Pictures from February

One morning, when I was getting dressed, Alec decided if he said the breakfast prayer in my room before we went downstairs to eat, it would speed up the morning process...

We got to go to the Lied Discovery Museum with Catherine.

Craft time at the library. Painting a "snake". I think Alec enjoyed mixing the colors more than actually painting.

Finding turtles at the park with Uncle Christopher.

Cuddling with Cannon.

Even though we've stopped having nap time, some days he gets too tired and crashes on our bed.

Christmas

Christmas Eve pajamas!

We actually had to wake up Alec Christmas morning around 9, so he doesn't appear too excited.
We spread out the presents for Alec, letting him start opening them at the end of November. A lot were things like books that he could open and read with his daddy or DVDs. It kept Christmas morning simpler and fun. It also left Alec available to open gifts for everyone else.Paul also decided to take Alec up to Mt Charleston to build a snowman. Our poor Vegas baby, he hated it! He would get out of the car for 2 minutes, then demand back in to warm up.

Disneyland at Christmas time

We had so much fun last year at Disneyland during Christmas time that we decided to go again (that and Alec's persistent begging, 'Want to go to Disneyland, momma. Please, momma!') We went for 3 days, meeting up with my family on the second day.

Our first day was spent in Toon Town meeting Minnie and doing other young kid rides. Last year we went back to the hotel for nap time, but he crashed in the stroller, so we hung out in the Golden Horseshoe while he napped (resting my feet as well), then continued on.

Enjoying the parade from daddy's shoulders:

The second day, with my family was a blast! They were great about meeting up for rides, then splitting off as necessary. When all together there were 19 of us. Alec LOVED the attention and waiting in lines was a lot easier since he just got passed around and cuddled the whole time.

Our final morning we took Alec to CA Adventure. We wanted him to see the 'Playhouse Disney' show and all the Bug's Life rides and show. Last year we had to leave the show about 2 minutes in (he got scared), so I was pretty proud when he made it all the way through this time.

We only made it until about noon, then drove back to Vegas.

Sabrena's Sealing

Paul and I were able to attend Sabrena's sealing in Colorado with my parents. Alec got to hang out with his aunts and uncles for the weekend. Her sealing was Saturday, December 12th in the Denver, CO temple, so we flew out Friday morning. It was only 8 degreees colder in Denver than Vegas, so no big deal. Friday was pretty easy, until the evening when we had to prepare the flowers. I was taught how to make corsages and boutiennieres, and that kept me up a bit later than planned.

Saturday morning was the sealing and it was beautiful! It was so wonderful to see her sealed! She looked gorgeous.

Afterwards, her luncheon was at a great Thai restaurant. I think Paul, my parents & I stuffed up on the first course ('make your own spring rolls'), so the following 6 courses were way too much!

Family Pictures

My friend Erin agreed to take some family pictures for us! We headed out to Floyd Lamb State Park and had a great time! I had a hard time picking out my favorites, but here are a few.

Ultrasound

I had my long ultrasound today and the tech took some 4D pictures of little James. Here's his little legs up against his face and holding onto the cord:Here he is stretching out his toes. Check out those toned arms!

Nice facial shot, he looks a lot like his big brother:

Weeks of Halloween...

Alec got to be a train conductor this Halloween (it just HAD to involve trains, right?). He loves pumpkins and anything to do with Halloween, so we really spread out the fun this year. 3 weeks before, he got to attend my parents' 8 year old Sunday School class party...which he also got uninvited from, for chasing one of the boys around.The next weekend was Uncle Christopher & Auntie Joleen's community Apple Fair. Alec got loads of cool toys and had a blast playing all the games.Catching butterflies with Uncle Christopher:Later that afternoon was Border's Halloween Party for kids, so I decided to take Alec. The games were designed for older kids, though, so he had a hard time trying to participate. He loved the stories, cookies and treat bags though!Finally, on Halloween weekend, we took him to the ward trunk-or-treat. Alec loved the cake walk with Uncle Christopher and games with his daddy, but his favorite part was definitely trunk-or-treating for candy.Posing with his buddy, Cannon:Finally, on Halloween night he got to carve a pumpkin with daddy and do some trick-or-treating.Whilst trick-or-treating with Auntie Kelsey he had 3 houses mention they'd worked at railways or as a conductor and those families gave him extra-way to work it!Despite all the candy he got, we've been limiting him to a piece a day and he seems happy with that. :) Actually, most of it got recycled as we were bombarded with trick-or-treaters this year!