Alex's Turns 3!

Last week our little guy turned 3 years old.  I can't believe how fast the time has gone and how big he is getting.  On his birthday we had a great day celebrating as a family.  We started the day by opening presents.  

 Alex is really into Star Wars right now so he got a few Star Wars characters and as well as the Millennium Falcon.

A little later in the day we went to the Zoo.  

Checking out the monkeys.

Ice cream break.

Alex loved seeing the legos around the Zoo and especially loved playing with the giant legos.  He went right up to the adult over seeing the legos and asked her to build him a lego polar bear.

It was definitely a successful day!

On Saturday we had Alex's birthday party with our families.  

Ready to start.

As you can tell Star Wars was the theme.

Light saber napkins.

Millennium Falcon cake.

The kids table. 

The mad dash for the candy.

Pesky trick candles.

Learning to use his new bow.

This week we also celebrated our anniversary and mothers day.  Here are the beautiful flowers Brandon got me.  

 and presents...

Cousins.

Alex enjoying one of his birthday presents.

Baby Animal Days

As we did last year we spent one of Brandon's days off up at "This is the Place State Park" seeing the baby animals.  Once again Alex had a ton of fun. 

From My Phone

Often some of my favorite photos from our life come from our cell phones.  They are not as high quality but we seem to capture more intimate moments.  Here are a few from the last month.

After spending an afternoon at the Chick-Fila playground Alex came down with a really bad stomach flu.  He has never been so sick.  He spent three days sleeping or throwing up.  He also managed to pass it on to everyone in the house (except for me).  We are so glad that is behind us.

One of my favorite moments of the day is when I get to wake Alex up from his nap.  I love his sleepy confused state.

Counting his Easter Eggs.

This was the big moment after we got the keys to our new house.  Sadly, though the key didn't work and we had to go in through the garage.  It was still exciting though.

 This was the day after we moved in.  Alex and Boo are checking out the area.

After a sleepover at his aunts and a fun day we took Alex to Ikea.  He fell asleep in the car.  Usually when we get him out of the car he wakes right up.  This time he stayed asleep and was completely out while we shopped.  I will relish any moment I can hold him sleeping.  It happens so rarely and every time it happens I think that it could be the last time.

Crazy Easter

We had another wonderful Easter.  This year was a little crazy because we moved into our house the day before.  Luckily the Easter bunny still found us and we had a lot of fun.  

After the big move on Saturday we spent the night at Grandmas.  We ate dinner, had an Easter egg hunt and then decorated eggs. 

On Sunday morning we had to remind Alex what day it was and that he needed to find his basket.

Since this was the first night in our new house Alex wasn't too familiar with everything.  He did manage to find his basket in the bathroom though.

The Easter bunny brought something for Brandon and me as well!

I tried to get Alex to pose in his Easter church outfit.

I kept asking him to show me his happy face.  He kept telling me he wanted to do a sad face.

After church we went to Grandma Clement's house.  We had another Easter Egg hunt, ate dinner, and got even more Easter goodies.

It was a crazy but wonderful weekend!