Lunch with a buddy!

Alex and I took a trip down to Dover a few weeks ago to have lunch with an old classmate of mine, Leslie. We went to nursing school together. This was Leslie and Alex's first time meeting. Leslie has been so generous to Alex; sending him packages, constantly asking about him, etc. I felt horrible that this was the first time, age 8 months that she finally got to meet him. I always agreed with Leslie when we were in school when she would say that she wanted to be a Pediatric Nurse. She is so great with children. You could tell how much fun she had playing with Alex, and he just adored her! We had a great lunch and I was so happy that Leslie finally got to meet my little man!

Crawling and teething

My poor little man has been attempting to crawl for what feels like an eternity now. He has been up on those fat little knees rocking for the longest time. He would just scoot himself around on his tummy or roll wherever he needed to be. Last week he got the hang of it! He is a fast little bugger I must say! So, now I am in a frantic panic to baby proof everything! I know I've had plenty of time, but there's a lot you gotta do!

Alex's first tooth arrived! It was painstaking to come to that point, but after it broke through the gum, he was so relieved. Well, unfortunately we are in the middle of getting another one. He has been so miserable lately which is not like my guy. I just wish they would hurry up and come in. It's so pitiful to see him in pain. And, the weirdo that he is, hates his teething things cold! If I can get a good pic of him with his one little tooth on the bottom I will post it, but he hides it with his tongue all the time!

Swimming!

Aunt Julie, Uncle Jamie and Aidan came for a visit Memorial Day weekend. They brought Alex a pool! He was so stinking adorable in the pool. The water was a little cold, so everytime he splashed himself he sorta scared himself! It was so cute to watch. He loved looking up at Aidan and watching what he was doing. I think they both had so much fun. Here are a few photos from that day.

We're Famous!

Check us out! We went to a rally down in Dover protesting Governor Markell's budget proposal to give the already less paid state employees a pay cut. Well, Mr. Alex and I are famous! We were photographed a few times and even recorded for the Dover/Salisbury news! We had a lot of fun and it was very emotional to see just how many people this affects. I hope Mr. Markell hears our message!

Photo courtesy of delawarestatehouse.com

Florida Fun!!!

This post is LONG overdue. Alex and I went to Florida from 4/15-4/21 to visit Taya and Rhese. We had such a blast!

Day 1: Alex was the best little boy on that plane. We sat all the way in the back with the other Mommies and kids. There was a 10 wk old baby on the plane with us. She was just as good as little man, slept and ate! He drank a bottle as we were taking off and I didn't see his eyes open again until I woke him up to give him a bottle for our decent. He was smiling from ear to ear, absolutely amazing how happy he is! We are very lucky. Here is my little traveler in the airport before we boarded....

After Taya picked us up from the airport, we went to see her Mom at work, then went to Taya's house so the babies could eat lunch and nap. When they woke up it was playtime! Poor Alex was in the exersaucer since little Miss Rhese is a crawling maniac and pretty much used him as her step ladder! :)


Hey....you're little like me...

Day 2: Poor babies must've had so much excitement Wednesday that they were so sleepy and cranky on Thursday. They both napped in opposite schedules which made it impossible for us to do anything. We pretty much hung around the house; that night we met Nicole, her mom and her sister at a Mexican restaurant for dinner. Alex of course, was asleep in the restaurant at 7 on the dot (his bedtime every night). This is what we found when we opened the doors to the car when we got home:

Day 3: What a beautiful day it was. The weather was fantastic. in the 80's with a nice breeze. We decided to take the babies to the zoo. Alex, fell asleep. (Big surprise) Party girl Rhese loved every minute of it. I think Alex really didn't care for the animals so much as being pushed in the stroller!
Can you see the GINORMOUS iguana behind him?

In front of the fountains

The two love birds!

Day4: We had a BBQ at Taya's Mom's house. A few friend of ours came over. It was a blast to see Alex in the pool. He definitely loved it. It was a little hard for him though as he wasn't sitting up too great at the time (now he sits really good). But, I definitely see us getting a baby pool this summer!

Day5: Taya's Mom had decided to cook us a most delicious dinner on Sunday of Roast Beef with all the fixings. So Taya and I decided to just hang by the pool with the babies that day again. This time, they went into the big pool. Alex wasn't too sure at first, but they he started to love it. The LaCasse family was as welcoming as they always are. They loved my little guy like he was one of their own. Taya's Mom has always been like that with me growing up.

Day 6: We really didn't do too much this day but go to lunch and babies r us. That night we met Nicole at Panama Hatties (my favorite place to go when I'm down there) for dinner. We sat out on the deck and enjoyed the view of the intracoastal and the boats passing by. We had a great time!!

Day 7: We left. Plane ride home was o.k. My poor lil man was teething really bad. Luckily the stewardess let me in the back to walk around with him and bounce him back to happiness! The little 10 wk baby girl was on our plane ride home too!All in all we had a great trip. We are hoping that Taya and Rhese will come up here this summer so we can take them to the shore!!

Leaving on a Jet Plane.....

Tomorrow is our big flight to Florida. God Bless those people on the plane. I wish them all the luck. Hopefully Alex won't hate it too much. I will post tons of pictures when I get back. And I plan to post something about the new house with some photos too!

Easter

Alex enjoyed his first Easter from what I could tell. He loves getting attention. I had to work, but afterwards I met Rob and Alex at Aunt C.J. & Uncle Roy's house for dinner. Of course Alex was all decked out in his best. He was having so much fun just rolling around and playing with his toys while we were there. The Easter Bunny did not visit this year since he is too small, but the Bunny stopped by to see Rob like it has for the last 9 years.

Always so happy and smiling

Playing with Aunt CJ

Mommy and Alex

Daddy loves playing with Alex on the floor

Cousin Lisa and Alex