A Day at the Zoo!

Last Friday, Vicky and I took the kids to the Toledo Zoo.

Here we are by the entrance.


Riding train in the African Safari.

Gabe and Nathanael rode right behind us!

Looking for penguins (we found many ducks!)

Mama and Alex by the Elephants!

Mama and Alex riding an elephant!

Gabe took this picture of us.

Playing on the gorilla...Alex is picking the gorilla's nose...at least he isn't picking his own nose!

Mama and Alex again.

Gabe took this picture of the gorilla.

On the carousel.

Gabe rode by himself for the first time!

2 Boys and a Polar Bear

And Gabe took this picture too...he is a future photographer!

One Year Ago Today...

One year ago today...was the first time I held Alex in my arms. Where did that year go!!!!


Here is a video of Alex rearranging his legos. It is about 1 minute long...but the ending is super cute!!!!

A Day Out With Thomas!

On Friday Alex and I went to see Thomas with Nana, Aunt Vicky, Gabe and Nathanael.

Alex was VERY excited to see Thomas! We couldn't get him to look at the camera!

Riding the old cars with Nana.

Coloring Thomas pictures.

Admiring my new tattoo (one of his new favorite words).

Riding Thomas!

Like my engineer hat?

The carousel is always a favorite!

Aunt Vicky and Gabe.

Nathanael and Nana.

Alex says, "WOW" as we spun around!

I think Alex enjoyed his day!!!!

Sometimes You Just Have to Stop and Smell the Roses!

Well we didn't see any roses on our walk today...

But lots of flowers...

And pretty weeds!

Alex loved stopping to look at each one!

And we practiced saying "Flower!"

We had to climb over some rough terrain to get to some of the flowers!

We saw a lot of these purple ones.

Super cute picture...if you ignore the boogers on his face!!!

Easter

Nana put "Cookies" (Teddy Grahams) in the Elmo eggs!


Bubble Lawn Mowers!

Mama and Dada got me Grover!

Don't I look cool?

Easter Egg hunt at church.

Do I look like a golfer??? Great Grandpa would be proud!

Remote control "Duckie!"

My new funny face...Grandpa encouraged me to do it over and over again during dinner!

Go Blue!

So yesterday we were playing with this Michigan flag and I was trying to teach Alex to say, "Go Blue!"

Today, he brought it over to me and said, "Go Go Doggie!"

I said, "Oh, no honey...it's Go Blue..." Then I remembered our dog's name is Blue!!!

Just a coincidence? He does like saying "Go Go Doggie..." Who knows but I thought it was super cute!!!

Alex's Birthday Party!

Our little Alex is now 2 years old! We had a great birthday party for him on Sunday at his Grandma and Grandpa's house. There were so many great pictures...I couldn't decide which ones to post! You can see all the pictures in the slide show on the right:)