This is what happens when Davis gets yogurt out of the fridge and sits it on the floor next to Xander. He tried the spoon... But his finger was far easier... Then he had to suck it off his finger... He realized that was taking too long.... Even the container tastes good. Boys......

One look is all it takes....pure sweetness.

Xander is busy. Not walking yet. Though he can push Elmo around in the doll stroller. No problems there. But he is not taking any steps yet. Aye. Just to give you an idea of what goes on around here with Xander, I give you a couple glimpses of the last two days... I is not doing nuffing mom.... Must. find. a. way. to. climb. the. fridge. Turkey....stood there FOREVER, steady as could be, eating his ice cream cone. But never took one step. How we know he is his father's son: love of ice cream and tongue issues. Ice cream so totally rocks!

Davis ate my xD card today. Luckily I managed to get Xander's birthday pictures off. The only thing that is missing are some pictures I took yesterday of Xander eating an ice cream cone. We will just have to feed him another cone today. I doubt he will be upset. I have pictures from Xan's party. I am too lazy to post many. I have yet another cold. What is it with this weather? Ah, yes. Winter is here. Yay. I can not get the pictures to behave...much like my children.

One year ago today I met someone for the very first time. I had no idea how profoundly he would change my life. Nor how he would change Emmaline. Or Davis. Or Mark. I had no idea what meeting him would mean for my family. What he would symbolize for years to come. I had no idea that my heart would grow even more. One year ago today, someone laid a tiny little being right up next to my face. And that is when I first laid eyes on Alexander Gabriel. It was a moment in time that I wished would last forever. You were born a big boy and you continued to grow with each passing day. We celebrated your first Thanksgiving and Christmas when you were only a few weeks old. Too tiny to know what we were doing. But a blessing to all of us none the less. Winter came and you smiled at us. You began to sit up. You took in the world around you. We watched your big eyes soak up life. You showed us that life was beautiful. Spring came breezing in. We had your first Easter. You got some ...

I get an idea in my head and well..... I have been thinking of Xan's first birthday party for some time. Knowing I would be making the cake and sugar cookies and trying to come up with a theme. At a year old, it is not like he is into anything. (We will not discuss what my big kids have come up with for their birthdays.) After looking, most of the First Year birthday stuff......is not to my liking. Then for Mother's Day my in-laws got me this awesome cupcake cake pan. Then the idea hit me: Xander's first birthday would be done in blues, brown and white, with polka dots and cupcakes. Awesome plan. Only.....do you know how hard it is to locate paper goods that fit the theme you made up in your head? Not only that but since I was stuck on that exact thing, I could not find anything that came close to the picture in my head. Sigh. I had to make the invitations myself. Complete with cutting out little cupcakes, in different paper, stamping and writing the details, and ...

Well, he started crawling. And every once and a while he will pull himself up to stand. I realize he is ten months old. But really. I was in no hurry. They grow so fast anyways.... Here are some current pictures. I have been playing around with my camera lately. These are some images I have captured in the last few days.... They are handsome men..... I like to stare at them. Mark does not enjoy it so much... First battle wound. Isn't he lovely? He has the longest eye lashes.... It's time for your close up. See? Look at those lashes! Sigh.... Hey dude.... Like how his diaper is hanging out the top of his pants? He rocks the low rise. This was after I told him no. Do you see that ornery grin? Trouble.... How you doin'? Cold weather here. Causing us to lounge most of the day. Fall is on its way. As well as Mr. Xander's first birthday. Where did the year go??? And where did my baby go???

I get razzed a bit for being all hippie like. Breastfeeding and natural and organic and all of that. But never fear. We still eat crap. Witness Xander eating an Oreo. Oh yes. Those little cookies seem so innocent. But in the hands of a child? They somehow morph into the messiest item on the planet. What is this cookies you speak of? I tell you, I ate no cookie. I tell you, I ate no cookie. Okay, so maybe I ate one little cookie. Shhhhhh.......... See? On an unrelated note, I made some kick azz Nemo cookies. Here fishy, fishy...

For nine months I carried you around in my belly. I saw you for the first time when you were 6 weeks old in my belly. You were a tiny spot then. I saw you again when you were about 13 weeks in my belly. You were a little jumping bean. The last time I saw you in my belly you were about 20 weeks. You did not hold still. For about 25 or so of those weeks I felt you move and dance. You grew and grew and all the time I wondered if you were a boy or a girl. Finally, nine months ago today, I saw your gorgeous little face and met you. Our little Alexander... Time has gone on. Far too fast. Before long you were four weeks old. An entire month passed. My little wise boy. The next thing I knew, I blinked and you were two months old. You began to smile at us. Another month flew by and you were three months old. By now we were rocking cloth diapers. Four months hit us just as quick as the other ones did. You began to love to bounce in your jump a roo. By the time you were five mon...

Xander makes a mess with his toys. Just like the other kids do. I think his tongue may be too big for his mouth. It is always hanging out. Xan said mama this week. He has coupled that with reaching for me. Yes it melts me into a mama puddle. This morning his spit up in my face. That did not make me melt. It was gross. Messy toys and tongue issues But he is cute so we do not care! Forgive me for the mess. He likes the stars on his mobile.... How can he reach them? (soon the mobile will have to come down. He is almost there.)