Just let me try and catch him!

Anyone who has spent time with Daryl knows that he goes about 100mph. Alex has figured this out. Sunday while Daryl was running around with other kids, Alex wouldn't take his gaze off of Daryl. It was like he was willing his legs to go catch him and join in on the fun. I think those boys have fun times ahead once Alex gets mobile!


Daryl going 100mph

Alex watching Daryl out of a window

I'm Afraid I Was Right

Alex turned three months old on October 20th. I was pretty sure I would forget to blog on that date and guess what? I was right!
Sorry Big Al. ;-)












The good news is I got more super duper awesome yarn from Germany. I wish computers had scratch n sniff because it even smells yummy! Here is how the yarn arrival went down.
Me "Kelly look at my new Wollmeise yarn!"
Kelly "ugh"
Me "But look how pretty and bright the colors are and I'm learning German!"
Kelly " You are NOT learning German."
Me "I'm learning colors in German."
Kelly "ugh"

 I've also been trying to get a baby quilt done before the baby comes! I hope I have a couple more weeks :-)

Welcome Fall

Alex 11 weeks old

 We capped off a very busy weekend with a relaxing trip to the pumpkin patch. We got to take a hay rack ride to the pumpkins, eat apple cider donuts and chat with our friends. We could not have asked for better weather and while I'm happy for the rain I'm glad it stopped too!
At almost three months Alex is still not fond of car rides and cries about half of the time he is in the car. Daryl likes to help out by giving him a pacifier but that doesn't always work either. Alex has been sleeping thru the night for a couple of weeks now and his parents could not be happier.
Al is probably still a little heavy for his age and is wearing all six month clothes now. He likes to jabber at us and still does really good at church just looking at all the lights and mostly sleeping.
Wanted to write this all down in case I can't post on October 20th when he will actually be three months old.


Alex 3 days old

I can't say that these past three months have flown by but it is hard to believe how much he has changed. He won't be a baby for very much longer.

Nothing new here...still knitting my shawl. I'm going to really work on it this week and see if you can see any difference next weekend. Right now it seems like this project just doesn't get any bigger. I need picture proof that I'm actually getting somewhere. Shoe for scale.

Where did "that boy" go?

Last Sunday we got to watch one of our cousins while our Aunts and Uncles went to a concert. One of our other cousins Olivia was also at the house to help us. Let's just say as well as we have adjusted to two kids, three would be a whole new ballgame!
But having a large family for one night was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed the fact that Daryl wanted to "hold" the baby that was almost as big as he is!
Daryl had a blast with another kid in the house and in his usual fashion woke up the next morning wondering where "that boy" went.

Just in time for cold weather I got Alex a baby hat knit. Poor second child is not getting nearly as much knitted love as his older brother did. He might think that is OK when he gets older. ;-) The only reason he does not look THRILLED in this picture is because I finished it right after he finished his nighttime bottle. So he is basically modeling it asleep!
This morning he smiled when he was wearing it but of course I didn't have my camera.

Update!

I can't believe it has been two weeks since the last blog. Lately, after both of the boys have gone to bed I have just been going that way myself! That does not do much for my knitting, housework or blogging!
Here are some cute pictures I have snapped lately. I'm going to have to stop giving my mom such a hard time about not having any baby pictures of me. When you look at all the pictures I have of Daryl compared to Alex you would think we have a favorite child.

Finished one knitting project recently, Halloween socks for Alex. We probably won't be needing them for trick or treating...Daryl had a really bad day last week and he lost trick or treating.
Some kids you can look at them sideways and they straighten up, my child you have to take away Halloween. Go figure...to all the Grandmas I'm not being mean, you would have done the same thing if you had seen your little angel that day! Since then he has had some of the best behavior I've ever seen, so maybe it worked. Only time will tell.

Here is Daryl being a good big brother on our way to Bucklin for Grandpa Bob's funeral. He kept Alex entertained by showing him toys or holding in his pacifier. Both kids did extremely well on the two long car trips. It was great to see our extended family but sad that it had to be at a funeral.
 I'm sure Grandpa Bob was smiling down at all of us visiting and telling stories about spending time with our grandparents. :-)