Today was a wonderful day. Alex took a short nap after Mother’s Day Out and then we went outside to play. He loves his swing:
Apparently he also loves Madison’s water bowl:
I’m not sure it helped after he was covered in water and mud, but I did eventually strip him down. He’s going to love some of these pictures when he is older
Month: March 2010
Alex got an Easter box in the mail today. He was quite enthralled by the dancing bunny:
And what day is complete without a little dangerous play? At least there were no matches around:
In Adoption news: I had my one-on-one meeting with the social worker today. It only lasted about 30 minutes and dealt with answers I had given on my autobiography. We have our home visit tomorrow and then we will just be waiting for all the paperwork to come in and the homestudy to be written. We did decide on another family picture:
We have a few more random items to do for our home study and then we wait for a while. One of the things we need is a picture of the back of the house with as much yard as possible. That and a gorgeous Sunday motivated us to work on the yard. Wade’s big job was chopping wood:
As a treat we took a walk to Gilles for custard. Wade waited until we were home to eat his and Alex was determined to get a bite:
These videos are from yesterday. The first is Alex taking a few steps:
Alex Taking A Few Steps – 13 months from Wade Burch on Vimeo.
The second one is Alex’s signature method of opening Easter eggs:
Wade and Alex had some Daddy-Son time until Wade had to leave for his curling lesson with the Young Couples Group:
Maren brought Mariel over for a visit. Alex was more interested in the dog toys.
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I got my haircut earlier this week, but Wade just got back in town to take pictures for me. I went to the Aveda Institute. I love the cut and the price, but the two hours it took was a little much:
Alex was wonderful today. He slept till 7 am. Went down for a nap at 9 and slept till 11. He was full of smiles when he got up:
I have been searching for baskets to go under my coffee table and finally found some. Now Alex’s puzzles and Legos are nicely hidden:
Some of the documentation for the adoption requires current pictures of our family. I take a lot of pictures, but I have very few with all of us. Wade sat up the tripod and we got a family picture and tried to get one of Alex walking – no luck:
Emily got Alex down for an amazing morning nap while Wade and I slept in. Then we all headed out for another breakfast at Jo’s Cafe. This time I had a bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit – yum! The place is definitely “local color”, but the food is amazing.
After breakfast we attempted to get a picture of Alex and Emily but one or the other always seemed to be blurry. The best we got:
Then Alex went down for a nap and Emily had to catch her plane. Alex has been taking a few steps here and there. At first I thought it was just by chance, but at this point we’ll say he is trying to walk and taking a few independent steps:
Alex has been a very happy baby lately and that makes for a very happy mom!
Mom kept Alex entertained with chocolate chip cookies while Wade and I got the car packed:
This wasn’t Alex’s best car ride, but at least he took quite a few naps along the way:
We arrived in Milwaukee just in time for me to run out the door to Book Club. I don’t always enjoy the books, but I love reading new books and authors. Having several psychology majors in the group always makes for interesting discussions!
This morning we made it to the hospitality suite in time for a little socializing before the game. Dad even posed for a picture with Melissa and me.
What an awesome game to watch! GaTech happened to be playing at the same time so Wade only stayed for the first half of the game.
The stands were full of excitement as the Cats and Mississippi State went into overtime. The roar was deafening when UK won! Did I mention my cousin (Christina and her husband Jeremy) happened to get seats about ten rows back from us? What are the odds?
What a glorious day! Wade and I slept in till 8:30 am (I heard Alex woke up Judy at 5:45 am). Melissa didn’t arrive into Nashville until this afternoon so Chris provided us with a wonderful breakfast – Waffle House. Then we hurried to the games and watched Kentucky win again – love the atmosphere during the games. The stands are a sea of blue!
That night a large group of us went to Morton’s Steakhouse and had a great time and lots of wonderful food.
Alex slept till 7 this morning! That definitely makes for one happy Mom. We got home from church and had a few snuggles before naptime:
Two and a half hours later we had all had a nap and were ready to tour the Harley-Davidson Museum with Nate and Amy. Alex was content to be carried or pushed in his stroller until we discovered the kid area. We quickly dressed him up in a leather jacket and sunglasses so he could ride the motorcycle:
Wade and Alex started the morning with some quality father-son time. I slept in. It was great to wake up to a baby down for a nap and a husband cleaning up the kitchen from last night’s dinner. We bummed around until Alex woke up and then headed to East Milwaukee for breakfast at Jo’s Cafe (courtesy of Wade’s sister). We all had a yummy breakfast and Wade got biscuits and sawmill gravy:
Alex kept us entertained the rest of the day. He was incredibly happy and into everything:
Today was one of those days with too many things to do. Alex had two naps to take and a swim class. I needed to take Wade to work, run to the library (thanks for the tip Kate), have a TB test read and blood drawn (part of a physical for the adoption), go to the grocery, clean up the house, finish a work project, pick Wade up from work, take Wade to get his car, and cook dinner for company. Amazingly it all got done before Tim and Sommer arrived at 7:30. Well amost everything. Alex was supposed to be in bed at 6, but was still snuggling with Daddy: