Wil and I decided to take a weekend away for our main Christmas gift to eachother. So, last weekend we drove to Amana, Iowa to explore the Amana colonies. We left Friday afternoon and spent the night in Cedar Rapids. Set out the next morning for Amana. There are a lot of little stores and we spent the day walking around and shopping. Had lunch at the Ox Yoke Inn, where they serve German type food. Visited a few wineries and a microbrewery. We ended up coming home Sunday night as we ran out of things to do (a lot of things were closed due to the season). It was nice for us to get away together and spend some time alone.

Alex is doing great. He keeps making us proud!

2 Year Checkup!

Alex checked out just fine at his 2 year appointment. He weighs 38.4# and is 37.5 inches tall! He's healthy and doing great in his development. He's been using one of his little drills to check out his ears (like the doctor did today).

Christmas and Birthday fun!

It's been a busy couple weeks with Christmas and Alex's birthday. We had a great holiday season. Alex really started to get into Christmas this year. He liked all the people around and even ripped into some presents. He got so many nice things! And now we have a big 2 year old boy! It's hard to believe that he's growing so fast. We had a party for him with family. The deep fried turkey turned out great! We finally had a day of snow, but it's almost completely melted already. I was hoping that we'd get enough to do some sledding or just play in the snow, but no chance yet! I don't mind the warmer weather we've had, but I did actually miss the snow for Christmas.
Alex is so much fun. He's getting into playing more and we can see his imagination working. He still loves "Cars" and it's about the only thing he'll watch. He knows the movie by heart, I think. He managed to climb out of his crib once last week at Gaga and Papa's. I bet he won't do that again for awhile! We're not ready for the big bed yet!