Happy 2nd Birthday, Alexander!

Alex turned two on Friday and he had a great day! He asked for pancakes for his birthday meal and then we went to the end of the week VBS carnival at church. He had a wonderful day -- full of sugar and fun! :)

Here is Alex putting syrup on his letter "A" pancake. He doesn't usually get to do this on his own -- he thought he was hot stuff!! :)

Need I say more?! :)

We bought Alex a bookcase/toy shelf for his bedroom. I figured he wouldn't really care too much about it, but it's perfect height for him to play at, so he loves it! Yeah!! :)

And doesn't it look so cute in his room?! :)

Nana made him a pillow case with his name embroidered on the edge. He was instantly in love with it and wouldn't let ANYONE lay on it! So cute! :)

And of course he made Daddy read each book to him immediately. It was so fun! :)

He still doesn't watch TV and didn't care two hoots for the movie his cousin Ava got him. Luckily Emily was very excited about it! And Aunt Tracie & Uncle Curt totally redeemed themselves with that "choo-choo" they got him! :)

Would never have guessed he would be so excited about getting clothes! :)

He LOVED all his new books!

Nana and Papa bought him a turtle sprinkler -- it was the hit of the day! He wouldn't put it down the entire day! :)

Here is the train track from GiGi and another car for his train from Emily -- he just loves his choo-choos! :)

Emily drew him a picture for his birthday. She is such a sweet big sister! :)

He no sooner got that train out of the packaging and he was pushing it on the floor saying "Choo-choo". Such a boy! :)

I just loved this picture. He was trying to figure out what to do with the present! It didn't take him long! :)

Family Vacation

We just got back from The Outer Banks (North Carolina) and had a WONDERFUL time together! We went with three other families and could not have asked for a more enjoyable, relaxing week. The kids LOVED the beach and the pool and could not get enough of the sand. Hope you enjoy the pictures! :)

8 adults and 9 kids -- it was a great week! :)

We took Emily out for ice cream one night and bought her a doll (Grace) as a souvenir. She felt so special! :)

Snuggling with Daddy after waking up from a nap.

This boy was afraid of the ocean the first day and then couldn't get enough of it after that. Don't you just love his face?!

We took a walk on the beach one morning -- such a beautiful place!

We went to an aquarium one day to get the kids out of the sun for a while. They loved seeing the fish and we loved not applying sunscreen for a few hours! :)

We stayed at an amazing house! Each family had two bedrooms and the house had it's own pool and hot-tub. Then the community also had a rec center and a pool at the beach. Couldn't ask for a better place to stay! :)

Don't you LOVE these pictures!! :)

Pictures of Alexander

This boy is fearless! You should see him climb up the rock wall and go down the slide -- he can't get enough of it!!

We were packing for vacation and Alex found the cooler and made it into a bench. How resourceful! :)

I left Alex unattended one morning and he decided it would be more fun to sit on top of the table instead of in his chair. Such a goofball!

This CRACKED ME UP! He looks terribly upset in this picture but I swear he was laughing two seconds before that. How he managed to get his head stuck in the stair railing, we will never know. 100% boy!

Pictures of Emily

So, as you can see, Emily LOVES to pose for pictures. Especially in any new clothes she gets. She's so stinking cute! :)