Watch out, Alexander is on the move....Almost!

"Ok, here we go"!

"Ohhhh, lift up!"

"Oh my gosh, I'm up, I'm up....I'm moving....backward!"

"Whew, this boy needs a nap now."

So today, out of the blue, Alexander working on getting on up on his knees and scooting backward very well. We found him by the toy baskets one moment then under the table the next, and then by the fireplace scooting close to the tile. As some of you know this is HUGE for Alexander, as he, up to last week, hated being on his belly. Well that was the old "A", the new "A" love the belly, in fact he will quickly go to the belly when he is seated up. Maybe hanging around his May buddies the past couple of weeks paid off (can't have the Abby and Mariam taking off), and is quickly catching up to almost being ready to crawl. That will bring on a new excitment and joy in this house. Awwwww, how my baby is quickly growing....I can't believe it!

A Day Full Of Love

On Saturday morning, we were all in the living room watching our morning cartoons...Brayden and Wally on the couch and Alexander and I sitting by the blue elephant chair (actually I was using the chair to lean against). Well, Brayden wanted to be apart of Alexander and I and the blue elephant, so he pushed me forward to sit on the chair and pulled me back to lean against him. What happened after that had Wally and I laughing, he turned to Daddy and asked him "Take picture!", Wally was comfortable on the couch and didn't want to get up to get the camera and said "No", so Brayden said again "Picture!" short pause followed by "Peaseeee!" . Well enough said, Wally got up to take our picture and a very cute one I may add. Thanks to Brayden for calling out a kodak moment and Daddy for taking the pic that pleased our toddler.


Later on that morning, my mom or Grammy as B calls her, came over (as she does every Saturday morning) to spend time with us and the boys. Brayden loves his time with her, and when it comes time for her leaving or him going down for a nap, he is kicking and screaming not wanting to leave her side. This Saturday was very cute as he was very interested in her jewelry and even got to put them on...he was very happy.

Bath Time!

These two boys LOVE their bath in the evening...once Brayden hears one of us say bath or the water running in the tub he is bouncing off the walls til he gets his bottom in the water. Alexander sits there with a grin on his face either watching his brother or playing with one of the toys floating by that he can reach for.

During the days...while we wait for Christmas

Less than a week away 'til the BIG day! Brayden eyes the tree everyday w/ all the gifts underneath, and for the most part he leaves them alone. Only one time I found him opening up a gift, the rest of the time he will just pick it up and come and give it to Wally or me. I am really impressed with how well he has done, especially with all the temptations.

Alexander just loves wearing the Santa hat, doesn't really have much interest in the tree, all he is into is his big brother and what he is doing. Every time Brayden comes to give him a hug or kiss, he gets the biggest smile and kicks his feet. I could wrap Brayden up for him and that would be his favorite gift.

I am already getting excited and can't wait for everyone to open their gift. Although, the stupid delivery guy, ruined Wally's "big gift" by either delivering it really late or super early w/o knocking on the door. When he left the next morning for work he saw his gift. Oh-well! It was really heavy and big, and I had no idea where I was going to hide it. So he got it early and loves it (it is a putting green, and if you know my hubby, I'm sure you already guessed it had something to do w/ golf), he and B go upstairs w/ B's clubs in tow and practice.

I am trying to figure out my gift from Wally....this year he may actually have me stumped. He is normally very excited and wants me to open it early, but this year he has either worked on his patience or he is not that excited. Either way I know I will love it b/c he took the time to "go outside the box" and not get me something that I told him I wanted, which makes it more fun to open and be surprised, and see how well he really know me.

To everyone who reads this, if I don't blog before the big day, I wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Hopefully this will put a smile on your face

So I have been slacking on the blog, according to my hubby ( this is his break from work while he eats ate his desk), he doesn't understand it's a WEEK til Christmas :) and I am trying to wrap everything up both in gift shopping and wrapping, and food planning both eve and day. Today, I got very overwhelmed with my grocery list, it calls for a grocery trip w/o the boys b/c mama needs all the space in that cart. So to get my mind on other things, I cleaned out the fridge (I will need the room) and cleaned it. Then I decide it was time to go through my clothes and reorgannize it...random, but it needed it. I was on a roll, it reminded me of being at the end of my pregnancy w/ Alexander, and I was constantly cleaning.
So I have been bad about picture taking the past week and a half. So, I will post some funny pics that make me laugh every time I look at them. Oh, my boys, what will they do next?!

Days That Melt My Heart

Yesterday, as I went to go and put Brayden's breakfast on the table and told him to get in his chair, I found the chair taken by someone else, and Brayden being such the big that he is. He was putting his monkey in the chair, fastening him in, and don't forget the bib. So I got him a bowl and spoon, so he could feed his little baby monkey. He cracks me up! From time to time, he will come over to Wally, Alexander, and I, and pat our back and say burp...he is such a great big brother.

Glitter Christmas

I have been all about glitter this Christmas season...so much so I am over it now. It started when I had Ally and Abby over for a playdate, and I was telling her about how I glittered pumpkins last year for fall decor, and now I was trying to think of something to glitter for Christmas. So, Ally said, "Do Christmas trees...", so that's how the Christmas craft began and let me tell you how big of a pain in the butt it was, but in the end I love how it turned out. First, on my list was to find styrofoam cones in all sizes....I never thought styrofoam and still don't know why it is a little pricey...well, if you go to Michael's it is, but thank goodness for Hobby Lobby. Then it was to find different colors of green glitter...no one had it. So I thought my craft was over, but thanks to ebay it was back on. Once the glitter came in, it was time to glitter the trees. Uck! It was such a mess, the special glue for styrofoam was so thick it took forever to apply it, and then I ran out of glitter, so had to order more and wait for it to come in and finish. I finally had enough of glittering, but still needed more trees, so I went out and bought the silver trees to finish it off. To finish the glitter theme off, I found glitter green ornaments, and ended up making the living room a green and silver theme and the kitchen area a pink, red, and white theme....I LOVE IT. Thank you Ally, for helping me with my glitter Christmas :).

P.S. I is so weird, in an awesome way, to see 4 stockings up...I know we are a family of 4, but it sets it in and makes you say oh yeah, we are. We are so happy and blessed to have our little "A" with us this Christmas... last year around this time we found out he was going to be an Alexander and not an Alexandria. How the time flys?!