Sunday night we were over at John's parents house for dinner. With Will and Alex being their only grandchildren, the den is sort of a shrine to them...pictures everywhere. There are two small albums that I made for John's parents when each of our sons were born-one for Will and one for Alex. They boys just discovered these and LOVED looking through them. It was at that moment Sunday night when I realized that without me even meaning to, or even realizing it, Will's birth and childhood has been so much more documented than Alex's. The proof was in those albums. Will's album was basically every picture we took in the hospital. From his very first picture, to his first bath, to every visitor he had while we were in the hospital. Alex's album was about 10 pictures from his newborn photo shoot, and two of those 10 had Will in them! Even in looking at the blog, it pains me to see how each and every little milestone of Will's was documented with pictures, blog posts, and videos. Will's baby book is filled out through year two, completely, with hair from his first hair cut and everything! Alex's baby book was ordered and came shortly after he was born but was never even taken out of the FedEx box until last summer and then I never wrote anything in it. This makes me quite nervous to bring baby boy #3 into this world....will we even know where his birth certificate is in a year or two?? People told me I would get busy and it would be harder to keep the blog up. I vowed that I wouldn't let it slide....and guess what....it did. It is hard to be motivated to sit down at the end of a long day or on the weekend and update the blog in my free time. Laundry and dishes and just pure exhaustion totally have gotten in the way. I am not a scrapbooker, so I rely on this little blog to help keep these sweet, special memories so when our babies are not babies anymore, we can go back and remember fun little details about when they were.
Alex will turn two just days before we welcome a third son into our family (assuming he stays put until he is scheduled to come out). He is my heart. He is such a fun loving, laid back, hysterically funny kid who was born to be a middle child :) He has this toothy grin that makes it so hard to discipline him. Just the other day he was throwing a FIT! I put him in his room where he continued to throw a fit and then about 2 minutes later it got very quiet and I heard, "Worry Mommy, I not mean to." He is perfect and precious in every way.
Since he was born he has been attached to his lovey and paci. In recent months, the obsession has gotten worse and I really am nervous to wean him off. I don't mind the lovey, but the paci needs to go. He used to call his paci and lovey "mine." They went together and if he had one, he wanted the other as well. A few months ago he started calling his lovey "wugey" and his paci "pass." To hear him say it makes me smile and I hope I never forget the sound of that little voice.
Most days Alex can be found with wards (swords) in his hands "fighting da bad guys." He loves tagging after Will and likes for them to play ninja turtles (Alex always chooses Weonardo). He calls Will "Wool" and that makes me smile too. "Come on, Wool!"
Alex loves any sport. He loves having a ball in his hand and playing catch with daddy or basketball...or soccer....or baseball.....
He is often heard telling us "just a minute" or if he wants a snack just before dinner he will try to be convincing by saying "just one mommy and thats it!" Little stinker!
We love this little boy! His carefree spirit reminds us that life is short and these days are fleeting. I try to soak it all in. I am incredibly thankful for Alex. I hope that one day he will look back at his childhood and have sweet, precious, special memories...even if they weren't all documented :)
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