A tired monday morning

I have finally uploaded the April pictures and will send them out today. These were mostly from when Carl's grandparents visited and when Deb visited and we went to the park. Carl was very camera happy at the park, so we have quite a few pictures. I will add a few of my favorites here.




This past weekend Carl had to work at the Smyrna Jonquil festival for the Smyrna Tree Board and I went to the Inman Park Festival with a group of friends. It was a good time, we got rained on for a few minutes, but Alex loved it - combining his 2 favorite things... the outdoors and bath!
Sunday we were going to go the the Jonquil festival, but when we drove up there it got rained out, so we just went back home and got some things done around the house. Carl ended up wrenching his back last night so he is going to the doctor today to get it looked at, hopefully it is just some muscles that need to calm back down.

Carl's dad [aka Nono] ended up in the hospital this last week and had to have a blood clot removed from his leg, but is home now and doing well, we are very happy about that!

This is my last official week in my current job in the Finance department - I am moving over to the IT department as a Finance Manager. I am excited but nervous too. I will be pulling double duty in both groups for at least the first month, but hopefully things will calm down by the end of May and I will be able to settle into my new position.

Speaking of May, I am very excited about celebrating my first Mothers Day and it is more special that my first Mothers Days is also my birthday! We are planning on going to brunch at Rays on the River with my parents so we will celebrate 2 moms and a birthday all at once.

I don't think it will be long before Alex is walking on his own, he will take a few steps [really leaning lunges] to either me or Carl from the coffee table if we are sitting near on the floor, and he will walk along outside and only hold 1 of our fingers. His dexterity is also getting better, he now can move the small slides in his new truck book [thanks Aunt Deb!] and he puts his balls into his Pooh toy and watches them go down the slides and then claps at himself proudly when it reaches the bottom.

Hope everyone has a great week

Happy Tuesday

Last weekend we had a great time. We picked Deb up at the airport and then headed up to Turner's first birthday. We had a great time, Alex played well with all the other boys and girls and had his first try of cheese. He would not eat his baby food with all the commotion so I tried cheese, he loved it [hello he is my child]. Then that night we had dinner with my parents and then Sunday we went to brunch and to the park. Alex had a great time, we had the park practically to ourselves and he figured out the slide and loved it. Then Alex had some daddy time while Deb and I went and got our nails done.

This weekend Carl participated in a trivia tournament and Alex and I met up with Stephanie and Kamryn Kaye at Northpoint for some playtime and shopping.

Carl will be going out of town today to visit some growers in south Georgia and it is my crazy week at work, so we are looking forward to a relaxing weekend coming up.

Alex is really motoring around now. He can stand on his own and after going to the mall Sunday and watching Kamryn Kaye climb up stairs to the slide, he climbed 2 stairs last night! He LOVES his books. He knows some of them by heart and if he knows there is a page he likes coming up he will try to skip past the page before to get to the one he likes, then he giggles and claps.
He is clapping a lot now, he loves to patty cake and do the Itsy Bitsy Spider.
He also is a big fan of giving 5.

I will be off with him on Friday this week since Grandma and Grandad are going to KY to the horse races. I am really looking forward to it!

Spring is here

It has been a crazy beginning to spring. Easter was so early, but it was great. Alex saw his Easter basket right away and was very excited by it. Nana got him a soccer ball basket and he loved it. We went to church and had Easter lunch at my parents house with all of our cousins/aunts/uncles that live here in Atlanta. I will send out pictures soon. I think his favorite part of the day was playing peek-a-boo with his cousin Billy!
This last weekend, our neighborhood had it's kickoff event for 2008, our 2nd annual Walk and Talk. I am on the social committee so it was very busy trying to get everything planned and set up. The weather was not supposed to be good, but we lucked out and it was wonderful. Everyone enjoyed the walk and lunch. Alex was so happy to be outside, he is his fathers child for sure. He cried when we came in, even though we were out from 8:30 - 12. He had a great time playing with the other little ones out there.
This week Carl's grandparents are here to spend a few days on their way back to NY. Alex has loved spending some quality time with them and loves to try to climb and take Gigi's cane.
I was a complete klutz last night and reached over and grabbed a hot metal cooking sheet without the potholder that was sitting right in front of me and burned my finger. Typing with a blister is not fun today!
Alex is getting more and more mobile everyday, not only is he crawling everywhere, but he has started to let go and stand on his own for a few seconds. And last night he began to let go of the table and take a few steps towards either me or Carl and would squeal with delight.
He is also starting to hold his bottle a little and drink from his sippy cup. Of course the first one we bought he uses as a teether, then we bought the cheapest ones, and he took to them right away.
This weekend we are looking forward to Alex's friend Turner's 1st birthday party and Aunt Deb coming in town for the weekend. Like I said it is crazy busy!