Today was gorgeous. I filled the water table during Alex’s nap so it wouldn’t be quite so cold. He headed straight for it when we walked out the backdoor: I was talking to my mom on the phone during part of our time outside and not paying as close attention to Alex as I should….

First Abram and Amber came to our house. Abram loved Alex’s new roller coaster. Then we went to Abram’s house. The boys were too cute riding in the cars. According to Abram the red one is a firetruck and the blue one is a police car. Alex was intrigued by the sandbox and played in…

I saw Alex do two new things today. 1.) He figured out how to ride his lion. I have no idea how he got on, but there he was when I turned around. (And he did it three more times during the day). 2.) He attached himself to a new stuffed animal. He saw it…

Maren brought Elise and Mariel for a visit today. Elise loved all the “new” toys and kept showing Alex how to play with them. Alex was pretty laid back about the entire thing.

Alex was grumpy this morning and wouldn’t put down his sippy cup of milk. Thank goodness he at least got interested in a game of peek-a-boo: This afternoon Alex discovered the hole in the side of the pie safe:

Wade and I spent all day at an adoption workshop (An hour was great. The other six hours were not so great). Alex spent the day with a babysitter. We got home just in time to feed him dinner (he loves ham) and give him his bath before bedtime: