Happy Mother's Day!

I feel so blessed to be the mother to 2 beautiful boys.  I love them dearly and I am so grateful to have them in my life!

Update on Evan!

Evan is doing great! He is now 2 1/2 and we just celebrated his 1 year anniversary!  We adore having him in our lives so much...he adds so much joy and enthusiasm!  He loves doggies, stuffed animals, playing, dress-up, helping mommy and daddy and he adores his big brother!  We love watching him learn new things everyday!

Update on Alex!

Alex is doing great!  He is now 5 years old and had a great WAll-E birthday party at Funtastics.  He loves wall-e, tractors, garages, plants and reading!  He is such a smart boy and has grown so much this year in his play skills and social skills.  We are participating in the PLAY Project with Dr. Solomon (Ann Arbor) and have seen HUGE strides in Alex! He is pretend playing, interacting with others and overcoming many Autism obstacles!  We are so proud of our little man!

Advent According to Evan:

Evan wanted to complete our advent calendar this morning. Baby Jesus is over by the camel...next to a star on the grass. The shephard in sleeping in the manger and a wiseman is in the angel's place!

Evan's Big Boy Bed!

Well, Evan can offically climb out of his crib so we took the crib down and put in his new big boy bed.  He LOVES it!!!!

Dora and Star Wars bring me to tears!

Walked in on Alex playing with Darth Vader and Dora. Darth Vader was hitting Dora with his light saber. Alex was using a mean voice for Darth Vader saying, "I am going to get you!" And he used a girly voice for Dora saying, "I'm hurt!" THIS IS HUGE!!!!! Alex is finally pretending!!!! WITHOUT OUR HElP!!!! So, we found luke Skywalker and he started to protect Dora. We played star wars before bed tonight! HUGE HUGE STRIDES FOR AlEX!!!!!! Autism Play Project is paying off!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We truely have so much to be thankful for!  Evan is such a blessing addition to our family.  Alex is doing well and we have seen improvment in social skills since starting the Play Project.  Everyone is HAPPY and HEALTHY! Beware... lots of pictures are following! 

At Thanksgiving we decorate my parents cottage for

Christmas...then it is all ready for us in a month! 

Everyone pitches in! 

My goofy little turkey! 

Playing a little touch football 

Alex liked to hike the ball 

Morning fruit loops!

Sunrise at the cottage 

Matching pjs! 

All the boys! 

Doing a little cleaning for Nana

And playing! 

All smiles

I got creative with some pumpkin cookies! 

Evan shares his cookies nicely!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVAN!!

I can't believe Evan is already 2!  Time is rushing by!  Evan was so excited for his doggy birthday party.  His eyes lit up when he saw his puppy cupcakes.  He was a little ham, having all the attention on him.  He knew exactly how to play pin the paw print on the doggy, how to open presents, and how to blow out candles!!  We didn't even have to show him...how did he know all that????  This little guy continues to amaze me.  We love him and are so proud of him!!!  We are looking forward to many birthdays to come!!!!!

 Reading a little Time magazine before his birthday breakfast. 

Yup...now that he is two that is what we read :)

Evan is in mid air, jumping to his over stuffed dog! 

Pin the paw on the doggy game 

Evan in his doggy ears. Couldn't get him to wear his full costume though.

Yep...this is the costume I am talking about. 

Here he is...sitting in Blue's bed...eating Blue's bone. 

 He is pretty serious when he pretends to be a dog!

Relaxing with Uncle Doug after a crazy, fun party!!!

We have more pictures...of him opening presents and eating cake.  But they are on my mom's camera...maybe I will add them later when  get them!