A Special Visit.

A couple weeks ago we had a special visit from "Aunt" Lianro and "Uncle" Anthony! They used to live around here and then they got jobs and moved away!! We always try to do a photo shoot, because Lianro is good at photography too! So these are my favorite ones!

Isn't this just so cute!!!? Alex just loves them!

Play day!

Last week Ryleigh came over for a day again to play. As Heather and I were visiting our favorite blogs together... we looked over into the play area in the living room and saw this!

They were both in this metal tub that we use for his toys in the living room! They were goofing around and laughing! Of course I had to take several shots, and they got out and got back in about 3 times! So silly!

Alex in May!

Alex is POTTY TRAINED!!!!! Yes that is right! We did a 3 day intense-do-nothing-else-session! And it worked! Proof!


We took a weekend trip in the motorhome a couple days after Alex's potty training session and he did fine, we drove to Missouri where we went to a Spring Planting Festival that we had had our eye on all winter. While we were driving, it was so windy that we took a break only an hour into our trip... we stopped at the beach on lake Michigan! Alex loves the beach of course!

My mom and her hubby Dave, drove down and met us in the little town on Mansfield, Missouri. That is where Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote all her books, so we were able to go to the farm where she lived for 60 years! It was neat for me as i read and reread those books when i was a kid! Alex had fun playing with Grandma and Grandpa.

As soon as it started warming up in may Jerry built a Teepee out of re-rod in the back yard... we will grow pole beans around it, they will climp up and it will be enclosed! We did that when i was a kid too and we loved to sit in there and play "house" and stuff! This teepee is a lot bigger than the ones we had and definately stronger! Alex is going to have fun playing in there later this summer!

Alex is incredible! We are amazed by him everyday! He talks nonstop and already asks a lot of questions! He makes us laugh all the time! He has become a cuddly "big" boy!

Here is a cute example of a conversation we had one morning after i got him up and we went in our bed and "snuggled" a little...

mommy: "come on, big boy, let's go potty so you stayed dry all night!!"

alex: "no, snuggle minute" ( he snuggles in tighter, happy as a clam)

mommy: "you like snuggling, huh? I love you!" (I smooch on him a minute and try again)

mommy: " Come on, time to potty!"

alex: "no! snuggle minute!"

mommy: (laughing) "I love you!! You're a mess! Where'd i get you!?"

Alex: (giggling) and very loudly says "Kazakhstan!!"

I couldn't believe it! I laughed pretty hard! That seems to be his favorit thing to say! He frequently tells people he is from kaz and that baby Anthony is there too! We are looking forward to taking him back to his first country!

Other than that stuff... our lives have been consumed with the new business ( http://www.weedfreegardenbed.com/ ) and planting our gardens and hoping to be ready to go to Kaz when they call for baby Anthony!