Toadfrogs and Elephants

Alex woke up just in time to join Johnna, Amy, and I for lunch at Flamingo Row. He did pretty well and we did make it all the way through lunch:

We spent late afternoon at the pool. My mom goes every afternoon to tread water with a group of friends. We visited for a while and then played around in the baby pool. It wore Alex out:

Our time in Paducah is always busy. We started the morning with a visit from the Sieners – Carolyn, Leigh Ann, Charli, Kip, and Kase. I think the boys were more fascinated with Madison:

Then we took a picnic lunch to Grandma’s and got to see Aunt Beverly too:

Then we were off to Dad and Laura’s for dinner and visiting.

Alex’s outfit today was all for Wade. I’m pretty sure Wade liked it:

Although he did decide to make a modification or two (notice the mohawk):

Alex stayed up all morning and slept all afternoon. I realized there was a slim chance the painters could want to start work while we were out of town. That meant I needed to have the front doors stripped and sanded. I started a little before dark and managed to get them done in time to finish Terminator 3 with Wade.

I just made awesome Ginger cookies. I have been consistently treating myself to a ginger cookie at Alterra every time I go to the mall. I dragged Krista with me last week and she said the cookies were similar to her mother’s. I tried her recipe tonight – yum!

The recipe:

¾ c. butter
1 c. sugar
1 egg
4 T molasses
2 t. soda
1 t. cinnamon
½ t. cloves
1 t. ginger
¼ t. salt
2 c sugar

Roll in sugar and bake at 375 for 9-10 minutes.

Oh yeah…Alex wanted to say “hi”

I decided to try Alex in his new stroller. The poor boy would just sweat and sweat in his stroller+car seat. He fell asleep on our walk, but seemed rather comfortable:

I got two new toys today – kinda. My iPhone was having some serious problems – the screen would black out and I couldn’t have a call over 5 minutes long without losing my connection. The man at the Genius Bar ran a diagnostic and told me I had a cellular component malfunction. Then he gave me a new phone! I went home, synced my new phone, and got everything set up just like I wanted. Then I tried to make some calls and realized no one could hear me. It turns out my new iPhone had a faulty microphone. I went back to the store and the man recognized me instantly. He happily replaced the new phone with no hassle. Now I should be good to talk for as long as I want!