Candids from a couple weeks ago

Wow...back to school and I am getting behind. These pictures are from a couple of weeks ago. I am trying to get caught up!

Brady loves pretending he is a baby now. I am not sure that he likes it that Alex has his own toys to play with. Here are my "babies" playing with the bugs.

My Grandma came up for a visit a couple of weeks ago. It was wonderful to spend time with her and the boys enjoyed spending some time with her again.
Andy thought this was a precious pic from after Alex's bath.

I can't get enough

You can never have too many pictures of a baby smiling...

Really tasty

We grilled steaks and had sweet corn for dinner tonight. Brady LOVES sweet corn. He ate it right off the cob. I started him with a half of one. Ate it all and then had the second half.

When we was done, he finished off part of Grandpa Johnson's too. I love summer!

Makes me smile

The boys and I went to the Farmer's Market this morning. In addition to my veggies, I picked up a beautiful bouquet of flowers for $5. Gotta love that. Brady needed to smell them when we got home, so he climbed up on a chair and said "Smell pretty." It made me smile.

Bumbo

Now that Alex is able to hold his head up fairly well, we have started using our Bumbo seat with him. He does pretty well in it and is getting stronger every day.

I have been getting out some of the baby toys for Alex. Brady discovered his old friend the red elephant. He took off with him under the table the other night while Alex was in his seat. Brady thought this was hilarious as you can see from the picture. I think he thought he was teasing Alex.
Brady decided he needed to sit in the Bumbo too. He wasn't so sure that it should be just Alex's seat.

Fam Fest

My sister Jen wanted all of us to head to the cities for what she called Fam Fest '09. She wanted to plan fun activites for the day and just hang out. We went last weekend and had a wonderful time. We started our day at Como Zoo. Brady loved the Sparky the Sea Lion show.

I love this picture of Alex. He has such a great smile and a giggle that melts your heart.
Brady and Daddy walking around the zoo

Following the zoo we took Brady to Como Town. What a great park for little kids! Brady was tall enough to do many of the rides and he loved it. Here he is on his first ride by himself. These cars were awesome for him!

Brady and Daddy took a spin on the tea cups.

The favorite of the day was the cars...had to do another one.

We then headed to Como Park for a picnic lunch. Brady had lots of fun drinking from the water jug and stealing pear slices from Aunt Jen!

When he finished eating, Brady noticed grandpa had laid down in the grass to take a little rest. He of course dog piled him.

We then headed back for nap time. My mom, sister and I did a little shopping...child free I might add! Then it was a tasty dinner at Jen and Jerry and then off to the bowling alley!

Brady's first time bowling

Brady has seen bowling on tv and he has his play bowling set at home, but he had never gone to do the real thing until this past weekend. He was SOOO excited. Here he is with his bowling ball.

Alex patiently sat in his seat puffing up his cheeks and blowing bubbles while we all got ready for our game. I just had to laugh at the faces he was making.
The alley we went to had great ramps for little kids to use. Brady was able to bowl all by himself. A big deal when you are 2.

Nearing the end of our game Brady said, "Brady loves bowling" and gave his ball a snuggle.

He got pretty tired toward the end and didn't want to let Uncle Jerry put him down. Jerry managed to bowl and hold Brady. What talent!

Candids

I can't believe how strong Alex is getting with holding his head up. Check this one out!

While at my grandma's this past week, we were doing some cleaning for her. Brady found this hat in the closet. Pretty stylish huh?

Alex update

Well...Alex managed to get his thumb all the way in his mouth for the first time this week. He gave it several noisy sucks before it slipped out. I am hoping that this doesn't become a habit!

Alex had his 2mo. check up today - a few weeks late. At 2 1/2 months old he weighs 14 pounds. I can't believe it! He is 23.5 inches long. Growing like crazy. Best of all, he has slept from

11pm-6:15am for two nights in a row. Praise God for sleep!

Headed Home

Following a great week in Hilton Head we headed for home last weekend on Saturday. We were packed to the gills! Both boys were great travelers once again.

The Smokey Mountains were definitely the prettiest part of the drive.

We stayed in Indianapolis on the way home. Brady was tired and needed to move from being in the car for 14 hours. Needless to say, when he found a huge bed with 9 fluffy pillows, silliness ensued!