Toadfrogs and Elephants

Wade and I had our first real date since Alex arrived. Emily flew out this morning, but Judy and Jerry are staying till tomorrow morning – just so we can go out. I took a nap this afternoon to get ready and then we went to the movies and dinner. We saw Duplicity, which I thought was a little predictable. Then we had an awesome dinner at Fleming’s. The food was good, the service was fantastic, but I think it being just the two of us was the awesome part. The waitress even sent us home with two boxes of chocolate covered strawberries to celebrate our first evening out!

Pop and Granny spent lots of time holding Alex and we got just a few pictures.

Pop:

Granny:

Happy Birthday Christina!

Wade and I both were quite surprised when Alex was born with a head full of hair. To date, he still has all of it. I know it’s unlikely that he will keep it all, but it sure makes for good pictures now. Immediately after a bath, the hair sticks straight up and stays that way. We think it is similar to the little boy in the end of Zoolander. Regardless we look at it and laugh.

Wade took today off work and we all did a bunch of nothing. Judy and Jerry brought Alex a bunch of gifts from people in Collierville. He (read that as me) had a lot of fun opening them.

Wade’s family arrived in Milwaukee this evening – Granny, Pop, and Aunt Emily. They checked into their hotel and then brought Chinese for dinner. Most of the evening was spent watching Alex, who was on his best behavior.

Courtesy of Wade, a picture of one of my favorite outfits on Alex:

We made it to the dog park for the second day in a row. Milwaukee has had awesome weather with temperatures in the sixties and I wanted to take advantage. Of course, I failed to realize that warm weather would also mean lots and lots of mud.

Thank goodness Madison was willing to take a swim to clean herself up.

I actually have quite a few “best gifts ever”. The current one is my heated mattress pad. My sheets get cold while I get up to feed Alex and I love having them nice and warm for me when I return only half awake.

Wade and I have attempted church for the last several Sundays, but we haven’t quite made it there. We are having trouble because Alex isn’t quite old enough to go to the nursery and we don’t want to be “those people” with a crying baby in church. Today we were all awake and ready on time. We filled Alex up with milk and headed out the door. Suprisingly, he didn’t sleep through any of the service, but he was content with his pacifier. I think we have one more week and then the nursery will take him – thank goodness!

Is it just me or does my hair really look red in the last couple of pictures?

The day started out great – Alex slept two four-hour stretches last night! Mom and Dad love the extra sleep. We started the day with a bath – not Alex’s favorite activity:

However, as soon as he is covered up he is happy again. Now I can really call him my little toadfrog:

Next, we ventured downtown for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

After a quick bite of lunch we all took a long afternoon nap. Then we decided to invite people over for some Wii and Wee (Nintendo and Alex). You have to love people that say “yes” to last minute invites. We’d never see anyone if not!

Note the oreos on the counter – courtesy of Mike – Thanks!