Yesterday Alex and I made the trip to Collierville with no trouble. Today Alex was on his best behavior for the Sip and See given by Vicki and Bobbie:
He slept through being held by most everyone and even woke up at the end and put on a little show of laughing smiling.
We got home and Alex slept for a few hours while I visited with Granny, Pop, and Aunt Emmy. Alex woke up just in time for a walk around the lake and then some cuddling with Pop:
A trip to Paducah is never boring. Alex woke up at 6:30 am ready to go. We started the day with a trip to see Grandma:
Then we headed back to Mom’s for an overdue nap:
After an afternoon of errands (including a haircut to straighten out my uneven cut from the un-named $10 salon), the Upshaws came for dinner. Buddy and Mary Ann finally got to see Alex in a good mood:
When Buddy walked in my mother and I laughed. I told you Alex’s shoes reminded me of Buddy in a post here. I was glad I brought Alex’s shoes and we attempted to get a picture:
Wade is spending the next few days in New Orleans for work (and then remodeling the upstairs bathroom) so I decided to visit the grandparents for the next week and a half. Alex and I said good-bye to Wade and then got on the road for Paducah:
This is the view I saw in my rearview mirror for about 8 hours:
Alex was a dream and slept the entire trip. Surprisingly, he seemed pretty tired wen we arrived at Mom’s house:
It occurs to me that I never posted a picture of Alex’s announcement. Wade took the picture and it’s one of my favorites:
Wade has finished the book page on my website. A few tweaks are still needed here and there, but the website is mostly done! I forgot to mention this earlier, but please let me know if you find any errors or something odd. We’ve tried to troubleshoot, but have missed things I am sure. Wade is currently working on the comment problem. Comments should work if you are using Opera or Firefox. They do not work on IE.
And in other news, Alex is trying out his bumbo. He’s almost there, but not quite. His head seems to do some serious bobbing only in the bumbo – interesting…
Tonight Mike, Carissa, Wade, and I chaperoned Alex and Emelia’s second date. I cooked dinner and we did eat in the dining room, but we spent most of the night hanging out in the kitchen. I’m glad Wade finished our bar stools.
I kept trying to get good pictures and found the progression pretty funny:
Here’s one more for good measure. You can tell by the pictures that the dads took care of the babies most of the night – thanks Wade and Mike.
We all had a lazy Saturday. We went to work out, did a few projects around the house, and then went for a long walk. We stopped at a park for Madison to play:
Wade was playing with his camera and took a few of Alex and I:
He informed me this is a look he sees quite a bit around the house:
We ended the walk with a stop at Gilles for dinner, but sadly didn’t have custard.
I put Alex down for a good 20 minutes (longest nap of the day) and got pictures of my plants. Mom helped with the pots on the front porch. The hanging baskets were bought as a fundraiser for church. The window box I did all by myself. Please ignore the peeling paint on the house. One goal of this summer is to get the outside of the house painted.
Maren and Elise have been doing a stroller exercise class and we tagged along today. Normally the stroller always quiets Alex, but not today. I did more watching (and holding Alex) than I did participating, but I still can’t wait to go back. I met quite a few other moms and would have gotten some great exercise.
It took two hours, but Alex is asleep by 8. Wade and I are going to actually spend some time together.
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