Silly mommy...you forgot to post the 11 month update!

With Alexander's first birthday only four days away, I never did the 11 month update. Things have been pretty crazy with our family these last two months, but it looks like everything is moving in the right direction. On October 28th, Alexander took his first steps. Andrew was not there to see it, but Alexander proudly showed off to Daddy when he got home. In only a short few weeks Alexander is now trying to run with the older boys at daycare, and has a lot of bruises to show for it. I love seeing how proud he is of himself when he walks on his own. Alexander is becoming a lot better with feeding himself, and a champ with sippy cups! We have made the transition over to whole milk with no issues and Alexander seems to love his milk, which makes Mommy happy. Andrew and I gearing up to celebrate Alexander's first birthday with our families. There will be plenty of pictures to come over the next week. 


We hope every one has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Avery Chase turns two!

Our niece Avery turned two today, so we naturally celebrated with an Elmo themed party. The birthday girl seemed to have a great party, but quickly loss focus on opening her presents. She loved the gift her Uncle Chad gave her, and decided that I needed to open it up for her to play with. Alexander was happy it was opened up too, because he quickly started to play with the toys as well. We sang Happy Birthday to her, and then we had to cut into the cute Elmo cake that my sister's friend made for Avery. The cake looked and tasted great! I now know how to make a Elmo birthday cake if we ever need another one! Here are the pictures from today:

Apple Picking

Andrew and I had decided that we wanted to go apple picking this year as a family, in hopes this would become a new tradition for our family. We decided to go to Styer's Orchard since they had the Stayman apples we were after for pie baking. Alexander decided that eating the apple was more fun than picking it, and Andrew did a great job on getting a whole bucket full of apples for us. We then took Xander over to see the painted pumpkins. We were not there too long today, but we did have a great time. Here are some pictures of our trip:

What a strong baby I have!

Alexander decided to show us just how strong he is today. He decided to push his two year old cousin in her toy car. She loved being pushed around and he was so proud of himself! Sorry for the clip being sideways.