Today is a very important day!! On this day 34 years ago, he was born to two loving parents that I don't think had any idea what they were in for!! Alicia and I are so thankful for Alex on this day...and every day of course!! I can't imagine what my life would be if I hadn't met him. We have so much fun together, and he is such a good daddy and husband. We celebrate him today. This was his fourth birthday that we celebrated together, and I am looking forward to celebrating many many more with him in the future.
It seems that life has been flying by around here!! I've joined the women's group at our church and have been enjoying a night out each week to go to that...and I think that Alicia and Alex have both been enjoying the bonding time that it allows them to have. I went to the doctor yesterday and all looks good, except for maybe the fact that my weight is still steadily increasing! I'm far from overweight and just now approaching the weight that I was when I first got pregnant with Alicia, but my doctor has been cautioning me that it is not my weight gain, but the babies that we are concerned about. I've been feeling good, especially after the extra sleep with the time change, and the baby in my belly is extremely active...I just wish that it would choose sometime to do its playing other than when I am trying to rest or sleep. Alicia is getting to be such a big girl and her vocabulary is just exploding!! Every day I hear her practicing new words and she is very proud of her achievements. She had a terrible week last week since all four of her canine teeth came through at the same time, and we are all relieved that she is now feeling better.
Here are a bunch of pics since the last time that I posted any...enjoy!
Just enjoying some chicken nuggets.
Making juice and showing off her Halloween pajamas...
All set for the big event...and it was a big success!!
Reaping the benefits of a successful night!!
She's just like her daddy in so many ways...
Alicia had made a huge mess of her clothes and was helping Alex BBQ outside in only a diaper, but they had to pull their chairs up to the door to watch the world series. With the dirt in the background I just couldn't help take a picture of my little white trash family!!
This is what it turned into...you can just imagine what the world would be like if kids had only dad's and no mom's around to maintain control...which in this particular case I had clearly lost.
I took Alicia to a Halloween festival at a nearby park to give her wings a test run...
She didn't really want to dig in, but she did enjoy watching us carve the pumpkins...
Sharing snacks with her cousin Kate during her grandparents wedding!...
The couple had a perfect day...
On a trip to the pumpkin farm, Uncle Charlie managed to handle his daughters and give Alicia a ride down the slide as well.
Alicia loves her cousins and just can't get enough of them!!
Enjoying the new trikes that the bride and groom gave the flower girls...
An Angels game in early September...or was it August, not sure, but it was a lot of fun!!
