Spring has sprung!

It hasn't seemed very spring-like the past few days, but it's offically spring now! That means, when the weather cooperates, we can get out of our house and get over our cabin fever! We have had an especially hard winter this year, so I know we are all excited that shorts and swimming is just around the corner! Alex is now a 2 year old, in every sense of the word. He is sweetness and smiling one minute and a demon child the next. We are really enjoying watching his vocabulary develop recently though. He seems to learn 10-20 new words per day! I've started trying to teach him to count, and he sort has 1,2,3 down, but then he goes on to 5,6and then 8,9. LOL. I guess 4 and 7 just don't exist for him! He still loves anything sports related and anything train related, but he's started to really pay attention to cars and trucks a lot too,especially when we're on the road. He really likes firetrucks. Amaya is also growing everyday. She rolls all over the place now and attempts to talk to us. We can tell she's definitely a girl, because she is always making some kind of noise! lol. Enjoy some of our pics of our visit home to Nana and Pap's and our cute kiddos!

Little Amaya and her puppy!

When she smiles big, you can see her dimples!

Getting some help from Nana to blow out his candles at her house

Amaya and her Great-Grandma Glenrose

Alex doing his Mac and Cheese dance for my Mom

Amaya and Abe enjoying some warmer weather!

Alex standing next to his new big boy bed--sports themed, of course!

Alex's 2nd Birthday Party!

Our handsome little boy turned 2 on March 5th, so last Sunday we gathered our friends and family together at our home to celebrate. We decorated with his favorite theme--Thomas the train and even had a Thomas cake from Mars! He had so much fun! We are so thankful to our family and friends for all of the wonderful presents he received as well. Some of his favorites were:a Thomas blanket and Thomas PJs, A light-up Buzz Lightyear, A few geotrax set-ups, and a new Playdoh set. We can't believe our little man is already 2 years old and growing so fast everyday. He speaks in sentences now, runs, jumps, climbs and still loves anything sports or train related! It's amazing to watch him grow up right before our eyes. He now loves to chase the cats around the house and is too independent to have Mommy and Daddy carry him up and down the stairs. He now insists on climbing up and down all by himself. Since getting the suggestion from our doctor at his two year check-up, we recently bought him a potty and have been introducing him to the concept, though we know it may take awhile for it to set in. I plan on devoting some time to that this summer when I am off of school for a bit. Amid the chaos, Amaya turned 4 months old too! She is now smiling and laughing out loud, and rolled over the first time on my and Alex's birthday. Btw--I turned 26 the same day Alex turned 2! He's my little birthday present! Amaya is getting cuter and cuter and has this adorable girly little voice. She likes to talk to us, and especially loves playing with her Daddy. We hope you all enoy the pics from the past few weeks. Thanks for stopping by!

We took Alex to Chuck E. Cheese for the first time on his birthday!

Cute little Amaya--4 Months old now!

Amaya and Julia (the only 2 girls!)with their Lola

Tristan and Matthew playing together at the party

Alex being sung to next to his Thomas cake

Me and Alex opening our presents!

Alex's Geotrax metropolis that has taken over our living room...for now.

Daniel and our pinata

Amaya having her first bite of rice cereal--she was NOT a fan!

Getting ready to go bye-bye's with a big smile on her face