Easter

Here's our little TV star. :-)

Well, we are a month or so behind and have many pictures and videos to post. But here is little of Easter weekend. The Saturday before Easter we spent the morning shooting a commerical for University Medical Center (UMC) at our house. This is the hospital where the cleft was found in the first sonogram, where Alexander was born, checked in for jaundice and weight loss, and where he had his lip surgery. It's also the hospital where Children's Miracle Network raises money and buys equipment. As the commercial puts it so well: "It's our hospital."

I thought we would have these pics posted long before they edited the commercial, but alas, the first commercial is out and airing on local TV starting this week. Here's a youtube link to watch the first 30 second commercial. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JMyn6gVnqc The second one should be out soon and then the 2-minute website commercial that I am looking most forward to on UMC's website...coming soon! Also hoping to see some of the photos they took during the shoot. Ours are not quite the quality of theirs.

Easter Sunday was a great day as well. We took Alexander to church early for Easter Brunch and the egg hunt. It was fun to watch all the children hunting eggs. The service was good, but bittersweet. It was the first Sunday since our pastor left. More to come tomorrow...it's time to go home!

The Circus

At the end of Spring Break, all Children's Miracle Network families were invited to the Circus Gatti. Alexander really enjoyed watching all the lights, animal, clown and motorcyle acts. His favorite things were the glittering streamers used as decoration by the stage. Dad and son were really concerned about the safety of the tight rope artists.

We were able to go on the floor and meet all the performers after the show. It was nice of them to take pictures and meet all the children.

Alexander enjoyed meeting the elephant up close and personal.

All of the VIP treatment really wore out our little guy. Look at this tired boy.

Leo the clown was pretty funny. Alexander was a huge fan.

Spring Break

Alexander had a wonderful time with Grandma Gayle and Great Grandma Ruby over Spring Break. He started eating solids during the day and showed what an amazing eater and sleeper he could be. He worked on his crawling, although he waited until they left to perfect it with one knee and one hand in front of the other. They played alot and had fun. But, those pictures are mostly still on Grandma's camera, so we will have to post them later.


At the end of the week, we had a playdate. The boys are in the same class at daycare and had definitely missed each other all week. They talked and ate lunch together before playing on Alexander's new mat. The funniest thing was that they kept trying to bump heads.

Trip to OKC

Alexander took his first trip to Oklahoma City. Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Simpson and Great Aunt Debbie, the trip was fun and possible. Jason had what we thought was food poisoning on Thursday night, so he decided to not make the trip for Aunt Robin's 50th. Stephani and Alexander left Friday night to stay at Uncle Marcus's before the Saturday drive to OKC. Stephani got the stomach flu that Jason had in the middle of the night and it looked like the trip would be cancelled. But, mid-morning, we decided to load up and head east so that the 50th birthday would not be ruined.

Alexander did great in the car and had so much fun at GGs house. The OK family tried to corrupt Alexander by making him play on an OU blanket, just to have a picture to take home to Daddy. Not sure if what was the picture or the lingering stomach bug that made Jason puke when we got home :-) (Just kidding).

We were very glad to celebrate with Aunt Robin. She looks like we were celebrating her 35th instead. Wish I had some pictures to prove it. Didn't much feel like taking pics that trip. We look forward to more birthday celebrations with our wonderful family. If Alexander travels like this forever, I will definitely be willing to take him on more road trips. Here's him and Aunt Debbie playing in the back seat on the way back to Amarillo. "Ahhhhhh, gimme five!"

Patty-cake

Pictures of Christmas!

Our first family Christmas was quite exciting in Booker!  We spent a lot of time with the extended family and really enjoyed the low-key Christmas.  The Murphys came through town twice and it was very exciting for them to finally meet Alexander.  Alexander loved spending time with his Aunt and Uncle, Grandparents, Great-Grandmas and Mom's family.

 

Of course, Alexander was the center of attention whenever he was awake.

At the end of the stay, he was sad to pack up and travel home.

Winter Wonderland!

I am very disappointed that the blog has turned in to once a month blogging during lunch at work.  I really need to go get our home computer fixed because the Ipod can't blog.  But, it's another errand that I keep putting off.  Jason has been working more in the evenings and will be leaving town this week for a conference.  Between that, the snowy/rainy weather and actually going to the gym a few times per week, running errands has really been put on the back burner.

So, most people probably log on to see cute pictures of Alexander, not read me rambling on and on.  So, without further ado, here are more pictures of the cutest kid on the block.

Christmas Eve was a crazy day for travel with snow like this.

I think this is the wettest winter Lubbock has seen in awhile.  We got out of school 1 and 1/2 days at the end of January.  It was super cold, but we decided to take pictures outside anyway.

The cold doesn't keep Jason from grilling out...even in flip-flops

Alexander started daycare on January 4th.  Besides catching a few colds and such, he loves it!  Sometimes when we go to pick him up, he doesn't even notice we are there, because playing is just too much fun!  He is learning a lot from his classmates who are all older and more mobile.  This is his teacher, Miss Debra.  He is definitely teacher's pet.

Alexander started eating cereal a couple of weeks ago and started peas this last weekend.  It is hit or miss sometimes.  He has had a couple of really good feedings, but the bad ones are really bad.  Green peas coming out the nose and mouth, is not the most appetizing sight.