Lil Pumpkin

Saturday, we went for a fun, fall, family outing to the pumpkin patch!

I think I found the best lil pun-kin! and I put him in the wagon! :)

Happy Fall Yall!

Fun Foto Friday

mmm....delicious.

Mr. Flexible and not so interested in football

Have a great weekend!

Baby Dedication

So last weekend was the baby dedication at our church. It was kinda last minute for us since we missed a few weeks and became out of the loop. (oops) As you will see, there were a lot of babies to dedicate!
Travis did a beautiful job of introducing our family and praying over Alex. Alex did a great job on stage and was very well behaved. I was so thankful considering he didn't have a nap that morning. He only "talked" during the prayer...he was talking to Jesus. :)
We went to a celebratory lunch and before I could get some solo shots of the honoree, he pooped up his back (look for the pic), and there went the nice outfit! :) Figures.
At the end of the slideshow there are what I like to call "party pics"...we had a lot of fun passing the lil guy around! being goofy!
Alex has so many people in his life that truly love him and in turn will show him Gods love. He is so blessed!
We missed those of you that couldn't make it! Hope this helps you feel like you were there in a way. Thanks to my Dad, we have the whole thing captured photojournalism style...he loves pictures to say the least! :)

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Psalm 139:13-15

"Hear O Israel: The Lord our God is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on their children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up."Deuteronomy 6:4-7

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

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Alex's 1st Movie

Our playgroup decided to "step it up" and start doing outings on the off week of playgroup. Our first outing was to Baby Day at Alamo Drafthouse (first show of the day on Tuesdays). I had been wanting to go for a while but was too scared to go at it myself and wondered how Alex would do. Well, he never ceases to amaze me. He did sooo well!! I brought him in the carrier and set it in the seat next to me so he could "watch" the movie. He was so enthralled and liked it so much he was actually smiling at times. He loves our TV so I am not suprised that he really liked the big screen! :) Of course he didnt last in the carrier too long but was content on my lap, with just a lil wiggle time. He only cried a little when he was ready for his nap and I actually rocked him to sleep! It was great! Oh, but he did knock my burger into my lap (those new lil grabby hands!) and the bottom bun went to the floor- who needs all that bread anyway! :) Overall, a great way for Mom to get to see a movie and get a good lunch in at the same time! The concept is great- all moms with their lil babies in the theatre, noone cares if your baby cries bc we all are used to it and we know that ours will probably cry in moment too! I reccomend it for all the moms out there!
We saw The Women, since we knew our husbands would never go. Poor Alex. Not really what your want your 1st movie to be as a lil boy. He is always surrounded by my girly intrests. Travis mentioned that maybe I could turn on a little sports center during the day every once in a while. :) I know that soon enough it will be Transformers, Spiderman, and whatever else boys like??, so I have to take advantage of the time I have when it doesn't matter. :)

New skills for the resume!

I feel like Alex has just blossomed over the last week! It's all happened so fast! He has some new talents to add to the resume! :)

• We are blowing spit bubbles! I know, this is Harvard material right?! But it is a big deal to us. He looks like such a little boy, entertaining himself, making funny noises. It is quite cute! Just try not to smile!! This morning I awoke to a beautiful medley of noises over the monitor. That is a wake up call I could get used to! :)

• He can roll over from his back to tummy!! Last week he did it Houdini style when I wasn't looking and I freaked out! Turns out he was using his dangling toys on the play mat to help him pull over. So we started "practicing" a little. Then this weekend he started doing it without any help, and now he is a pro! I can't keep him on his belly! We were at the bookstore yesterday and he was very wiggly and getting heavy so I decided to lay him down in the isle for a minute (on a burp cloth and since no one was around). As I am looking for books, I notice he flipped over no problem! I turned him over again, and he flipped over within a second! Lil booger just loves it! He is ITCHING to crawl and making big headway everyday.

• He is really reaching for things! He wants whatever we have in our hands and he is getting better at making contact! :) We are gonna have to adjust to this new skill. He is also going after his toys more. This is another reason I think he wants to crawl so badly. He also puts everything in mouth. Travis and I had to laugh at him trying to pull the cloth block tower thingy (very scientific name people!) on his exersaucer toward his open mouth and not even being close- but the mouth was open and ready! Bless his heart! I had to help him out it was so sweet! I think he might be teething ?? We will see!

• He can also touch his toes! Its too too cute! I am excited because oddly enough, between holding his feet and blowing bubbles, he is quite easily entertained! :) This is truly a wonderful age where Alexander has been oh so happy to just about do anything!

I told Alex to stop growing up so fast!! but I don't think he will listen.

Friends and Family

We had a fun-filled weekend! Friday night our good friends came over for dinner. Kristen and Mike came in from Dallas to go to ACL, and Jenny and Zack came over to make it a party. I am so excited because Kristen and Jenny are both pregnant and due in March and April. So needless to say, it was a fun night of baby/preggo talk! At midnight (way past all of our bedtimes!) we mentioned pickles and before I knew it, Jenny was rummaging through the fridge! Sweet gherkins would just not do it- it was only hamburger dill pickles for her! What a classic preggo move! Love it!! We had such a great time and I only wish I could see the Seamans more often!


Saturday my fam came up for a quick fill of baby lovin. Alex is so fun right now and Papa Wes was having a good time playing! Even Chad got in on some fun! I dropped the ball and didn't get a pic with Nani :( Sorry! Next time!!

Blowing bubbles!

playing "stand up, sit down"...you didn't know that was game?!

4 Month check-up

Alex went to the doc on Friday for his 4 month well-check. We were excited because Travis got to come too! Alex did really well and "showed off" for the doc loving every minute of attention. He weighed in at 15 lbs 10 oz (50 percentile), measured 26in. long (75 percentile- tall boy!), and has a smaller head registering in the 25th percentile. We are growing good, yep yep. This just confirmed the growth spurt he had and why is was so quickly difficult to snap many of his smaller onesies.
We opted on a combo vaccine- only one poke this time! :) Alex was a tough guy and only cried a little. It was WAY better than the first time (for Mom and baby)! We will go back next month for some more. :(