Nana Elaine came to visit!

My mom came to visit us this past weekend. Alex just loves when she comes out. We had a good, relaxing weekend. Alex was still getting over his cold, but he is doing good now. Thank goodness that is over with!

here are some pictures that my mom and I had taken this weekend! Enjoy!

bath time fun :)




We went to see my Grandmother, so we were at a family dinner with Great Grandma! He was the life of the party of course.


Nana got him a Thomas potty, he loves it, but thinks of it as more of a toy...I dont think he is quite ready for it yet. ;-)


Nana brought him a colorful pillow that she made for him, he loves it, it goes over to it and say "sum" and points to the sun. :)




my sleepy boy. :)


Nana and Alex, love this picture. :)

Elmo!

Our friend's the Miranda's had a birthday party for their little boy Alexander (I know they have good tastes in names ;-) It was a great day, they had Elmo come and play games with the kids that were at the party. All of them were so happy to see Elmo! They also had "Dorothy" fishes on the tables for all the kids to bring home after the party. It was a wonderful day!

Here are some pictures!

Elmo with the birthday boy!


Alex and Daddy looking at Elmo.


Alex laughing at Elmo. He is quite funny. :)


Picture with Elmo


Most of the group before we sang Happy Birthday :)


Dorothy, Alex is so excited to have his own fish! He actually got two! hehe.

CANCER FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Most of you know that my mom has been battling breast cancer for 3 years, she had remission for about a year and then it spread to her lungs last summer. She has been doing a very intense 7 months of chemo and last Monday she had a CT scan. She got the results back today and she is CANCER FREE!!!!! She will continue chemo for a few more months because her cancer marker needs to be at a 38 and right now its at a 59. We are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy! It's been a long tough road and we are hoping its the end of that road!

Thank you for your continued support and prayers! Please continue to pray that those markers go down fast and for continued health! :)



(my mom is the one in the middle! :) with her Siblings Nancy and Roger

Beach day.

We went to the beach this Sunday, it was a gorgeous day, weather was in the high 80's. So we went to Dana Point and ate some snacks and took in the sun. Alex is loving playing in the sand now, whenever we go to the park he sits and plays in the sand and we got him some sand toys, so he now loves it at the beach, which is nice because he used to go terrorize the people sitting next to us, haha, now he sits and digs. :) After went to one of our favorite restuarants for a late lunch, Taco Surf, also in Dana Point and came home and took a nap, it was a WONDERFUL Sunday! haha

here are some pictures!

yay!! we are going to the beach!


getting his tools ready.


my love.. Joe. :) He was such a good sport he had just gotten off a 24 hour duty at work, and was tire, but was excited to spend the day with us! I'm a lucky girl!


playing.


such a nice day. :)


us :)


my beautiful boy.. its just not fair he gets the long lashes! ;-)


he was pointing to everything and telling us what he thought it was.. :)


daddy and Alex.


collecting rocks, those are his new shoes, a size 6 already! he has some big feet!


my grumpy butt.


we were looking at rocks and he was saying "wow" haha


mommy and alex.


the water was cold, but it didnt stop him from running in and then screaming and running back. haha


tired baby after the beach. :)


we had such a good day! I decided that we are going to go the beach at least once a week this summer, we live too close to not take advantage of it!

Hope you liked the pictures!

Ice cream boy!

Alex can't have lactose, so we got him these tofu ice cream sandwiches, which sound horrible, but actually they are really good! Anyway, we give it to him every now and then as a treat, he loves them, but recently he gets upset because we are feeding it to him, and he wants to do it himself. Because he is SUCH a big boy. ;-) ha. So tonight I put him in high chair and let him at it before bath time.
He didnt make a big mess either, but he was SO happy to do it himself. :)


yummmm..


:)

We have been busy!

So sorry it has taken me so long to update. The last month as been pretty stressful. Joe's orders ended on January 31st and then he had about 2 weeks off and then he started temporary orders with the same unit (the one we don't really like) and we were on a mad search for new orders. We found out this week that we got some new orders for a year, stationed here in Pendleton, but a little further down (more in Oceanside) which will be more of a commute for him. They are non-deploying orders, so no worry of Iraq or Afghanistan! :) We are happy and blessed to get these orders. I wasn't ready to move, we are comfortable here!

I have been busy with Alex and school, and with the mom's and tot's group I am involved in. School is going well, just have to manage my time in order to stay ahead of the game instead of behind, it can be challenging, but Joe is great at helping out with Alex so I can get things done.

Alex is growing, growing, growing of course, he is starting to say a lot more words. He is so much fun, but it definitely starting with his stubborn, tantrum stage. He says mama and mom, dada, puppy, ear, ball, he tries to say balloon, "ah man" is one of his favorite phrases, and he said "good girl" and "stay" to our dog Libby. hehe. I think I missed a few but those are his most common ones. :) Its so cool see him learn things and he LOVES reading books, that is what he wants to do 90% of the time. He has a Thomas the Train book that says "Go Go Go!" and he runs around saying that, he loves that book, I am pretty sure Joe and I can recite that book without reading it, we read it like 5-10 times a day! ha. I got him a Mr. Potato Head, the other day, and he loves it! We also got him some number and letter puzzles and he likes playing with those, we try to go over those, even though he really isnt interested, but repetition will help!


**Prayers for my Mom, she has a scan coming up this Monday and we would really like to see some good results.
**Prayers for Kate, she was able to go home for a week or so with her parents, which is awesome! Now she is going back in to start her 4th round of chemo, pray that it goes smoothly and fast. Prayers for Krystal and Todd, they are about to welcome their 2nd baby into the world. Hope that goes smoothly! :)
**Prayers for friends that are having a hard time with a job situation, might have another job opportunity, hopefull everything happens for the best.
**Prayers for our friends family going through a really rough time and prayers that he recovers successfully and fast. Prayers that she can forgive and find strength.
**Prayers for all our friends that are over seas right now. May they be safe and come home to their families.
**Prayers for our friend and her kids, just moved and is having a rough time with family.
**Of course prayers for everyone -- stay healthy, stay safe, stay strong.

Here are some pictures! :)

Alex playing "If your happy and you know it!"


being shy-- almost 18 months


at the super bowl party with Aiden, his favorite big kid friend :)


promise to update soon!

Disneyland!

Alex had his first trip to Disneyland last week. He had a fun time! It was very tiring for him though. He slept very good after that! ha



Jedi school-- i took this picture for my nerd husband! ha


downtown disney


Me, AJ, Julie, and Jake!


a castle in the storytime ride


argh! a pirate ship.


my big boy, Alexander.

:)