Some big events since we wrote last. First and foremost, Alex is now a big brother!! His sister Anna was born on June 11 and Alex is madly in love with her. As you can see from the pictures, he loves spending time with her and is a great helper. It seems like he wants her to play with him already! If she is crying, he goes to comfort her by turning on her swing, giving her a pacifier, or rubbing her head and saying, "It's okay baby."
He has been acting out a bit with mom and dad, but that seems to be subsiding as time goes on since Anna was born. Doesn't help that our little boy just turned 3 years old on July 23... I have heard it's not the terrible 2's but the terrible 3's. I made a train cake for Alex's birthday and he really loved it. He got his first bike and has wanted to ride it every day since although he still doesn't have pedaling down pat. It's fun helping him try for sure.
We had Grandma Penny stay with us for a few weeks. Alex got to share his bedroom with Grandma so we set him up on the a small mattress inside his tent - he loved it! Every morning when Alex wasn't headed to school Grandma would get up with Alex and they would relax until Anna and I rolled out of bed. It was wonderful to see them bond and when Grandma left, he asked several times, "Where's Grandma Penny?" We all loved having her here.
