2010 Barnesville Pumpkin Festival

Despite warnings from all our friends, Alexander insisted we head West for some Pumpkin ice cream @ the Barnesville Pumpkin Festival. Yum!


I can't say Alexander particularly loved wearing a pumpkin costume, but you have to admit, he looks pretty darn cute!

And of course, like every posse, we don't travel alone; we, of course, had to have us some Ella taggin' along! The talkative little Alexander loves to shout "Amber," "Ella," & now, "Russ!"

We almost lost Maia at the Italian Corndog stand, luckily, we pulled her back home with some local pumpkin ice cream. Mmmm, yum.

Did I mention how much Alexander Loves Maia; well, that and her ice cream. Again, yum.

Maia gave the kid a lick. And eventually, she wanted to stand up. Haaa! The boy would say, "Sit!" and point his little double-jointed finger toward the ground. "SIT!"

Papa & I are so lucky to have such a handsome, smart & funny little boy; we're blessed!

A Blip in Time

I'm not too sure what we've been up to, but I know I haven't had the time/energy/motivation to document it all. Luckily, there are a ton of unrelated pictures to remind me of how the boy just won't sit still for even 5 minutes (Unless, of course, you let him sit in the fridge).


Many afternoons Maia takes Alexander for a walk around the neighborhood so Mama can fix dinner, take a shower, or... take a nap. OK, it's only happened twice that I had to nap, but I am just so tired!

Alexander is extra-excited about his afternoon stroll now that the lovely Julie & her puppies tag along!

Grandma & Grandpa came to visit about a week ago; and Alexander was in grandbaby heaven! Grandpa brought him a zippity, bang-up car toy, and then spend hours on the floor playing with it!

And Grandma spent 2 days straight making the little guy giggle. Their favorite game was looking at, naming and then kissing all the kid-photos on the fridge. Somehow, all of Alexander's girl cousin's have been re-named "Sarah."

Aunt Amy even came for a half-second, armed with a huge box of tomatoes & some homemade salsa. Yum!

And to top it all off, Alexander's met a handful of new & adorable little friends to invite to playdates! Yeah!

No, No, Nose. Mess. Grandpa? Thank You.

Language; it's what's for dinner. And lunch. And breakfast. He's even serving it up for a midnight snack. Last night, in his sleep, he was going on, and on, and on about, "grandpa, grandpa, grandpa." The kid just doesn't shut up; so cute!

And sometimes, he gets just a little confused... like tonight, at dinner. Papa scolded the kid for blowing bubbles in his won ton soup "Stop. No," and the little linguist responded with a little, "nose," and a finger tap. That's right, he knows (nose, nos) his anatomy...

I know I've been saying it since his first birthday, but every time the kid hangs out with the "big kids," his speech doubles. He's now pairing up words, and saying "more cheese," "grandpa's truck," and "Maia's coffee." Of course, the kid is calling everything coffee these days...

Of course, I'm on Team Z. And when the other Mama's (& Grandma's) say how bright he is, I'd like to believe them. But, he's mine; I think he's pretty cute too, but I'm biased!

Anyway, maybe he is bright. You decide. Last week we were wasting some time, drove up to Target, pulled in next to a maroon CRV. Alexander points & says Amber. I couldn't argue, it was Amber's car... we weren't even supposed to meet her there (although, we do stock little Ms. Ella sometimes...)

And last weekend, Grandpa came to visit & we headed downtown to checkout the Stearn wheel Festival. As we were driving downtown, we pulled up to a red light. Alexander pointed out the front window & said, "Grandpa's truck." It was true, Papa was driving grandpa's truck & they were stopped at the light in front of us!

Now, if we can only teach him to sleep in his room, by himself, all night...

A Wild & Wonderful Birthday

Alexander's little neighborhood friend, Peyton, turned the big F.O.U.R. yesterday; and boy can he throw a party!

Peyton had two huge jumpy-houses where Alexander & all of his new friends went a little crazy.

Peyton & his brother were so cute; they just kept saying, "Alex. Alex! Alex?" It was so nice to see so many cousins, aunts, uncles and grandmas lovin' on a yard-full of crazy kiddos. It really made me wish I lived a lot closer to all of Alexander's Aunts, Uncles, Cousins & Grandparents...

Unlike the kid's new MO, Alexander had no trouble adjusting to the rough & tumble half-pint fun-fest. He played a little with the kids in the bouncy-house, and then went off to explore Mr. Ed's house. After he found Belle's stash of plastic shopping carts, Z thought it best to patrol the parameter of the snack table, present table, cake table... then back around again. And then he found Savanah's super-spectacular playhouse. Good times.

And then there was cake! Mmmm, cake. Spongebob cake to be exact. Even better times.

Mmmm, cake.