Yesterday PopPop Dick, MomMom Cindi and MomMom Cindy all came to St. Andrew’s School to watch Alex’s preschool moving up/graduation ceremony. It was such a great event.
The older kids came out in caps and gowns, and all the kids sang some songs while Dave DeSalvo (he performed our wedding ceremony) played the guitar.
I don’t know why, but I like the blurriness of this next picture.
Then the kids all processed one at a time across a little bridge in the middle of stage. They hugged their teachers and prepared for moving up to their new classroom. Alex, uh, he wasn’t so happy to have to walk across the bridge. He did it, but no too happily.
Kind of. See, Alex will be staying in the same classroom next year. He’ll be in the one year old classroom again… because well, he doesn’t turn one until January. Makes sense, doesn’t it?
Enjoy one of Alex’s special days.
p.s. I realized when the little ones (who weren’t even mine) came out in their caps and gowns and I got choked up, that I am going to be A MESS when it’s Alex “graduating” from preschool. I’m choked up just typing about it. *sigh*
p.p.s. Thank you PopPop for the photos and video.
p.p.p.s. (is this right?) Thank you PopPop and MomMom Cindi(y)s for coming to my big day.
To me, Christmas is so special to me because I get to spend time with family. There have been very few Christmases that I have not woken at my mother’s house on Christmas morning. This year, Adam decided that we needed to start our own traditions for Christmas, at our own house… which meant I didn’t get to wake up at my mother’s house. We addressed this issue Christmas morning by turning on Apple iChat so that the Smyrna family could watch Alex and Andrew open presents up here. However, beyond that, my mother had Christmas morning, part two at her house on December 26. She made a fabulous Christmas morning breakfast two days in a row and I have to say that feast that ensues is well worth waiting for all year. Alex enjoyed it as well. Just look at his cuteness.
Christmas morning came without any hitches. Alex woke up well before Andrew and when coming downstairs, he saw goodies under the tree.
With Alex being so young (and having such a big family), we tried to not go overboard with the gifts. And with all the boy toys (wagons, dump trucks, etc.), would you believe he went right to the books? Granted it was a book about trucks. But still… maybe he’ll be like mommy and enjoy a good book every now and then.
Andrew finally woke up to join us and got right to opening presents.
One of his big presents was RockBand for Wii. Adam gave Amy Wii Fit for Christmas and we’ve all had a good time with that. Here Andrew plays Wii Fit while Alex plays with all his presents.
After we opened presents, we had a yummy breakfast and were able to play with our toys for a little bit. Then Andrew went to spend time with his mother and we headed to Delaware to spend time with our family down there. MomMom Joanne introduced Alex to her horses.
And Jeremy was so excited about Christmas he could barely contain himself!
The presents are wrapped. The stockings are hung. But we still have a lot to do before Christmas morning.
We went over to MomMom and PopPop Kendig’s for Christmas Eve. Brandon, Amanda, Chris and their families were all there too. We had a yummy dinner and then proceeded to open our Christmas presents.
Andrew received a cool Nerf gun two-pack to have Nerf wars with someone else. He also was given a ball that starts out flat (kind of like a frisbee) but when you throw it, it shapes into a ball. I’m not sure how it works but it is in this <— picture.
MomMom Kendig made Alex a new knit hat for the winter. It is red so it will match his blue and red jacket nicely. We put it on his head to see how it fit and he was really excited. Just look at him. He was squealing with excitement in this picture. Alex also received a baby baseball set. That should go well with the Phillies cap, right?
After we opened presents, we visited for a few minutes before changing Alex into his pajamas. His Christmas pajamas are adorable. They are from Carter’s and red fleece pjs with a picture of Santa on them and the words “Santa’s Favorite.” I love them. He is adorable.
Today the Christiana Freight Station had its holiday open house. Every year around Christmas they open up the station and serve up some yummy treats.
They have model trains on display and PopPop Glenn takes great pride in this event. Alex really liked the train displays. He was captivated by the trains going by, especially when PopPop made the engine have steam coming out of it.
At the open house we met up with BJ, Cathi and the cousins as well as Amanda and Dave and the girls. The station was offering a hayride pulled by a tractor, going around town to look at all the Christmas lights. It was tight fitting the family on the wagon with the others who were going… but it worked out well being packed in so tightly. It helped to keep warm on a cold night!
Andrew had a good time on the hayride, leading the passengers in singing some Christmas carols through town. Unfortunately I don’t have pictures of the hayride. I do however have pictures of Alex standing next to his “big” cousin, Alexis. Alexis is three months older than Alex but she is a little peanut. Just look!
This next picture is just because my daddy is such a cheese.
Alex took his first steps just over a month ago. Then he came down with a cold and stalled on the progress front. After getting some antibiotics in him, he took off.
Update on January 8, 2009: Now the little man does laps around the house every evening and tries to run across the living room. He’s so funny and so proud of himself.
Megan came to visit at my mother’s house on Sunday and brought her little girl Jenna with her. Watch out, McKenna! There may be many boyfriends for you at the daycare… but maybe I’ll like older women like my daddy does!
A1 = 6' 2"
A2 = 5' 8"
A3 = 5' 3" + growing strong!
A4 = still growing!
1/16: 7 lbs. 13 oz. and 19"
7 days: 7 lbs. 2 oz. and 21"
1 month: 9 lbs. 11 oz. and 23"
2 mo: 13 lbs. 4 oz. and 24.5"
4 mo: 17 lbs. even and 26.5"
5 mo: 18 lbs. 8 oz. and 27.5"
6 mo: 19 lbs. 9 oz. and 28"
9 mo: 23 lbs. even and 30.5"
11 mo: 24 lbs. 6 oz.
1 YEAR: ?
We went over to MomMom and PopPop Kendig’s for Christmas Eve. Brandon, Amanda, Chris and their families were all there too. We had a yummy dinner and then proceeded to open our Christmas presents.
MomMom Kendig made Alex a new knit hat for the winter. It is red so it will match his blue and red jacket nicely. We put it on his head to see how it fit and he was really excited. Just look at him. He was squealing with excitement in this picture. Alex also received a baby baseball set. That should go well with the Phillies cap, right?
They have model trains on display and PopPop Glenn takes great pride in this event. Alex really liked the train displays. He was captivated by the trains going by, especially when PopPop made the engine have steam coming out of it.
