Just some random things...

He LOVES to push the carts in Wal Mart. It is hilarious to me, but he always wants to get down and push. If I don't run it in to something hard (that he can't knock off) he'll keep pushing it when I stop to get something off the shelf and he'll be halfway down the aisle.



Mimi and William (his GREAT grandparents) kept him for me while I closed on our house Tuesday in Tuscaloosa. I had a chance to go eat lunch with them and this is what they did after lunch. This is Mimi and Alex under the dining room table. She will do anything to make him laugh.



Last Thursday a few couples from church had a small going away party for us. Miller is the hostess's daughter and Alex had a great time kissing on her.



This was Alex at the Baron's game eating his hotdog. It was 25 cent hot dog night and he ate almost 2. I will give him some credit..they were a little small. He would watch the game and then turn around and see his hotdog and have to take a bite.



This is Alex and me with Rick and Bubba, they are radio hosts based out of Birmingham. They came into town for a book signing for their new book, "Rick and Bubba for President." I'm a huge fan and had to have their picture with Alex.

Our new house

Some people have asked about seeing pictures of our new house. Here they are but some of them aren't that good. The batteries went dead in my camera after these few were taken so sorry, but this is all I got.:) We move Saturday and we are so excited! My parents are coming in town Friday morning to help with Alex and last minute stuff so it will be fun to get to hang out together for a while. We have most everything already packed and ready to go. All we lack is breaking the beds down. I can't believe it's already here!

the kitchen

still the kitchen

living room

backyard and screened in porch

more backyard

our bath

Alex's bath

Happy Father's Day!

So I know this is a little late but I wanted to say Happy Father's Day to John, my dad, and Jimmy (John's dad). John is a wonderful father to Alex! All the time, he is doing fun stuff with him to make him smile. :) Above is a picture of them at the Baron's game last Tuesday. It was so sweet seeing them sit there together.

Happy Father's day to my dad also. I always knew I could look to him to see how to live and he was always striving to lead the way Christ would have wanted him to. He was a great spiritual leader for our family! I love you dad! Below is a picture of my dad and Alex shooting basketball.


I have a great father-in-law also. Jimmy is a wonderful papa to Alex and I know he was a loving dad to John, because John is also a loving dad to Alex. Below is a picture of Alex and Jimmy.



Thanks to all Dad's out there! You are more important than you'll ever know.

The Zoo and Pool

Sunday, John and I took him to the zoo. Just Alex and I had gone before when it was free but it was too packed to do much of anything. We got to see a lot more this time and enjoy it more. Alex had a great time. He just ran from exhibit to exhibit. It was so funny...you could hear him running behind you everytime you said, "Come on Alex!" I think the birds were his favorite. They were in a little enclosed area where they were just flying all around and would land really close to you. He just pointed at them and made all kind of noises. I think he tries to say "chirp chirp" but it doesn't always really sound like that. It was so hot. We were all drenched in sweat. Isn't Alex's hat cute? He does a really good job of keeping it on all the time.

looking at the chickens


petting the sheep


pointing to the sheep


riding on the train


riding on the carousel

He's also started saying what sounds like "yeah." At least I take it that way. This is our conversation....me: Alex do you want to go outside and play? Alex: yeah
It's great! me: Alex does momma look cute in this outfit? Alex: yeah. As you can see,I usually only try to ask him things that yeah seems appropriate to anyway. Soon we'll work on yes m'am. :)

Friday, Emily (John's mom) came up to hang out for a little while before she left on her 2 1/2 week trip to Italy. She brought up a baby pool she had bought for him. We had a fun time playing! Alex just got in with his clothes on. I didn't have time to get him a swimmer or anything so I just stripped him down. He loved playing with the water hose and the spoon. Emily put it down his diaper and at first he acted like he didn't like it, then he tried to pull it out, and when he did he wanted us to put it back in his diaper. It was so funny. He would swing the water hose around and had water everywhere. If he got it in his face he got so frazzled he couldn't move the hand holding the waterhose to get it out of his face. Needless to say it was pretty funny to watch.


playing with Grammy


laying down in the water


getting himself wet


with the spoon

Tubes and Adnoids

Yesterday Alex had to have his 2nd set of tubes put in his ears. The first set was put in in September 07. Since then the right tube had started working its way out and the left tube wasn't functioning anymore. Surprisingly, to me, this time was a little more scary than the last time. I know we did a lot more praying. I guess it's bc he was older and there was the chance that they may have to take his adnoids out, which involved a little more recovery time (or so we thought). They wouldn't know until they started surgery. The surgery was scheduled for 7:30 and we had to be there at 5:30 and he couldn't eat or drink anything. I know he was hungry:) He was crazy in the room. Everytime a nurse or someone new walked in he ran to John or I...he did warm up to one nurse and let her read his book (Skippyjon Jones-anyone else seen it? It's about a kitty boy-VERY STRANGE)to him. They gave him a bear (last time it was a chicken or a duck -we weren't sure so we named it chuck:)) to hold on to but he still didn't want his BP or temperature taken or anything else being done to him. When he got his sedative (ver sed-I don't know how it's spelled) he fought it and wouldn't really calm down and sit like he did before but his head would just roll around and he couldn't walk without falling. It was kind of comical to see him so subdued. We knew when the doctor was gone for so long that they had taken his adnoids out. He came back and told us they cauterized the adnoids and put the tubes in and everything was fine. We got to see him after he spent some time in recovery. He came in with one nurse pushing his bed and one nurse holding him. I guess bc he was too sweet they had to hold him. She handed him to me and said "we'll keep him if you let us." He was so tired from just waking up from the anesthesia. He just layed on me. He drank a little juice and then was out again. We had to stay for them to monitor him for about an hour and a half. He slept most of the time. The nurse came and took his IV out (It was soo sad to see his little hand with the IV all wrapped up-I don't know how parents do it who are in the hospital a lot with their kids-it gave me a new perspective)and then he kind of started waking up. We got him dressed and then headed home. Once he got home he didn't skip a beat. He was running around and playing. John grilled hotdogs and Alex ate his (and the bun) before John could even get to his own hotdog. He must have been hungry. He then went down for his nap like normal and slept for about 3 hrs. It's amazing how he never even acts like he's hurting. He was a little clingy and a little bit today too, but I'm so glad he doesn't seem to be in pain. After his nap he played in his little baby pool and had a blast. We made it a chocolate covered strawberry bubble bath. He loved it!

got a little sedative in him


playing in his bubble bath


in his gown

Learning to use a spoon

Below is a video of Alex eating his applesauce with a spoon. For the first time yesterday we really worked on doing it correctly. He did pretty well until he started using his right hand to pick up the applesauce and then used the spoon with his left hand. He's been funny with his hands lately. Sunday night we were at John's parent's house for William's 84th birthday party and Alex would only throw with his left hand. With his right he acted like he couldn't even hold the ball correctly. But then today he did fine throwing with both hands. Maybe his dad's wish is coming true and he'll be a left handed pitcher:)


Below are just some random pictures of things we've done lately. Like I mentioned above we were in Tuscaloosa Sunday night for William's birthday. Parker brought his Wii and David and Parker were boxing. They both looked so funny and Alex just stared at them like they were crazy. Yesterday we went to the park with Lindsey and Trey. I forgot a hat for Alex (yes he had on sunscreen) but Lindsey had an extra one in her car. Alex did a pretty good job of keeping it on. If he remembered it was there he tried to take it off. I think he liked it backwards the best. Last Tuesday we were also in Tuscaloosa and John wanted to get Alex's "mullet" cut. It is NOT a mullet. He has curls in the back and then not a lot on top. His MEAN Great Aunt Betty kept cutting and cutting and John was encouraging it while I just stood there with my hands over my face. This little old man told us as we walked out, "You came in with a baby and are leaving with a boy." NOT what I needed to hear at that moment! I was already ready to cry:( I want his curls back!!


all of his curls are gone


playing at the park


swinging with Trey


watching Great Uncle David and Uncle Parker play the Wii


Look at that sweet face!