Alex is 1 :)

Alex had a great 1st birthday. He got to open lots of presents (aka Nathan opened presents) and for some reason he was enthralled with his Grandpa Doug. He wanted to sit on his lap the whole time and kept looking up at him and grinning. It was pretty darn adorable.

The Jack in the box pictured in the background and the book Alex has have both been big hits!


My totally awesome Tiger cake that Alex ripped apart. It took him a few minutes but then he started tearing away. We opened presents before the singing and cake cause I KNEW I wouldn't want to mess with a frosted Alex vs. presents.

And although you can't see it here (cause I think the good pic is on our other camera) Alex was SO messy with orange frosting. YUM!

Happy Birthday Alex!!

Today is Alex's first birthday...I can't believe he's one already! These are just a few pics of his cuteness lately, we will celebrate with cake and presents on Wednesday so there will be more pics to come :)

Nathan the Camera-man

Nathan took all of these pictures with the exception of a few that I took.

Nathan hit his head on the corner of Alex's dresser...he didn't need stitches, just some steri-strips.

Random happenings

Just a cute pic of my boys! Two of whom are camping tonight at the Father/Son's campout. Fun!

Nathan fell asleep watching tv with us, he got to stay up a little later cause Aunt Megan was visiting.

Playing at a park...Nathan with cousin Ayden

And lastly, that is powdered sugar from donut holes. Nathan fell asleep on the way to Doug & Sally's after having a little snack :). He refuses to take naps these days, but occasionally he'll fall asleep in the car, or if I let him watch a show in the afternoon.

Albertsons shopping trip

I bought:
5 quaker cereals
1 french’s mustard
3 lawry’s marinades
4 loaves of bread (no coupons)
8 yoplait yogurt cups
2 bags of salad
1 bag of tomatoes
2 loaves of bakery garlic bread

I spent 17.97! I saved 42.11. 72% savings, not my best but definitely a good one!

Just had to share since I've been doing this for about 8 months and haven't posted about it a single time yet! I had coupons for everything but the bread, and salad. I have had receipts where I have saved up to 95%!!!

Nathan-Big brother Extraordinaire

Nathan has several forts these days, one on his bottom bunk, one between the couch and the ottoman, and last but not least he has to watch all television in his pillow fort on the couch. AWESOME!

Nathan is always rolling around with Alex and doing crazy stuff. I feel like I'm constantly telling him to be careful with Alex, but I guess they are boys???

And, I always love the self portraits that Nathan takes with my camera!

Alex-9 months

First of all, he is everywhere and he can't stay still long enough for me to change his diaper, let alone get him dressed. There are too many fun things to do...like crawl OVER the tractor instead of around it.

He is LOVING real solid food now, like bananas, crackers anything that he can truly bite. His bottom two teeth finally broke through a few days ago.

Tylenol helps Alex's teething process in more than one way...