We continue to grow:)

The expansion of our family garden!  

Now that it's a little warmer outside we have been very busy with outdoor projects.  We're having a great time expanding and working in our family garden.  We're very excited for this family project and for the kids to be involved, learn and grow.

Alton is 3!

Alton turned 3 in March:)  The week of his actual birthday was kind of blah with him being home sick from daycare for a few days and John was out of town for work.  Luckily we had his birthday party planned for a couple of weekends later and it was great.  We did a construction theme and he had a fun time opening his presents, having cupcakes and spending some time with his grandparents, aunt and uncles and family friends.  A few of our big boys favorite things right now are trucks, tractors and cars.  Chances are you can find a matchbox car on his person at just about any time of day:)  He loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and finally loves listening to stories being read to him.  He's a high energy boy who has amazing large motor skills.  He zips around on the scooter like a pro and loves throwing and kicking balls.  He's been talking more and more lately and has been pretty consistent with saying complete sentences.  His favorite foods right now are blueberries, grape juice, sausage, and peanut butter toast! 

Big boy opening presents!

Daddy's boy of course wanted daddy to help him open his presents:)

Yeah!  Another truck! He can't get enough trucks, that's for sure.  He calls them all his 'work trucks'.

Someone suddenly became shy when we started singing happy birthday to him.  He's wearing his new Packers jersey he got from us.  He wanted to put it on over his clothes the second he opened it:)  He would wear it to school every day if we would let him! 

Yum!  Chocolate cupcakes:)  Happy Birthday Alton!

Happy Family Day to Alton!

February 1st marked Alton's 2 year Family Day Anniversary.  We received him at the age of 10 months old and he was a happy, smiling, adorable little monkey with more energy then you can imagine:)  He was a good sleeper right from the start and loved eating.  He got around by army crawling and starting to pull himself up to stand on the furniture after a few weeks of being with us.  From the beginning he sucked his fingers when he's tired and was a daddy's boy right from the start.  Today he is almost 3 years old and is learning and growing so much.  He loves his toy trucks, cars and tractors and has amazing large motor skills-riding a scooter, drop kicking balls and throwing a football like nobody's business. We still can't get him to eat a single vegetable but he overall is still a good eater.  He still sucks his finger when he is tired and loves his "blue blanket" and "Puppy Joe Joe" stuffed dog.  He is sweet and charming and we love him so much!



Meeting Alton for the first time.  February 1, 2011.



He was all tuckered out from the excitement and fell asleep on the ride back to the hotel. 

Back at Hotel Paris.

Smiley boy!

I love eating!

  To celebrate we went out to dinner and on the way out we ran to the back yard to hang up this cute pine cone birdfeeder Alton made at school.  February 1, 2013.

Happy Family Day Alton Joseph! February 1, 2013.