Birthday pictures

Alex in his new rocking chair.
Just about to open presents. I wonder what that rocking chair shaped present is?

Birthday cupcake! Don't worry, Mom and Dad are right next to me so I don't grab the fire.

Happy Birthday, Alex!

Alex turned one year old at 6:55pm yesterday evening. At that time, he had just finished his Thanksgiving dinner by throwing most of the Turkey on the floor and then starting to dig into his Birthday cupcake. We celebrated his birthday and Thanksgiving with our family. Thank you Nana, Saba, Grandma, Papa, Great Grandpa Sid and Great Grandma Kathy for making the trip to Seattle to be with us. Thanks to Brian, Shauna, Hannah and Nathan for making the significantly shorter trip. :)

While hosting Thanksgiving and a birthday is fun, it requires a lot of planning and cleaning of dishes. I think we'll have recovered by the next time this happens in 2014. We'll post pictures soon from both Thanksgiving and his official Birthday Party on Sunday.

Haircut

As you can see Alex is sporting a new shorter hairstyle. We finally broke down and took him to get his haircut. He did very well. He sat in a red sports car and for the most part was very calm. He didn't like it when we had to hold his head down but there were no tears. I think I was more upset than he was.

We are busy planning for Thanksgiving and his b-day. I have been trying to clean the house all week but when you have a little boy who won't sit still and no longer thinks its cool to take long naps, it has been a challenge. I know it will all come together in the end.

Crawling baby

Alex has finally graduated from army crawling and is crawling the good old fashioned way. This means he gets around a lot more quickly and is very happy about that. He has also learned to stick out his tongue. He does it often and really likes to imitate you.

We are gearing up for his birthday party. I cannot believe he is turning one in less than two weeks. Time has flown by this past year. I promise to take lots of pictures over the next few weeks to post.

Batman gets out the vote

Here's a picture of Alex before we went out trick or treating. He wasn't a big fan of the Batman mask. We'll share more pictures soon.

Alex joined Dad today on election day. He sat with me in the polling booth on the way home from work and happily slept through it. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get his advice. He said he was for Obama though. Although he might have been saying ba ba.

Palm Desert

We spent the last week vacationing in Palm Desert with my parents and my brother's family. We had such a great time. The kids got to play in the pool everyday and the adults got to relax at the spa. The weather was great, Alex really enjoyed the sunshine (as did his parents). We didn't do much other than lay out by the pool, eat and take naps, which to me is the perfect vacation. I have lots of pictures so I will start with just a few.