Picture OVERLOAD + Spring Break

Spring Break. A joyous event. A MUCH needed pause in an otherwise hectic and busy life. No school. No studying. Just . . . breathing. And it is something that we will never be given again. From now on, for the rest of our lives Christmas, Thanksgiving and Spring Break will all have to be scheduled around Daniel's crazy schedule. So you can imagine how important it was to make the best of it. And make the best of it we did! It was a jam packed week of excitement and adventure and we loved every single minute of it!!

Daniel had a test on Friday and the minute it was over we were off. First stop: the zoo. Alex loves animals so we got a season pass to the zoo! It was cold and Alex hadn't been sleeping so well so the first time was really a trial run :-)

Here we are visiting some African cow type animal thing

And the Cheetah

This bear was SO funny! He was actually performing for us. He was sitting on the edge of his habitat and would smile and stand up. He was AWESOME and so funny!

I've never seen a bear on his hind legs before!

Here he is, smiling!

Next on our week of adventures we went with our awesome friends John and Tammy and Tanner and Addi to their home of St. George! We borrowed my parents mini van and strapped the kids in and were on our way!

I was so worried about Alex in the car for 10 hours! We went to Leadville a few months back, about a 2 hour drive, and he hated it and his car seat for weeks after. The best way to describe my feeling on the situation? Terrified! But he's gunna have to do it sooner or later. We can't just not go anywhere, right? I was pleasantly surprised that he did AWESOME! We had a few freak outs, but who cares- right? No biggie.

So here's our trip! I'll try not to get too detail seein how there's like a billion pictures.

We Finally made it! Alex was so happy (I have no idea why this is underlined... I didn't even know you could do that in blogger...???)

Sunday we stopped by the St. George Temple and just hung out and walked around

Here's the Fam!

Alex loved the big building

Alex's buddy Tanner on the steps

Havin a good time on the lawn

Tanner is such a good sharer

My favorite guy

The Fam again

Alex's first time swimming! I don't know who was more excited us or him

1st time he was just takin it all in

But he could spare a smile or two for his mama

Love my little man

In the hot tub

Kisses from dad

I love this picture

2nd time swimming at the library - they had rock fixtures and a little river thing that was so adorable and so fun

But I did catch a few good times

Shades, pacifier and mom- what more could a kid ask for?

3rd time swimming was a HUGE success! He loved his little floatie (Thanks Jeff!)

Now, Alex has always been more of a lover of pretty girls than the males. But Tammy, Tammy is a different story. He prefers Tammy to anyone else and flirts like a pro! So of course we have the pictures with his favorite gal Tammy.

Look at that smile. Not many can pull a smile like that out of him

Yum! Gum!

Looking for the gum

:-)

Tanner being taught how to go under water

Pretty good for the first try!!!

Story: all of Tammy's sisters came to see her while she was home. One of which was her sister nicknamed Puff. John, Daniel, Tammy and I were in the car talking to Puff and another sister who were standing outside. When the conversation was done we started to drive away. Alex burst into tears. Just sobbed. We stopped and summoned Puff who ran and got in next to him the crying stopped and tears dried up :-) He loves Puff AND Tammy! Pretty soon he's gunna leave us for them!

He loves Cheetos

We went to ZIONS National park! Love his faces

The whole famdamily

At the waterfall

So many pictures

Just Us

Alex loves sand. Sand and water :-)

While we were there he solidified his 'bye, bye', 'yeah', and 'SO BIG'. Here he is displaying so big!

Playing with the stick

Cool rock formations

At the end of the trail

The whole gang!!!

Thanks for for letting us come crash at your house Tammy! We had a great time!!!

Another First...

A few weeks ago we went to Washington Park in Denver with some friends. It was a lot of 'firsts' for Alex. He loves loves LOVES animals so our first stop was the ducks. It was adorable how mesmerized he was by them.

First time seeing ducks

He was so focused and intent on the ducks and geese

"But... you took me away from looking at the ducks"

Hangin wit Daddy

There was a playground near by and Daniel wanted to play too!

Another first for Alex was the swing. And we had another successful time experiencing life. I think that is one of the most rewarding parts of being a mom. Being there when he sees something for the first time. His eyes focus in and you can tell he is processing the new information/experience and then he gets so excited. I love it!

We are so excited for the summer and more days at the park!!! Woo Hoo!

Daniels Awesome Adventure

Ooooo it's a big helicopter! RVU recently had a military day and a medical chopper flew in for the occasion. It was like a kid in a candy store for Daniel. He loved it! He loves being in the Air Force and he loves wearing his BDU's because they apparently are so comfortable.

Alex and I didn't go see it because the little guy was teething and was begging for his nap :-( I was SO bummed and I knew Alex would have loved it, but oh well. Daniel had a great time!

Ahhh the Joys...

Daniel and I were discussing over dinner that because the little tyke is crawling now we are now going to have to keep a closer eye on him. We enjoyed the 4 months of non-mobility! But now we're going to have to watch his every move.

As we are discussing this little Al was pretty quiet. And this is why... So our life in the mobility world begins!

You can't really tell but he has Vaseline all over his face, pants and furniture

"What mom?"

A little better picture of the side of the table where he put all of the goop and of course you can't miss his pants and little feet :-)

How do you get mad at that little face?!

Mmmmm....yummy!

Then 25 seconds later while mom was cleaning up the Vaseline.....

"Oooooo look at the fun chord"

"Yes? Can I help you?"

Now, playing with daddy

Oh so much fun

And this... I just thought was an adorable picture. Just hangin out with dad, gettin ready for a tub

I'm lovin this

My New Trick!

And so it begins...