Alex Laughing

My cousins, Chance and Reagan, were throwing a ball (that Alex got for Christmas) in the air and trying to keep it in the air by hitting it with the palm of their hand. Alex thought it was soooo funny. I had never heard him laugh like that. He laughed so hard that he started coughing. He was having such a great time...he carried on like this for a good 10 minutes and then was worn out. Here is some video of the laughing.

Christmas Day

Christmas morning we spent at our house opening presents and relaxing with just the three of us. Later in the morning we went to my parents house to open presents and eat lunch. Lots of family was there and we had a great time. Alex got lots of stuff and has more toys than he will ever know what to do with! Here are some pictures from the day!

Alex with some presents from Mom and Dad!

Alex likes his new basketball goal!

Alex learning how to shoot hoops...

My aunt and uncle brought this rocking horse with them to give to Alex and he loves it...he was hanging on tight!!

The food was great...All my favorites: Italian Cream Cake, cookies, pies,

sweet potato casserole, mac and cheese, green beans, turkey, dressing, gravy,

veggies, and cranberry sauce (the one with whipped cream is actually a dessert, I'm not sure how it got between the veggies and cranberry sauce)

Alex and Randy taking a nap on the couch after lunch. (I think it is funny that Randy has the burp rag/drool rag under his own chin...doesn't he know it is for the baby drool...not the Randy drool!?!)

After lunch we went to fly my cousin, Chance's new airplane. The guys are adjusting something prior to take-off!! Winnie (the dog) is sitting there because Matt (in the white shirt) told her to stay there. She is the best dog I've seen in a long time...my dog would be out in the wood...and gone forever if let loose.

We are waiting for the big take-off. The plane did fly...but only for about 2 seconds...then it crashed and broke the prop so we all had to go home.

Alex's First Christmas!

Here are some pictures from Alex's first Christmas!!

Alex checking out the Christmas tree and the present under it!!

Taking Christmas card pictures!

The first gift Alex opened...from Grandma Yolanda!

Alex playing with Chance and Reagan, my cousins.

Memaw and Reagan with Alex!

Alex and all the toys he has gotten for Christmas...and it is just Christmas Eve...where will we put all these toys??

Andy and Kristen's Wedding

This past weekend we traveled to Austin for my cousin Andy's wedding. We had a great time. The ceremony was beautiful and the reception was lots of fun! We hope Andy and Kristen have a wonderful time in Hawaii on their honeymoon!!

Rehearsal dinner at The Oasis on Lake Travis!

Alex, Randy and I at the reception!


Randy and Alex enjoying themselves!

Andy, Kristen and Alex (Alex is playing with a flower that he just took from Andy's boutonniere...sorry Andy)

Adoption Finalization

December 19th will be an important day for Alex forever because it is the day that his adoption was finalized. Alex had to be in our home for at least 6 months before we could finalize his adoption. December 12th marked the six month point and we went to court to finalize everything on December 19th. Family and friends joined us in court for this important day! Another important day for Alex will come in a couple of week when we meet with his birth family for the first time since leaving the hospital. We are excited about the time we will get to spend with them.



Here are some pictures from our day in court! (which only lasted about 15 minutes).

Alex before leaving the hotel to head to the courthouse!

Being sworn in at court.


The judge looking over the papers.

Alex was watching the judge very closely.

The Christmas tree inside the courthouse. (the judge gave Alex a stuffed turtle...you can kinda see the turtle in the carseat with him here!)

Snow in Texas and Alex is 6 months old!!

It snowed in Texas! Not much snow fell here but it did snow a little. I took a picture of the snow on our back porch table. Alex is not in the picture because he had already gone to bed!


Alex is six months old...as you can see from the picture!!

Food!!

Alex has now tried rice cereal, green beans, squash and peas. I think he may not be a fan of peas but the rest he did pretty good with. Here are some pics of his first rice cereal!

Alex in his new high chair!

He's not sure what to think of rice cereal!

Santa Claus

Today we went to see Santa! Alex did great and we didn't have to wait in line at all. Alex enjoyed pulling Santa's beard (and as you can see it is real). I never knew it cost so much to sit in Santa's lap...almost $24 for one 5X7 and four wallets. It was worth it though...you only get one chance to sit in Santa's lap for the first time! After seeing Santa we went to my parents house and took some pictures for our Christmas cards! This will be the first time I have ever done Christmas cards...so I am excited!

Alex told Santa he wanted a Ball for Christmas! :)

Jumper

Alex got a jumper from a friend and he seems to really enjoy it!

Random Pics

Here are some random pics from the last month or so.

Alex's new toy...thank you Lucci family for the hand down!!

I put Christmas stuff up early this year...here is our Winter village and in the background is our Christmas tree!

My mom got Alex this Santa hat...so cute!

I just had to get this picture of Alex during one of his naps...

Such a happy baby!!

Aunt Julie and Alex!

Uncle Matt and Alex!

Fishing

Some friends of ours from church have a pond in their backyard that is stocked with Catfish. They allowed us to come over on Saturday and fish. We had a great time. We were only there for a few hours and caught 14 keepers! Here are some pictures of our fishing day!!

Here are the lovely fish we caught!!

Alex even enjoyed the fishing!!

My Dad fishing!

Randy fishing! He only caught two..but he did catch the biggest one!!

Alex eventually got bored with watching fishing and took a nap!