Dakota County Fair

Changes!

Lots of new things going on in our world. Alex continues to grow and grow. I can't believe he is closer to a 5 year old!! He did Tball for several weeks this summer and is excited about trying flag football in the fall! He is very excited to meet his little brother in a week and a half! I'm excited to have Fletcher out in the world!
My dearest friend Jen had her baby girl earlier this week (August 11th). Penelope Marie Uden-such a beautiful little baby girl! Our hope is that the babies grow up to be great friends.
Alex and Wil went to the Dakota County Fair today and had a great time. Alex went on rides and ate some fair food. He went down the giant slide by himself...twice! They were kind enough to bring home some mini donuts and cotton candy for me!
Life changes again in just over a week. We can't wait to meet the newest addition to our family!!!

My birthday present from Patty!

Tball!

Alex's new room!

Just need to find a few pictures for the walls, but this is the end result!

New Things!

Alex has recently had his first fishing outing and his first school field trip. We all got fishing poles, tackle boxes, and tackle and went to Lake Elmo to try some fishing on Memorial Day. Unfortunately it was too crowded and windy, but we had fun anyway. Alex got to go on his first school bus ride and field trip today to a farm. He saw many animals and did fun farm activities.

New Room!

Alex (and eventually Fletcher) is getting a newly decorated room! The purple/Pooh baby room that we did for Alex came down and now we're working on a "Space" room. Alex loves everything to do with outer space and he knows all the planets! The space border should be here in a couple days and will be in the middle of the walls. We also found some cool pictures to order for the walls. Hopefully we'll have a finished project by next weekend!

Great weekend!

We had a nice long weekend together. I took most of Friday off and we did a bunch of stuff this weekend. Had my 20 week checkup Friday and baby is doing well. Alex got to hear the heartbeat and thought that was pretty cool. We took Clifford to the dog park in the afternoon and he really liked hanging around the other dogs. There were all kinds there and he got along just fine with them all. He really liked being off his leash!
We spent Saturday morning cleaning up the backyard some and burned some twigs. Alex and I mostly blew bubbles and watched Wil suck up the leaves.
Did some shopping today at Maplewood Mall and Dick's. Alex got his first fishing pole and is very excited about it! We went out back and practiced casting. I showed him what to do twice and then he threw out a perfect cast! He got the hang of it right away! Now Wil and I have to get rods/reels and some tackle so we can do some fishing this summer. It's been a long time for me and I cannot wait!!

Shrine Circus 2009

Long time, no update!

WOW! It's been a long time since I've done anything with this blog.

We are happy that the snow is gone and have had some warmer temps lately. Although It's back to being chilly now, but we know the good weather is just around the corner.
Alex is growing by the minute. He has been going to preschool with my mom a couple days a week and really likes it. He's made some friends and gets to do some fun things! He is also very excited about his new brother or sister arriving this summer. He tells us how many things he's going to teach the new baby, like going potty and playing with toys.
Alex had his first visit to the dentist yesterday. He did a great job! He didn't have any problem with the process at all and we were told that we're doing a good job keeping his teeth clean! I was very proud of him-of course, it didn't hurt that the hygienist was a younger, cute woman who he flirted with shamelessly!
We're going to try out a new theater by our house today and see the movie "Bolt". We've never been there, but apparently it's $1.50 for admission, $1.50 for popcorn and pop. And from the reviews, the popcorn is really good! So, I just hope it's clean and doesn't freak me out to be in there. We'll see!

2009!

We had a wonderful Christmas! It was nice to spend time with family and eating good food. Alex really had a good time, enjoyed all his great new toys. He got so many fun toys that we had to empty out his room to make room for it all. We've spent a lot of time this past week playing with everything.
And Alex is now 4! Wil and I took the day off yesterday to spend with him on his birthday. We went to the Children's museum and had lunch at McDonald's. Alex had a great time and we did too! We rang in the New Year with good friends, playing games and eating. It was kind of a whirlwind in 2 weeks, but worth all the fun.
We're pretty much all suffering from colds, hopefully they end soon! So, we're just spending New Year's Day hanging out at home and relaxing. We're having a party for Alex on Sunday and then the partying will be done for awhile!

Strep!

Alex has his first case of strep throat. The poor guy has been miserable since Sunday. The first round of strep tests were negative, but we went back to the clinic today and even the rapid test was positive! So, he's now on an antibiotic and should be feeling better soon. I've spent a lot of the week with him and it's hard to watch your child feel so badly.
The nurse commented on how tall he is for a 3, almost 4, year-old. He is 44 and 1/2 inches tall and 48#. The PA we saw commented on how bright he is as Alex pretty much answered all the questions on his own. He did pretty well for the most part until it came time for the PA to look in his mouth with the light. Alex wanted no part of that. We tried everything and the PA finally got out the tongue depressor. He got it in just far enough for Alex to lock his teeth around it. So, that was the end of that.
It's been a pretty lazy week just hanging out at home. I am very behind on my Christmas shopping and will have to do some rushing this weekend to get it done. I had vowed to get it all done early this year, but I'll have to try for next year!

I'm such a blogger slacker...

It's been a busy month (and it flew by!). Wil's mother moved here from Indiana earlier this month, so we've been busy getting her settled in.
We had a nice Thanksgiving with the family-the food was awesome! Alex enjoyed playing with his cousins very much. It's hard to believe that Christmas and Alex's 4th birthday are just around the corner!
I realized that we haven't been taking as many pictures as we used to, but I'll post a few new ones anyway.
Looking forward to the weekend-we're going to get our tree tomorrow and get the house decorated. Hopefully then I'll get into the spirit.
Alex and Wil are going to the Dome tomorrow night for the Monster Jam. Alex cannot wait to go and is excited to see all the Monster trucks. I'm looking forward to a night off :)

October Fun!

We had a great fall weekend! Spent most of yesterday just puttering around the house. Then we were off to the annual Leaf Crawl at Cousin Robbie and Betsy's! We had a great time as usual and Alex came home with some fun stuff. He picked out his own costume this year, a Black Knight. One of his new favorite movies is "Night at the Museum" and he wants to imitate a lot of the characters on there. Jenny and Jim came over last night and we had food and played cards. We also played 'Apples to Apples' and had a great time. We stayed up quite late, but it was worth it.
We probably picked the worst day to go to the pumpkin farm. It was very cold and we actually saw some snow! But, we got 3 pumpkins and are getting ready to carve them up tonight. I made a great turkey breast dinner and we kind of just laid around and relaxed today. Overall, it was a wonderful weekend!

Fall is in the air

The leaves are starting to fall and the temperature is cooling down (except for a 78 degree day today). This is my favorite time of year!
Wil was gone last week to take care of some things with his mom. She has sold her house and will be moving here within the next few weeks. Alex is pretty excited that grandma M is coming.
We've been kind of laying low, hanging out around the house and in the yard. I have the next two days off with Alex, so hopefully the weather will be nice and we can go to the zoo or something.
Wil is starting a new job with Quicksilver tomorrow. We're happy that he will be home nights and weekends now!