We love the zoo!

It's been almost a year since we've update our blog and we thought it was about time. Saturday we took off toward Royal Oak with lions and elephants on our minds and even though we didn't see either of those, we had a pretty darn good day.

Alex has been talking up a storm about animals. He absolutely LOVES elephants. If you ask him what an elephant says he will hold his nose to simulate his elephant trunk and make the elephant noise, and he can roar like a lion with the best of them. So, we decided to pack him up on one of the hottest days this weekend and head out.

He loved the zebras, the kangaroos, the rhinos but there was one thing he loved more than anything else.

The Meerkats. 

Yep, that's right. He loved those cute little animals that sit on their hind legs straight up and dig their little tunnels. One in particular took a shining to our little man as well and hung out by the glass so they could stare at each other.

Sadly, there aren't any elephants at the zoo and the lions aren't there right now either, but that didn't matter, it was a fantastic day!

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Alex's award winning smile

Over the weekend, our county held it's annual pumpkin festival and we joined in the festivities. Saturday morning was the cutest baby contest! Just for fun we entered Alex and he walked away with cutest smile!

It's funny, because normally he doesn't smile on cue, but for the judges, he gave them his best!

I wasn't sure what we were getting ourselves into. I really thought they would just take a photo of Alex and we would go on our merry way. But no! You had to parade your baby in front of a judges panel! Well, you know me, I'm not much of anything in front of a bunch of people. I freeze up faster than you could believe.

But I didn't need to do anything but hold on to Alex, and he was giving the judges his best "cheeeese" smile, like we rehearsed it!

I'm very proud of our little pumpkin, and had such a great time!

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Alex loves planes

We took Alex to our local fly-in not too long ago and he has a new fascination for the sky. He absolutely loved the airplanes.

He had a bored expression when we pulled up to the event. We drag him everywhere and mommy likes to cover all the local summer fun for the paper. Parades? been there. Festivals? seen it.

But when we pulled him out of his car seat and we pointed up to the skydivers that were slowly making their way to the ground his jaw dropped open.

He sat a little taller in our arms and put that pointer finger to work. He would look at the sky and then back at us and then back to the sky.

That day he saw skydivers, war birds take off and fly low over our heads and helicopters take off and land.

This was the fifth time I've been to the show, but I've got to say... it was definitely my favorite.

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On Vacay

I'm on vacation this week! Alex and I are having a great time doing nothing in particular. 

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poor sick baby :(

Last week, as we were getting ready for our first vacation as a family to head down to Tennesee and watch my cousin Jeff get married, a wrench was thrown into our vacation plans.

Our poor little baby, who turned 8 months last Tuesday caught his first cold. We had been doing so well, but as it's gotten nicer, we've gone out to more places and our little guy must have picked something up somewhere.

It's so hard to watch your baby get sick for the first time. You just want to squeeze him and wish there was some way you could take the cold for him. 

But babies do bounce back pretty good. It started last week and by yesterday he was looking so much better! Here is the same little guy, just a few days after his punched in the eyes look. He's still coughing and sneezing, but he's back to his same old tricks. I'm so relieved he's doing better.

Yesterday he tried to pull himself up with the coffee table. We call it chin-ups, since he's mostly trying to use his arms and hasn't quite gotten his legs under him.

I sure do love that little guy.

Now that he's feeling a little better, I'd like to share a few things we learned quickly about sick babies:

1. They do not like the boogie sucker. Not. At. All. If they could  talk, they would most likely tell you "No way are you going near me with that thing. How would you like it if I came at you with a contraption to unwillingly suck boogers out of your nose?"

2. If baby isn't sleeping, no one is sleeping. We did however take some nice scenic night drives over the weekend.

3. There is a difference between throw-up and spit-up. Its very gross, not going to lie.

4. As sick as they are you really don't mind and still love love love them.

5. Even though they're tiny people with colds, they are still contagious and you can get it. But thats ok :) See #4. *sniffle sniffle* *cough cough* 

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On the move!

Alex started to "creep" last night! This was the first time he has ever been mobile by himself, it was pretty exciting. I think he started to get a little frustrated toward the end about going backwards, but it was pretty cute. 

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Future pro bowler?

Alex bowled his first ball Saturday night, and I think we have a future pro bowler in the house. That's of course when he's not saving lives as a doctor and writing another bestselling novel. You've got to dream big you know?

Alex picked up a spare his first time up and almost got a strike the second time. We were very proud.

Just look at that concentration. It takes a lot of baby power to throw a ball that weighs almost as much as you. 

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