I have a 5 year old!!!

It is sad when it has been so long since I have blogged that I have to look back at the blog to see what I have already posted about or not. I may eventually catch up on what I lost these last few months...or not. We will see!!



The most important blog...I have a 5 year old!!! WOW! I know this sounds silly, but I just never thought it would happen! When I thought about having a baby I never pictured that baby turning into a little human with his own thoughts and ideas. I never knew how much joy I would find in his accomplishments and how much hurt I would feel in his hurt. Alec is such a little man and an absolute joy to have around.



For his 5th birthday we actually had a few celebrations. First, we went to Disneyland on Monday the 13th. We mainly went because his pass was going to expire on his birthday and we don't plan on renewing it at this time for financial reasons. We left Ashley with Grandma so that we could have some one on one time with just the boys. We got to Disneyland around 10:30 and stayed until 7:00 p.m. Wow was that a long day! We went on lots of rides and had so much fun. The last ride Adam and Alec went on was Star Tours. When they got off the ride it puts them right into the Star Wars shop where you can build your own light saber. One of the options is to make a double bladed light saber that Darth Maul uses. Alec has ALWAYS wanted one of these. When Adam told Alec that he was going to make one as his birthday present he was SO excited! The light saber is litrally 6 feet long when fully extended and Alec is treasuring it! We had a wonderful day!



Wednesday was Alec's friends birthday pool party at our association pool. We had all his friends from school and church over to go swimming. We picked up some pizzas and made some chicken dinosaurs (Alec hates pizza...weirdo) and had a cupcake cake. Everyone had a wonderful time swimming and eating.



Friday was Alec's actual birthday so I gave him a few options of what he wanted to do and he choose Chuck E. Cheese. We had a extra special treat as Aunt Ree joined us there as well! We had pizza, bread sticks, and fun! Taking after his Mama, Alec's favorite game there is skeeball. We pretty much played it the entire time, and he is very good at it! That night when Daddy got home we walked to the new frozen yogurt place nearby and had a nice night.



Sunday was the final birthday celebration. Since the previous Tuesday was Adam's birthday and Saturday was Papa's birthday we had a triple celebration. All our family and close friends came over for a Jedi birthday. We grilled Thumans Hotdogs (adam's request), had a huge Darth Vader pinata, and yummy cake that left everyone's mouth blue. It was the perfect formula for fun!



Being that Alec's birthday almost lasted a week, he was quite in heaven. Every day he was anxious to wake up and ask, "What are we doing today???" He has finally gotten used to the idea that it is over, but is now looking forward to Aaron's birthday next month. More cake is always a good thing, right? Well, I think so!!

On the Monday after Alec's birthday we had his 5 year well check appointment. We made the appointment on a Monday so that Adam could go with me. There was NO way I was going to be able to handle Alec and shots without Daddy being there. Alec was 43 inches tall and weighed in at 43 pounds. He is growing well and is very healthy. He did have 5 shots and boy, was that quite an ordeal! He was sitting on Adam's lap, I was holding is arms, and the nurse had his legs clamped between her legs. He screamed at such a high pitch that I am amazed the windows did not blow out!! Poor kid. I knew it was going to be bad, and it was. Thankfully he got over it pretty quickly and we proceeded onto swim lessons after that.

Speaking of swim lessons, both the boys are doing AMAZING!! I was worried about Alec on his first day since he has a history of clamming up in new situations and clinging to either myself or Adam. He surprised both of us ad walked right over to his class and hopped in the water! They even braved the diving board on the second day and he jumped right off and swam to the side on his own. WOW!! He is learning so much and I am quite pleased with the results. Aaron is doing well also but he is a bit more hesitant. His teacher is awesome and loving but she is very aggressive with the kids and really makes them swim. She has taught him so much.

A bit of news that we have for Alec is that he will be entering Kindergarten this next school year! We discussed it quite a bit with Dr. Marino at his 5 year appointment and came to the decision after that. Alec is big enough for his age to hold his own with the other kids and he really has grown socially these last few months. We decided, after much consideration, to send Alec to St. Joseph School instead of St. Francis. St. Joseph is a smaller and older school, but we felt that the diversity in offered in many areas was a much better choice for our children. Alec will have Mrs. Knapp (Carrie's sister) as his teacher next year so we are SO excited.

As I said before, I am so proud of the young man that Alec is turning into. He is the first to jump up and open the door for someone and really works to make sure that everyone is happy and comfortable. I truly thank the Lord for the gift he gave me in him!!!