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Saturday, July 6, 2013

Potty Time!

This morning AJ asked to go sit on the potty so I happily obliged. Of course the minute I put him on it, he requests the iPad! So anyway.. we are sitting there for what seems like forever when I finally hear him pee! And then not too far behind he went poopy too!! I was so stinkin' proud of him that I kept high-fiving him, giving him hugs and letting him know what a good job he had done! Of course I had to document the occasion too....look at the smile and how proud of himself he is!

Friday, July 5, 2013

Sleeping Toddler

Someone was a bit tired before his two-year doctor's appointment.

Thursday, July 4, 2013

24 months - TWO YEARS OLD!!

It's been 731 days since our little Alexander James has entered this world and we cannot imagine a moment without him. Life without a child seems like a lifetime ago. We keep asking each other where the past two years went because we still see our sweet AJ as a little boy... not the big, independent toddler that he is! His vocabulary has been growing by leaps and bounds and he pretty much knows and can recognize all of the letters of the alphabet. He is starting to put words together and says 'I fall down' and on our walk the other day he said 'I hear dogs'. AJ is also starting to sing along with all of his Disney show theme songs, especially Jake and the Neverland Pirates....'Jake and meeee!!'. And he now will pat along with the Little Einsteins when they need help getting Rocket going. He loves asking for a 'snack' and saying 'oh-oh-oh-kay', which is so adorable! He still loves being outdoors and playing in his cozy coupe and drawing with sidewalk chalk on the driveway. His favorite thing for Mommy to draw is a face, which he will then try to color in. He is a big fan of Cioci Kimmy's new pool, even if the water is a little chilly for him. He is very lovey-dovey and enjoys giving hugs and now gives lots of kisses. He even does the 'mwah' sound after giving a kiss.. so cute! We have kind-of/sort-of started potty training... If he asks to sit on the potty, we will put him on it, but we're not forcing the issuing. He will ask for the iPad while sitting on the potty though... he needs his reading/playing material! He has gone tinkle on the potty once within the last month, but two days after his 2nd birthday he went pee-pee AND poopy on the potty!! We were sooo proud of him - I'm pretty sure I called everyone I knew to tell them the exciting news! He even got rewarded with five m &m's!! He's definitely a momma's boy to the max so I'm a little worried about the transition with LS2, but I know he will eventually adjust. I've been trying to explain to AJ that he's going to be a big brother soon - I'm not sure that he gets it, but he does know where the baby is and he will kiss my belly before bedtime and say 'nighhtt' to the baby. We are so excited for him to become a big brother because we know he will embrace the role and give so much love to his little brother or sister.

As for his stats on his second birthday, Alexander James is 25lbs 8oz, 34.5 inches tall and his head circumference is 48cm. He's a peanut in terms of short sizes - he's wearing 12-18 month size shorts because he has an itty bitty waist, but for shirts he fits into 24 months or 2T. Either way, Dr. Long said our little boy is just perfect!

To our sweet Alexander James: There's only three words that can truly sum up how we feel about you - we love you! You have been such a blessing in our lives and have totally changed them for the better. You are such a handsome, intelligent and spunky little boy - don't ever change!

AJ's Second Birthday

We celebrated AJ's 2nd birthday with a Little Einsteins themed party today and were surrounded by family and friends! Even though it was super humid out, we all had a good time and didn't melt! Maybe one of these years we will get lucky and there will be 0% humidity!

AJ's birthday morning started out with a Little Einsteins Ride-On!

Once everyone arrived, the kiddos all wanted to go in the pool...

AJ decided he wanted to have fun with the hose instead of playing in his new pool with a slide!

Still having fun with the hose!

Our handsome two year old!

The finished cake, yet again!

'All for me?!'

He snuck a little bit of the frosting from his name.. he was quite proud of himself!

This was right as we were singing to him... he wasn't sure what the think....

He almost started to cry too... poor thing! :( No tears for the birthday boy!

Time to blow out the candles!

We did it!

The sheet cake that fed everyone and then some!

Happy now that he has a belly full of cake!

'Stop with the camera, Mom!'

And the Little Einsteins presents continued on...

Excited about his presents!

Card time!

Katie showing AJ how to use his new camera.

And then the big present from Baba and Dziadzi... ROCKET!

He was so excited about it!

So we just kept looking at it and playing with it...

The amazing and thoughtful blanket that Baba made for AJ... he loves it!!

Little Einsteins laptop!

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Little Einstein's Rocket Cake

Since AJ is having a Disney's Little Einstein themed birthday party tomorrow, Cioci Kimmy and I have been working for the past three nights on making a Rocket cake. It's entailed long nights with lots of frosting and some very sleepy mornings/days, but it will be so worth it when I see the look of amazement and excitement on AJ's face when he sees the Rocket cake! I cannot wait!