Wednesday

Wednesday, we went back down to the beach in the morning but it was loosing its appeal with Alex. He had a short attention span for all activities and when we tried to lay down for a nap, he fought it tooth and nail. Hence my sleeping son picture above.

That evening, after dinner, we all headed to the OC community center and played at the park. Alex went EVERYWHERE and played on all the equipment. My highlight was seeing Alex climb a HUGE tower and go down an enclosed slide. He was very proud of himself and kept going back :)

Happy Birthday, Patboy!

33 years old :) Sunday we had a wonderful evening at Mimi's. Then today, he and I went to lunch at Applebee's and then this evening Pat and Alex opened presents. With the new xbox 360, Pat received more games (rock band and Rainbow 6 Las vegas 2). Both boys love Rock Band and the sleeping picture was just too good to pass up :)

Not tired

Saturday, Alex REFUSED to take a nap. Towards the end of the afternoon, Alex just say in Pat's lap and watched Curious George :)

/sigh

Tonight, Pat went to play Rock Band with a few of his high school friends. So, Alex and I are home alone. We went for a long walk, we ate, we played, we watched George, got a bath and in pjs, and watched more George. I also discovered all of Alex's molars are in (finally!). And after an hour of screaming in bed....he is still screaming... it all makes me wonder how our race survives.

Adjusting

Today, Alex did fairly well getting back on schedule. The only true confusion with this past weekend was him coming into the bedroom at 6am and YELLING..."Abuela! Abuelo!" right next to me. After he established who was in bed, he quickly crawled in and made himself at home

Sleeping boys

On Monday morning, my icky alarm went off at 5:45am. I heard an unusual grunt next to me and realized that Alex was still in bed with us from 4am.

After 1 snooze, I climbed outta bed and started getting ready for work. When I came back to get dressed my boys were snuggled together fast asleep (must be nice!). It wasn't until the flash went off that the older boy awoke and started getting ready for school. Alex slept until 6:45am.

Also...more pictures were added to the February 08 Web Album. Leave me a few comments and let me know what you think!

Weekend

This weekend, Alex did not take a nap on Saturday and stayed awake to play with Abuelos. He was a "little" chatty and bossy. Telling Abuelos to "sit, sit", "fix it" and other fun things :) Everyone seemed to have fun and he thankfully slept fairly well.

Sunday, Pat and his Dad got fitted for John's wedding. Unfortunately, today, Michele's father died of a hear attack. Our thoughts and prayers are with her and her family.

A great feeling!

Last night, when I came home from the gym, Alex was SCREAMING and crying. So I went back and tried to get the little monkee to sleep.

It wasn't until I had him in the rocking chair and was singing to him that he finally let go. It was a great feeling to see him relax and eventually drift off to sleep :) A wonderful mommy moment!

However, at 2am it wasn't that great ;)

At last!

Last night, Alex slept the ENTIRE night! It has been the first night since December 15th. I actually had to wake him up this morning to make sure everything was ok :)

We do not know if it was due to his blanket, his exhuastion, or a prayer card that we received from the church :)

Overall, I do not care... it was a 8 glorious hours of sleep!

Sleep

With Alex's move into the toddler bed, he has decided to join us in bed. Notice his placement on my pillow... very tipical :)

Also, more pictures were added to the web album.

Ladies Man

Saturday was very busy for Alex. He got to see most of his immediate family!

Saturday morning it was the Carrs. Unfortunately due to scheduling conflicts, he did not get a nap but did get a great pirate boat from Gramps (which he loves!). So he was a bit cranky.

In the afternoon, Abuelos saved us from too cranky Alex. We went for a walk and Alex met a playmate, Jada. Jada was a little 15m girl who had a great time with Alex. They both liked to run, hug, kiss and generally follow each other around. It was adorable! In the picture, they were playing peek-a-boo.

Funny things from today

With Alex's new habit of waking up at night, Pat would often bring him in our bed for a bit. However, it has gotten to the point where Alex would climb out of his crib and then crawl into our bed. Well, this morning, around 12am, Alex climbed into bed. Not unusual, he hunkered down on my pillow and fell asleep. A little while later, he kicked Pat in the groin and grabbed Pat's covers. This got him promptly put back into his own bed. Then again at 2am, he crawled back in. He again slept on my pillow 'til 4am when I put him back to bed in fear of the alarm scaring him. At 6am, Alex comes running into the bedroom screaming "pillow". Here he was dragging his own pillow into our bed.

This afternoon, after I picked him up from Tara's, Alex and I went to the park while Pat took his Dad come from the hospital. There Alex enjoyed climbing the "stairs" by himself and then going down the slide. Then he tried the swings and then spend 30 minutes playing in the baseball dug outs.

Finally this afternoon, Pat converted Alex's crib to a Toddler bed. Alex LOVES his bed. Tonight he wanted to be read to in his bed and then did not once try to get out of it. It is amazing!

Oh! There is a new web album to view at the bottom ;)

So weird...

Today Alex and I took a nap. After putting him in his crib, he did his protest routine and I went to bed. After awhile the cry started to change to more of an angry hurt cry. I walk in, look in his crib and I do not see my little boy but hear him. I yell for Pat and look around the crib. Then I notice his crib sheet is moving. Somehow the little monkey had crawled under the sheet and couldn't figure a way out. So we rescued him, changed the crib sheet, and everyone went back for a nap.

Nov. to Fairfield

I know I have been REALLY bad at blogging but here's the November picture/update. Before Thanksgiving, Pat had pneumonia and I broncitis. Thankfully, Alex stayed healthy. Then, on Thanksgiving, we went to Pat's Uncle Joe and Aunt Joan's house in NJ where Alex LOVED chasing Delancy around the house. After a nice evening there, Alex and I drove to visit my family in Fairfield while Pat stayed and studied.
While in Fairfield, Thursday night, Alex spiked a fever of 102. Luckily, motrin, tylenol and running around in a diaper at 2am helped bring that down. After that, he did well during the day and visited with the Donaldsons on Friday. Saturday, he ran a fever all day and learned to climb out of the pack 'n' play. Needless to say, he did not get a nap. So on the drive home, he slept from Gettysburg to Lancaster and then screamed to Aston. It was great... However, that Monday, we went to the Doctor's and he said it was just a cold... go figure...

Ocean City, MD

Thanks to Expedia.com, we inexpensively took Alex down for his first active beach vacation. We stayed at 24th street and immediately checked in and went down to the beach. Once on the beach, Alex tried to throw sand but thankfully that was a one time no no lesson. We got our space set up and went down to the water. Alex really loved the water, even though it was a bit chilly. He would laugh when it came up and dance when it left. I don't believe he went under at all but we got a few wet faces from unintentional splashes.

After the water, we tried to warm up quickly and then play in the sand. Alex really enjoyed his sale CVS items (shovel, pail, rake, scoop, sieve, and molds); in fact, so did Daddy. Once the sand got a little old, we played with other CVS toys (bubble wands) until Alex dumped the last of the bubble solution.

3 hours later, we headed back to the room for showers and clean clothes. Phillips was our buffet destination where Alex LOVED the french fries and saying Hi to everyone who walked past. To off set the dinner, we did a bit of walking on the board walk.

That night, Alex slept like crap. He did not want to go to sleep and let everyone know it. After 2 hours of sleep he woke up and climbed into the spare bed with me. An hour later, he fell onto the floor. Oopps! Finally we just let him run for 2 hours, after barricading the porch door. Finally at 4am, we put him the pack 'n' play to stay 'til 7am.

After that lovely night, Alex and I went down to the beach while Daddy went for donuts. At the beach, Alex was content chasing the sea gulls and just walking along the edge of the water. Once we got food, Alex loved sharing his donut with the birdies. Of course this was after he was full. After breakfast we played in the Ocean and on the beach for the last time in 2007.

We went back to the hotel to clean and pack up. We walked around a bit to wear Alex out and left Ocean City around 11am. After a Wendy's lunch, we hit the highway and Alex did not fall asleep until the half way point between Dover and Wilmington. Thankfully he slept once we got home 'til 3pm. That night, Alex slept from 7:45 PM to 8am Saturday morning.

Overall, it was a nice vacation!