This Little Fella Turned 2

 Since his birthday landed on Black Friday we decided to throw his party the weekend before.We had an Airplane Party! Zander loves airplanes. I'll have to post more pictures of his party once I get them all organized and narrow down my favorites. 

 We waited for a boy for a long time in this family! I'm 1 of 4 girls. Our daughter Violet was the first grandchild on my side and my niece Brianna was the only grandchild on Matt's side. Needless to say we were pretty excited to get a boy! It's really neat to have one of each and see how different they are. 

Zander loves to stay busy. He's usually chasing his sister Violet with a toy or hiding somewhere playing games on the ipad. Outside time is very good for him to burn off some of that energy. He's also very sweet and quick to apologize if he thinks he hurt you. I'm happy he still enjoys to be held and cuddled. It melts my heart to see his arms reach up to me and he will say "need you". His voice is just adorable! He calls Violet "ilet". We all can't get enough of his dramatic facial expressions. He certainly is a character. I'm excited for him to be a big brother this April! When I ask what's in my belly? He will say "baby!" So sweet. 

Zander Facts

1. Favorite cartoon is Chuggington

2. loves bananas

3. still not enough hair for a First Haircut :)

4.  he's a sneaky phone thief! haha!

5. loves Elmo

We love you Zander Paul!!! Thankful that I'm your Mommy. 

Dear Little One

 Dear Little One,

I had my 4 month check-up yesterday. You had a strong heartbeat of 160. I've been feeling you move for a couple weeks now. We got to see you at 13 weeks. Daddy & Violet went with me. (Zander stayed with Gigi) Even though you were so tiny. You already looked like a precious baby. Made me wonder how anyone could think there is no God. What a miracle you are. We all love you so much! The Tech asked if we wanted to know the gender. We said Yes! She thinks there is a big chance that you are a boy but we are not for sure yet. Violet has lots of names for you if you're a girl. Right now it's Lindsey Lucy. :)

See you in 2 weeks! (Anatomy Scan)

Love, Mommy

Fall Fest 2012

On Halloween we did a little trick or treating on my parent's street. Violet was a Fairy and Zander was Thor. They were so cute walking together door to door. Violet had to tell everyone, "This is my brother Zander. He's 1 and this is his first time to trick or treat!" So sweet. This one lady really wanted to talk to Zander. She was asking him lots of questions. He dug into his bucket, pulled out the M&M's, told her "BYE!" and walked off. Haha, he really wanted some candy! 

 Then we went to our church for Fall Fest! Our church has a great set up with lots of games, bounce houses & free food. Gigi, Bum and Aunt Jordan went with the 4 of us. 

Violet and I sprayed some pink in our hair. Can you tell? 

 Zander kept picking these tiny toy horses instead of candy for his prize. He calls them Yee-Haw's.

 Daddy with his look-alike baby. Zander likes to cheese for the camera. 

We ended the night with Violet scaling to the top of this mountain!. She wasn't scared at all because "5 year olds can do anything."