Toadfrogs and Elephants

Obviously Alex has figured out what we do after he is bed and decided he wants to play too:

Alex slept till 7 this morning! That definitely makes for one happy Mom. We got home from church and had a few snuggles before naptime:

Two and a half hours later we had all had a nap and were ready to tour the Harley-Davidson Museum with Nate and Amy. Alex was content to be carried or pushed in his stroller until we discovered the kid area. We quickly dressed him up in a leather jacket and sunglasses so he could ride the motorcycle:

The end of the museum had an area for family photos. Amy was kind enough to take one for us:

We got home just as Alex let us know he was hungry. Then Wade was in charge of bathtime and I took time out of cooking dinner to investigate the giggles I heard:

Wade and Alex started the morning with some quality father-son time. I slept in. It was great to wake up to a baby down for a nap and a husband cleaning up the kitchen from last night’s dinner. We bummed around until Alex woke up and then headed to East Milwaukee for breakfast at Jo’s Cafe (courtesy of Wade’s sister). We all had a yummy breakfast and Wade got biscuits and sawmill gravy:

Alex kept us entertained the rest of the day. He was incredibly happy and into everything:

It’s great to have a happy boy again. I missed all the smiles:

(Wade fixed the lens! I hadn’t gotten around to mailing it in and he looked up the problem online. Evidently this particular lens has a weak spot and often gets messed up with even a gentle fall. He was able to make the repair.)

Today was one of those days with too many things to do. Alex had two naps to take and a swim class. I needed to take Wade to work, run to the library (thanks for the tip Kate), have a TB test read and blood drawn (part of a physical for the adoption), go to the grocery, clean up the house, finish a work project, pick Wade up from work, take Wade to get his car, and cook dinner for company. Amazingly it all got done before Tim and Sommer arrived at 7:30. Well amost everything. Alex was supposed to be in bed at 6, but was still snuggling with Daddy:

Alex has definitely had his ups and downs, but he is almost always an angel in the car (for short or long periods). He is either happy and talking:

Or sleeping:

I thought I had put the camera out of Alex’s reach, but evidently not. He managed to grasp the camera strap and pull the camera off the green chair in the living room. Thank goodness the drop wasn’t bigger, but it messed up the lens (the Canon 50mm 1.4f prime lens). I don’t think it can be repaired locally so I’m hoping to send it back to Canon soon.

Looks like it is back to my old camera for a while.

On a side note: I still see a lot of similarities between my sister’s baby pictures nad Alex. This is another one where I see Melissa:

I learned from yesterday. Alex wasn’t up too long before the yawns started so off he went for a morning nap: