Alex Cut a Tooth

Alex cut his first tooth today. He's been working on his two bottom front teeth for a couple months. One finally broke through and I'm sure the other will happen in the next few days. We had a horrible night last night. He woke up 4 times after I went to bed, so I hardly felt like I slept last night. He hasn't been napping well the past few days, either. So, now we know why. Poor little guy!

Glenn had so much fun playing outside in the snow today. He played with his Uncle Brad this morning. After his nap, we went over to Uncle Brad's house and Glenn got to ride on Brad's 4-wheeler. We also went sledding. He has the best yard for sledding. He was completely worn out tonight.

We are enjoying our time with our family in CT. We left Christmas day to drive up and it was easy traveling that first day. However, we had difficulty finding a place to eat dinner with everything closed. We stayed overnight just north of Richmond, VA. The day after Christmas had a lot more traffic, but we expected it. It was warm when we got here, but the weather has turned. We drove in a snow storm yesterday to get from my parents' to Bob's parents' house. But we made it safely. Glenn kept saying, "Snowman" when he looked at it snowing outside. His cousins went playing in the snow with him yesterday while it was still snowing. He really enjoyed it, but wasn't able to make a snowman since it wasn't the right kind of snow. We woke to 15 degrees today with a wind chill below 0 this morning. Bob decided the best thing for him to do was to just go back to sleep. Glenn just wants to go outside and play in the snow. I think we'll have to wait until this afternoon when the temp reaches 26 (brrr). You'll have to wait for pictures. I didn't bring the cable to go between my camera and computer. We'll be going home early next week (weather permitting).

A Very Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! We went to church last night. I sang in our church choir for the first time. I really enjoyed it, but would have enjoyed it more if I didn't hear my baby crying for me. Bob missed half the service because Alex was so upset. Usually he's really good in church, but it was right at his bed time. I heard Glenn after our first choir piece say, "What's Mommy doing?" as I walked back to the pews the choir was sitting in. Bob said he was very quiet and still every time the choir sang, probably because he had heard me practicing those songs. Here's a picture we took when we got home.


Last night, we put out a cookie and juice box for Santa (the juice box was Bob's idea, not mine) and a carrot for the reindeer. This morning, I heard Glenn get up a little after 6:00. I asked Bob if I should get him to go back to bed, but since we were both already awake from Alex waking up a half hour before, we decided to get up. I pointed to the tree, and Glenn was so excited to see the presents. He sat with a present on his lap while we got ready to open presents. He was very good and had so much fun opening his presents. He thought it was very silly that there were presents in the stockings. Aparently he didn't remember that from last year. Here's a picture of him playing with one of his toys:

Alex woke up just as we finished opening presents. So we brought him out and had Glenn help take Alex's presents out of his stocking. Here's a picture of Alex while I was getting breakfast ready. I think he felt neglected:

We've been very busy. Glenn had his school Christmas party on Friday. He sang some songs. Here's the video:


And here's a picture of all of us (Alex wouldn't turn his head):


Yesterday, we had Santa drive through our community in a fire engine. Glenn was with two of his friends. They were jumping up and down waving at the fire men, and plugging their ears because the sirens were so loud. Then Santa came by and they froze. It was so cute, they didn't know what to do. That's the first time Glenn has seen Santa. It was a lot of fun.

And the big news today is that we cut Alex's hair for the first time. He lost almost all his original hair that he had when he was born except for on the top and center. But he's got a lot of hair that has grown in since he was born. So, I cut it all down to what the new hair length was. It was sad and scary, but I think he looks so much better. Here are before and after pictures:

And the hair we cut off...


Did I mention it has been 80 degrees here the past 4 days? (Hee, hee, hee!)

And lastly, here are a few of Glenn's latest phrases that he says often:
"That was a close one!"
"No Way!"
"Good job, Mommy (or Daddy)!"

Look what Santa put in my stocking

Okay, so he doesn't really fit, but it's still cute.

Alex started eating cereal late last week. He still doesn't like it very much, but we'll keep trying.


Glenn reading to his brother


Alex sleeping