO! to Alex's first ever SNOWMAN! With a little help from Mommy we were able to pack down some snow and make an Alex size snowman. Today's snowstorm gave us about 6 inches of the white stuff and it was kind of heavy - not perfect but we made it work. The girls next door gave us a snowman kit for Christmas so we had all of the perfect decorations. Alex was very excited to help "pat" down the snow - which usually meant pushing the snowman's head off.

Where was Daddy during all of this excitement? Fiddling with the snowblower of course!

I know, I know

It's been a while. Its been an up and down few weeks. Alex was pretty sick about 2 weeks ago - fever of 102-103 without Tylenol or Motrin - for 5 days. The dr on day 3 said virus, the other dr on day 5 said pneumonia - so antibiotics we got and viola! Better Alex. The 10 days of meds were over on Thursday and yesterday fever - 102.5 came back again!!!! WHAT and of course being winter and a million different things going on the dr does not want to see him unless he does not get better or things change - great - there goes the whole weekend and probably most of next week as well. This was not a problem last time as I was not back at school yet - now the semester has started and I just dont know what to do - I guess we will be shelling out cash for Parents in a Pinch so I can teach my classes as they wont take him at daycare with a fever. Poor kid - he is so snuggly though.

What have we been up to besides this sickness? Playdoh!

And looking super cute in one of the sweaters my grandmother made for all of the cousins kiddos before she died. I was able to bring him home from the hospital in one of those sweaters.

The best words of all....

Love you! Today Alex said Love you Mumma and Love you Daddy. I asked him if he could say "I love you" and for the first time he did! He is such a sweet boy :)

First week of 2010

What have we been doing this first week of 2010? The beginning of it left us snowed in for the holiday weekend - we went out to lunch on New Years Day and shopping at Target just to get out of the house because we knew we would be snowed in the rest of the weekend and we were!
Alex is trying out his new shovel he got for Christmas.

Riding on his sled - he likes it much more than last year! He even tried out the snow tubes the girls next door had and LOVED IT!!! He so wants to be a big kid like them!

Marching through the snow in our front yard.
Peaking around the corner of the garage.

And then on Monday we went back to work and daycare and we celebrated Alex's 2nd birthday with his school friends - they all loved the car cupcakes Alex and I made! It was funny watching each kid eat them in their own way - some dove right in - and some licked all the frosting off and then at the cupcake and some just slowly licked all the frosting off. :) Alex dove right in and devoured the whole thing!

2009 in review

JANUARY 1, 2009

FEBRUARY 2009

MARCH 2009

APRIL 2009

MAY 2009

JUNE 2009 - FIRST WEEKEND IN OUR NEW HOUSE!

JULY 2009

AUGUST 2009 - AFTER THE GREAT JUMPING INCIDENT

SEPTEMER 2009


OCTOBER 2009

NOVEMBER 2009 - CHRISTMAS CARD PHOTO

DECEMBER 27, 2009

For many 2009 was not a good year. We are counting our blessings: Grampa beat CANCER. Auntie J and Uncle M got married on a beautiful Halloween evening. We bought our first house! And there are lots of other little things along the way I am sure I am forgetting but as I look back over these pictures of my greatest joy - Alex - I cant help but be amazed at how much he has changed and look forward to all of our adventures to come.