Big Brother, meet Baby Brother
Before Aidan arrives, Alex is “practicing” – putting Susie in the carrier We’ve been prepping Alexander for months to meet ‘the baby.’ From counting down months, weeks, days on the calendar, to various stages of babifying the house, to conversations and feeling baby kick from muma’s tummy- he knew all Continue Reading
Getting Ready for Two
The past couple of weeks we’ve embarked upon prepping the house for two little boys. We decided to have both boys share the nursery and keep our guest bedroom- at least until they’re a little older. We moved the new crib in there and the rocking chair out into the Continue Reading
Sabbath Snaps
Thank you Grandpa and Grandma J. for the train puzzle! Alexander just loves it 🙂
“Fakes-n-Zeenies”
It’s just a little sad to see Alexander exploding with new language skills and watching his pronunciation and grammar get a little better every day. He’s already got a running commentary on everything with sentences, paragraphs, concepts, and connections that surprise us at every turn. Before he begins reciting Shakespeare, Continue Reading
Two… Take Two!
Though initially we’d planned to do a birthday event, we later decided to keep it a quiet day here at home. So we were more than happy to go up and visit Grammy and Grandpapa the following weekend and Alexander was more than thrilled to make the trip up to Continue Reading
Alexander Turns Two!!!
Well, We are now officially the proud parents of a two year old! We had a delightful birthday celebration on Wednesday- something a bit quieter at home, but we were so happy to share the day with Nana and have Papa home for his birthday lunch. Starting with wake-up, Mama Continue Reading
The Great Potty Training Experiment- Part 2.
Day 3- Sabbath:We were debating whether or not to go to church on Sabbath. It’s always an off-schedule day for us, and with the ‘stress’ of the whole process, keeping him alert and enthused, and wanting to avoid either a mess or regression, Serena wasn’t planning to take him. But Continue Reading
The Great Potty Training Experiment- Part 1.
Well, after much hemming and hawing and putting things off, Alexander’s renewed interest in the subject has finally sealed his fate. It might be a little ‘early’ and maybe this experiment will go down in the books as a dreaded “false start” but we had to give it a shot. Continue Reading
Our Little Valentine
We had a lot of fun last week, delving into a bit of Valentine’s bliss. On Wednesday, Mama and Alexander made cookie dough and punched out a few dozen little heart cookies. He’s always excited to get out the rolling pin and make the punches- the trickiest part, getting him Continue Reading