No pics today

Sorry - no camera! I'm disappointed.

My neighbor April came over with her little guy Preston. He's 9 months old. I wanted pictures of Preston & Alex. I forgot. I forgot the last time Preston was here, too.

This afternoon Grandma P & I went up north to buy Kyle's birthday present and run a few errands. We met Aunt Deb for lunch at Chili's. (Odd family mix, I know, but Deb had something to give me, so we had to meet anyway...) No camera.

Tonight was Keith's volleyball game. No camera.

Hopefully I'll remember to bring the camera to Kyle's birthday party tomorrow!

By the way, Kyle, I saw your birthday cake. You'll like it! You'll especially like the big Bears helmet that Grandma stuck in the middle of the cake. Ha ha! ;)

Whatever works...

So, I think I've mentioned that Alex thinks he should be held during naptime. He sleeps GREAT in his crib at night, usually from about 11 PM - 4 AM. I'm kind of liking that 5 hour stretch! :) In the daytime, though, he REFUSES to have anything to do with his crib. He just screams!

I've just started getting him to nap in his bouncy seat or swing, but even those weren't working today. I walked and rocked that fussy boy all morning. Finally, out of desperation, I set a screaming Alex down on the office floor while I looked through the file cabinet for some insurance papers.

THAT is where my son chose to take his nap today. "The Rules" say you can't let babies sleep on their tummies, so I didn't dare leave him alone. I paid bills, made a phone call about an insurance issue, and anything else I could do in the office. But that nap was GREAT! I accomplished stuff! :) (It's just too bad Mommy couldn't nap while he napped...oh well!)

Alex Goes To School

Alex visited every classroom Kdg - 6th. He even spent some time in the office. I should have taken a pic of his first trip to the principal's office, ha ha!

The words & pictures aren't lining up...you'll have to figure out which caption goes where ;)

(1) with Kathy, the 4th grade teacher (2)with Lori, my former classroom aide

(3) with the 3rd grade girls (my last class) (4)with Betsy's kdg class

boring days...

nothing too exciting or picture worthy around here...



My wonderful mother in law took care of Alex yesterday while I brought Maggie to the vet. They actually had a vet at the office in town, and I liked him. I think we have a new, close-to-home vet. $44 later, Maggie is bandaged & healing. Given a little time, she'll be just fine.



Never left home yesterday except for the vet. Didn't leave home today because Bible study was cancelled...for fog that didn't exist! My friend Trish just asked me to meet her at church for a little bit, so I think I'll go over there just to get out for a bit. I'm sure Alex will be well-loved there.



Here's a picture just for those of you who need your baby fix. Remember Alex's "green bean" swaddle blanket? Well, our washer ATE it a while back. Yes, ATE it...we never found the missing chunks. We got a new & improved one...it's easier to use, made of thick fleece (warmer/sturdier when the washer gets hungry) and unzips from the bottom for easy 3 AM diaper changes. I will miss it when he outgrows it! Not very exciting, I know, but all I have for ya today...

Superbowl (with pics added...)

church (which I really enjoyed today)

lunch

naps for all (yes, the dog, the baby, & I really slept that way...well, I dozed...)

volleyball practice for Keith

laundry for Alex & Mommy, organizing Alex's closet

Superbowl party at church (with our friend Karen's girls, Keelie & Sabrina)

The kids (Seth, Gracie, Keelie) cheering; Sabrina copying the big kids

By the way, in case you wondered, Maggie's claw is not going to heal on its own. She keeps chewing off the bandage, and she's bleeding and hobbling on 3 paws. That means I get to learn how to haul a dog & a baby to the vet on Monday. Wish me luck!

Saturday

Saturday afternoon we went to Jovi's first birthday party. What a crowd! I actually never managed to get a picture of the birthday girl. How's that for dumb? Keith & I saw a lot of friends who haven't been around much lately, and we enjoyed the chance to catch up with them. Here's a not-so-great-picture of Alexander with our friend's little guy, James.

After the party, we headed up to my parents' house for dinner with my siblings and the Vs'. (Did I spell that right, dad?) Reverend V was the pastor at Bethel when I was a baby, and they were friends with my parents. They are spending the weekend at my parents' house. Mrs. V beat my mom to giving the baby a bottle...I don't think she realized Mom hadn't done that yet :( Mom did get to give Alex another bottle later. I'm glad I brought two!

Here are a few pics of the kids with their cousin:

(Friday post...)snow day

On Friday, we stayed home all day. Keith braved the snow & went to work, but Alex & I skipped our trip to Grandma's house. We had an uneventful day at home.

Friday night was Daddy's weekly volleyball game. This week was fun because our church has 2 teams in the league, and the teams played each other. Keith's team won all 3 games...guess we know which team has the church's good players! ;)

After the game, we went to the Marsh's house (one of the volleyball families) with everyone from the teams. We had fun just chatting & hanging out with church friends. Alex got passed all around. Our neighbor girls (who are also from our church) got to hold Alex for the first time: