Birthday Pictures

Are finally updated. They can be seen here. Enjoy :)

Quick updates

ok...so here's a quick update on what has been happening to the Carrs...

Patrick seems to enjoy his job and leaves on Monday (Oct. 13th) for training in Dallas, Texas. He will be back on November 29th.

Alex has been napping fairly regularly and is kinda a happy boy. This past weekend, he had another ear infection (snotty nose, ear drainage, fever....fun fun fun) but has Medicine from Dr. Farkas in Fairfield.

As for me.... "Becky Homemaker" (as my father eloquently put.../sigh), I have done a lot of running around. Monday, I had a job interview at F&M college in Lancaster. I will hear next week the outcome of that event... The rest of the week has been laundry, going to the doctors, grocery/sam's club shopping, checking insurances, and helping out Mom at the Market. It all has been very busy and I am starting to wonder if life will ever slow down...

Upcoming, this Saturday, Pat, Alex and I are headed out to Aston (the last time as a family) to finish packing up the apartment. We have scheduled a UHual and arranged for Mimi to watch Alex. Then we have to store all that stuff somewhere between Abuelos', Magnee & Pap's, and Mammaw's house.

Sunday, we have a birthday picnic for my grandfather and Pat and I will be heading down to BWI to stay over night.

Monday, Pat has a 8:55am flight from BWI to DFW and Magnee is having in-patient hernia surgery at Gettysburg Hospital.

Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, Alex and I will be at the Fairfield airport to offer lunch meals to the Glider's Club.

And Saturday afternoon, Alex and I will be headed to Cumberland, MD for Will Patterson's 3rd Birthday party.

Plus we will need to clean out the apartment before October 31st or be charged ridiculous rates.

Soo....it looks to be busy..

Saturday

Saturday, August 2nd, was move out day. We loaded up the cars, said goodbyes and thanks to Abuelos, and were on the road by 9:30am. It was a dark morning with rain and sad faces. The car ride home was close to 3 hours and we are all a little cranky. The good pictures were updated in the web album.

Now we start the new stage....Post-Law School...

Update

Alright... the web album to the left is updated with pictures from the Air Show.

Pat has a job offer at the Fairfax, VA immigration office.

And here's a link for a current video of Alex: http://videomail2.comcast.net/vm/vm_player?vmfile=43ba1201a6ee38b46d20fed26ede0e3d&vmpid=1004

Drop a Comment and let me know what you think :)

Pictures

More pictures were added to the Birthday web album. Enjoy!

Busy

Alex has been a busy boy to day with all these updates ;) There's also a new web album with pictures from Birthday and Easter ...Enjoy!

An Angel?!?!

So after a rough evening with Alex, I downloaded the pictures and thought pic was interesting after his behavior. I am hoping as a long as I look at the innocent face, I will forget about the screaming toddle kicking the floor.

Also, the web album was updated with new pictures. Be sure to check it out.

New Pictures

More February Pictures were uploaded to the Picassa Web Album. Hope you enjoy and leave a comment :)

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!

Hearts

To get Alex ready for Valentine's Day (and to keep his little hands busy). I cut out paper hearts and he taped them to the window. He seemed quite indecisive and kept trying to take the hearts off the window to place them in other areas. No idea where he gets that from... :-D

Other than that, I did update the web album with new Februrary pictures.

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.

Pirate Movie

After 2 failed attempts, and family issues, I finally edited the puppet movie and uploaded it to YouTube.

It plus a few other movies are located at the bottom of the blog. Please feel free to leave any comments on videos or new website updates :-)

Technology...isn't it fun?

Ok...there's no audio (and please ignore my pj look) but I will work on that. Last night Pat and I were cleaning out the computer area and he found the webcam. So I decided to hook it up and put it to good use. However, I cannot get the microphone to work. Until it works... give us a call to hear the voice behind the movement :-)

Another new technology, I decided to stop updating Alex's Webpage on the Temple Server. So my new plan is to use Picasa's Web Album. At the bottom of the page, you will see a link to some Christmas pictures. Since someone voted for pictures (can't imagine who that was... Abuelo!), I won't stop putting them on the web but will move them to a different location. I hope it is not too much of a bother! A neat thing about Picasa's Web Album is that you can view all the pictures as a slideshow. You'll have to let me know if you like it :)

End of summer...

Yesterday, Pat started back to school, his second to last semester! It is hard to believe that the summer is over. Where did the time go?

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!

August 18th-20th

Besides the updated pictures on the webpage, these were pictures that we selected from our family portrait.

Other than picking pictures, Alex hung out with the Abuelos while I went to a Bridal shower for Janice Beall. During this time, Alex stepped in tar and had to get new shoes and pants.

Alex also got to visit with all the Great-Grandparents on Saturday and Sunday. He also wanted EVERYONE to see Copper. He would pull everyone's hand out to Copper's Box. He would then chase Copper around the house and then scream at him, PUPPY and NITE NITE! It brought a lot of great smiles :)

On Monday, Alex helped out at the Market. He would carry everything around and stack it in new places. In the afternoon, Abuela, Alex and I visited Boyd's Bear. We ran through all 4 floors and Alex liked checking out the displays. Towards the end, I went shopping and Abuela and Alex checked out the statues. When I found them, Abuela was holding on to Alex by his shirt. Both were a tad tired.

Time at Fairfield

This weekend has been busy!

After arriving safely on Friday nite, Saturday morning we visited Mammaw and I got my grading done. Then in the afternoon, we ran some errands and went to Erin Overholtzer-Rose's wedding reception. Alex had a blast! There were bubbles, kids to play with and dancing. Shannon Long also had her daughter there, Olivia (3 weeks). Alex was VERY jealous when I help Olivia. But kept trying to feed her his supper. He was a very busy boy!

On Sunday, Alex had an active morning of chasing Copper and then getting his picture taken with the family. After being VERY good, he got to jump in the pool with the Abuelos. Later that evening, we helped celebrate Uncle Steve's 50th Birthday. Alex got to see a lot of family and meet the newest member, Dawson Mickey (1 week old).

Monday and Tuesday were a bit calmer. Alex got to see visit Abuela's friend Sarah and Magnee, chase Copper, play in the pool and Carroll Valley Park, and eat LOTS of peaches.

As soon as Temple's Server is up, the website should be updated with the new pictures :)

End of the Week

This week has been busy :)

On Monday we had visits from Laura Nelson and her puppies (that Alex LOVED!!!), and Liz and Joe.

Then Mommy was able to scrapbook while Alex was at Tara's. Thankfully the rota virus ended Tuesday....who knew solid poop could be soo exciting ;)

On Thursday we went to see Mimi who had a minor operation. Alex loved playing with Mimi's fan and checking everything out. Thankfully everything went well with the surgery

Today, Alex's last I tooth broke through. So here ends the cranky slobbering baby for a bit! (hopefully!)

We also heard from Pat's brother, John...he proposed to Michelle last nite and they are going to try for an '08 wedding.

Also Alex has been more talkative and playful since his surgery. His attention span has even lengthened from 5 seconds to maybe 10 ;) He now enjoys watching TV and playing in the bathtub again.

The webpage has been updated with random but cute pictures :)

We're off to Fairfield this weekend for lots of things. There should be new material to put up when we get back :)

Update 8-3

The balloon magic held, even after a night of vomitting. Thankfully he woke up happy and healthy this morning (we hope!). The fun times of the Toddler Years :)

Oh, the webpage was updated with more balloon pictures! Feel free to check it out (psst....there's a link at the bottom of the page).

balloons

Today Alex received balloons from the Abuelos. They came during his nap and when he woke up...it was play time. He absolutely LOVED them! He ran around the apartment hitting the things yelling "WOW". Then he realized he could drag them around without hitting them. So he drug the balloons everywhere, amazed that they were following. The next trick was hiding in the balloons. This took Peek-A-Boo to the next level. Who knew balloons could be this much fun!

Other news: Alex's webpage was updated with the Knoebel's trip pictures and a few pictures from DuPont. Enjoy! :)