balloons!

How much fun one little helium balloon can be! Bella loved playing with Alex and the balloon and it finally ended up popped. But those 15 minutes were sure so much fun and laughter.

new shoes

Alex got some new shoes this weekend!

These are stage 2 striderite shoes. He needed new shoes becuase the Robeez leather shoes weren't cutting it anymore now that he's walking. He is going out on the playground with the big kids (1-2yr olds) and playing on the wet grass. The leather shoes get wet!

So, $45 later - voila! And size 5! Is it totally insane that an 11 month old has size 5 shoes? I don't know the shoe sizes of other 11 month olds - but it sure seems big to me!

It took him about 30 minutes to figure out how to walk with these new bigger shoes. Then, he was off and walking about as if nothing had happened.

Beach House

Here is a picture of me - from the early 1980's - sitting in front of the beach house my family would often rent on Spring vacation. I was probably 5 or 6 years old. The house is exactly the same, but the slope in front of the house has erroded quite a bit.

We are heading to the same house for Spring Break 2008, and Alex's 1 year birthday in a couple of weeks.

I've been going to this same house for over 25 years!

I'm so excited to share this with my boy!