Visit to Nashville

Nan's Dad passed away Thursday, November 6th. Emily (John's mom),Alex and I went up to Nashville for the Memorial Service the next Thursday. Hearing so many people speak about him and tell stories about him made me really wish I had known him before his disease-PSP-Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. So many people spoke about him and his quiet integrity and all of the good things he did in his life for other people. He was an amazing man! Please say a prayer for Nan and her family that they are comforted by knowing he is in a better place. Alex was so good the entire day! He took a little nap during the service itself but was Mr. Personality the rest of the time. I kept hearing Nan tell people, "that's my nephew" as he ran around them. He was hilarious and very sweet to everybody.
He would go find Nan and she would bend down to talk to him and he would squat down too. It was so funny! I couldn't capture it on my camera (of course) but this is close. Sorry it's so dark.

Showing off how he goes "night night" to Carrie
Grandaddy, me and Alex We stayed 3 nights with my parents. Alex had sooo much fun! He is really into climbing their stairs now all by himself. He knows how to come down and up pretty well. My dad has this chess board and it sits on a dresser in the guest room. There are always pieces missing when we leave. Alex always has to touch them and then they disappear. I watched him one day for a good 5 minutes just picking them up and arranging them on the front so he could see them all. He loves it. Him and dad got down in the floor and started trying to put all of the pieces back together. Mom and Dad got this race car track and two cars as a hand me down gift to Alex. The blue car doesn't work but the red one does. He played with this for an hour and he would have kept on if he didn't have to go to bed. He didn't care about using the remote he just liked to put them on the track and push them himself or let someone else use the remote.

The LSU weekend

November 8th was the LSU/AL game in Baton Rouge. My friend, Ally, is from Baton Rouge and went to LSU. She had already warned me that her and Caden would be decked out in LSU gear for our Kindermusik class the Wednesday before. So, OF COURSE, Alex and I had to wear our Alabama gear. Ally's mom was also in town and brought them many new things to add to their wardrobe such as a "Beat Bama" pin (Thank goodness they didn't:)), Caden a cheerleading outfit, etc.

Here is a picture of all of us. (My hair looks awful big on the side doesn't it?? Don't know what that's about!) It's not too close I know but you can tell who is who:) Alex had his cute red baby elephant pants on that Dar Dar made him.

Keeping the beat in class.

Catching up!

Here is a cute picture of Alex playing with Adam at the UCP park. They were so funny together!

Alex and Papa at the Crimson and White game (Alabama's Practice game). He had so much fun eating popcorn and hotdogs and watching Big Al! He also really watches the game and likes to yell "shoot!" He doesn't say basketball, just ball, and always says shoot and throws his hands up in the air (like the sign for a touchdown) when he sees a basketball.

This was at the homcoming parade with Grammy before the football game Saturday morning, November 1st. He wasn't too impressed but hung in there. He would wave at some of the people but you could tell he wasn't quiet sure what was going on.

After the parade Mimi wanted him to fingerpaint with pudding. She had done it with Parker and John when they were young and couldn't wait for Alex to be old enough to do it. He wasn't quiet sure what he was supposed to do and didn't like putting his whole hand in it like Mimi made him do. :)

Trick or Treating

Last Friday Alex had lots of visitors. GrandDan, Granny, and Uncle Parker wanted to come see him in his Elmo costume before we went trick or treating. He showed them how cute he was!



Later that night Ally, Todd, and Caden came over to eat some chili and go trick or treating with us. Our neighborhood is still in the "new" phase and there are not houses on every lot so that would have been ALOT of walking. So we went to our 3 neighbors houses right next door and then we went to a neighborhood down the street where the houses are closer together. I knew it was going to be so fun watching Caden and Alex together. She bosses him around and he usually does whatever she says. I figured he would learn how to "trick or treat" by the end of the night from watching her.
Here are Tigger and Elmo.


Our first house-Caden would walk up and knock on the door and say trick or treat multiple times before anybody even came. Alex would be behind her just standing there. He didn't really care to eat any of the candy he got until he got his first sucker. He LOVES suckers and so John opened one up for him to eat between houses. Of course, Elmo was a little sticky after we got home that night.:)

This was one of the last houses. Alex was having to be carried by this time and he wouldn't hold his Elmo candy holder. (What do you call those things???) They both were so eager at first that when someone opened the door they wanted to go in the house. By this house they just walked up and sat on the front steps to take a rest. They didn't want to knock on the door or anything.

After we finished trick or treating we went to Grammy and Papa's house to visit so they could see Elmo too!