We had a crazy couple of weeks around here, and I am way behind on reporting our family milestones!
Right at the tail end of Xander and I both being very sick,
we celebrated two major milestones in one day.
On March 15th, Princess Zoey had her fifth birthday, AND Xander turned fifteen months old.
We had plans to play disc golf for Zoey's birthday, which is our family tradition, but early Wednesday, we got terrible news that our flying family suffered a catastrophic loss when a plane crashed, killing all three on board.
This devastated our community and hit very close to home. Zoey, Xander, and I headed to our good friend Laura's house to surround ourselves with someone going through the same loss, but also one of the strongest people I know. It helped immensely to be with Laura throughout that day.
Potatoes had a blast being in a new house with lots and lots of balls to throw with Laura's Golden Retriever, Adelaide. The two of them gave us smiles on a day when we were so sad.
Zoey's birthday present was having Potatoes harass a different pup. It made Zoey very happy to still get to share his snacks, but not be the object of his constant attention (and Adelaide loved it, too)!
The weekend before the birthday, while we were both at the beginning of being sick, we were lucky to have my mom, Aunt Jan, and dear friend, Shorna come to visit. We had so much fun playing and Xander thought Shorna was so cool. He ate Hot Fries the whole time she was here, which shocked us all, but wouldn't touch them once she left! He just wanted to be like her!
I was on spring break for the week, but as soon as I was well, I began a four day real estate class. I'm exploring a new venture, and it will be a lot to learn! I felt like I was learning a foreign language. I enjoyed the class, though, and Alexander enjoyed all the attention he got playing with different friends while I was in class.
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Kassie and her boyfriend, Michael played with our little man while I was in class Saturday
They played hard and wore him out (he fell asleep with his head in Michael's hand!)
Milestones:
At fifteen months, Alexander
climbs EVERYTHING (all of our chairs have to be turned on their side for safety)
has a number of words including ball, cracker, here ya go, thank you, puppy, mama, and dada (he says down for up, so I'm not counting that one)
(he also signs and is beginning to pair the oral language with sign language)
loves attention and making people laugh
loves water, books, balls, and slides
is uninterested in any television beyond about 90 seconds of a song
he knows lots of songs, but his favorites are still Wheels on the Bus and
If You're Happy and You Know it
eats very well, but prefers to eat off of other people's plates rather than his own
has a great time 'jumping,' which may be the cutest thing I've ever seen
loves to fist bump and say, "pow!"
gives the best hugs
sleeps 11 hours straight at night!!!
takes one long nap (about 2.5 hrs) midday and has a cat nap or quiet time for about 30 min in the early evening
sleeps 11 hours straight at night!!!
takes one long nap (about 2.5 hrs) midday and has a cat nap or quiet time for about 30 min in the early evening
raises his hands to the side when asked any WH question
My thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of the fallen airmen of the 318th.
Freedom is not free.
