Lex turns two today,
Let’s
all stand up and say,
Hip, hip hooray, hip, hip
hooray,
Lex turns two today!

Me and my mom spent the day with
Lex and Eve getting pictures taken at The Picture People. It
was interesting. A little more challenging than our last
expedition there for Lex’s 1st birthday pictures. But, in the
end we got some great pictures, so it was all worth it, of
course :) Lex had a bit of a rough day that started with a face
plant into the battery pack on the bouncy seat, resulting in a
nice bruise on his cheek. Then a long drive in the car and
forced posing for the camera. But then he got to ride on the
merry-go-round so he ended up a happy camper. Tomorrow we have
his birthday party. He will be overwhelmed, but I think he’ll
have fun.

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Jan took this picture when
she was here on Tuesday. I thought it was cute. Lex said he
wanted to hold Eve, so we sat down and I put her in his lap and
this is how we ended. Jan said “Quick, where is your camera?”
:)

At the Montshire today. He looks so
big!

We had a busy day with doctors this
morning. Lex went in for his two year checkup today. All is
well, of course. The doctor (a friend of a friend, small
world!!) said he is average on weight (29.5lbs) and height (I
didn’t catch the #) and advanced on verbal skills. No surprises
there. After that I went in for my six week checkup (a 7 1/2
weeks) and all is good there as well. No surprises. I won’t be
posting my height and weight here, but I’ll tell you it’s not
quite where it should be :)

Otherwise
not much to report. We’re living life and all that jazz.
Getting ready for a birthday bash this weekend. And Lex just
woke up from his nap so I’m outta here!

Yesterday, well two days ago now, I guess,
was the anniversary of Lex’s due date. Sort of a random thing
to remember, but it popped into my head that morning and I
couldn’t get it out. It’s amazing how much as happened in the
past two years. Just two years ago we were living in our
apartment, no kids, no job, and basically just hanging out
waiting on Lex. Now, just two years later, we have a house, two
kids, a fantastic job and life is so different. We spent so
much time on that business and it’s depressing what happened to
it, but I feel like it really put our personal life on hold and
I’m so happy with the progress we’ve made since then.

On the kid front, Eve is soooo smiley lately.
Especially at 3am :) She is also very strong. She was standing
up today (with some balancing help from me) and Lex was holding
her hands and they were dancing. So cute! Lex loves his little
sister but has done some interesting regressing since she’s
been born, most notably he refuses to sleep in his bed now.
Every nap and night he asks for his crib. He’s funny because he
usually ends up crying when we put him down and he knows how to
get out of his crib (though he hasn’t perfected the landing
yet!) but he rarely does. Instead he’ll cry, jump around, kick
the bars, and eventually fall asleep. He’s funny. We have to
get him out of the crib soon, though, because Eve will be
needing it. I knew that “big boy bed” transition was too easy
:)

Ok, back to bed for me. I have been
coughing so much all day and night that no one has been getting
much sleep. Hopefully this passes soon!

So
cute.

Fresh from the bath (hence the hat), Eve settles
in for a morning nap. Or not! Moments after I took the picture
Lex decided to “visit” and that was the end of that :)

Lex has decided that the best seat in the house
for TV viewing is the stool on the hearth. Maybe looking
through the plant foliage somehow enhances the TV watching
experience??

Lex and Eve were on the same wavelength
all weekend… unfortunately it was the cranky one! Alan kept
saying, “they’re definitely siblings!”

Crazy man coloring with
markers
On the bright side
though, we finally got the whole yard raked!! I know, most
people do that in the fall, but we’re new here and have kids
and and and …. don’t judge me!! :) Just kidding. The back
yard was a huge mess of pine needles and garbage. Yep, garbage!
We found beer bottles, a water bottle holder for a bike, a bike
lock, a door jam, and so much more. Now all of that is gone and
we just have a big dirt spot in the back yard. Sooo much nicer
though :) Next step is to get some grass growing and then we’ll
be all set.

The veggie
garden
Speaking of grass,
Alan bought a lawn mower (electric, he’s very excited) and so
we’ll be mowing the lawn this week too. Oh the exiting news
from my house, huh?? It will be good to mow it, but I’ll kind
of miss the lovely purple and white violets and yellow
dandelions we currently have growing. Our front yard is quite
nice these days.

Our
house
After we get the
lawn under control, the next step is weeding and figuring out
the flower gardens. We are very lucky that the previous owners
planted such nice gardens and hopefully we’ll be able to keep
the alive.

Playing with the
neighbors (sorry you can’t see their
faces)
Have I mentioned
lately that I love our house??

PS. I added another video to YouTube. Look over
at the sidebar and click on the top video. Alan took it when
his parents and their friend Linda where here last weekend.
Nothing exciting, just cute.