Daddy’s Week Off

For the past week I have been off of work and we’ve been making the most of it, having lots of family time.  We played around the neighborhood, went to the park several days, and Alex, Laura and AJ went to the Norfolk Botanical Gardens one day while Brooke was in school.  Alex has really taken to sitting up on his own, once you set him upright.  He’ll sit there for quite a while now just playing and laughing.  Alex also got his first bike ride today, and he couldn’t have been happier on the bike, smiling the whole way down the street.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJkw9hZxsM0

Alex Jumping

Today Alex was being cute, playing in his jumper.  He is a very smiley and happy baby, even while getting his first tooth in today.  This evening we noticed a sharp tooth scratching us as he nibbled on our hands, and sure enough, his first tooth (the bottom right central incisor) was just poking through his gums.

https://youtu.be/kpkVVzjfsps

Beautiful Sunday

Today was a great Sunday.  The weather couldn’t have been better, it got up to 70°!  The day started off with us playing inside having lots of fun.  Once it warmed up we went outside and played in our backyard, had lunch outside and even went to the park (boy was it packed there).  We had lots of fun today.

http://youtu.be/zvI_LJafrFc

Christmas 2014

This holiday season was a fun one because Brooke is old enough to have some idea of what is going on and learned about all the fun traditions of Christmas.  It was also Alex’s first Christmas.  We had Ammy and Papa visit us this week and they had a lot of fun playing with Brooke and Alex.  On Christmas Eve we went to see Christmas lights and then set out Spritzgebäck cookies and milk for Santa.  Then everyone had fun opening gifts on Christmas morning and enjoyed a Christmas dinner.

http://youtu.be/VSUpEz0kubk