Alden being cute!

Alden is always cute (well at least I think he is) but I didn't know what else to call this post because it is just pictures from Alden in the apartment being himself.  Alden loves playing with Daddy when he gets home everyday which is fun for me to watch.  It also gives me a chance to finish cooking dinner without having to entertain a toddler as well. =)  We are so grateful to be together and that Drew can see so many of these moments in person.

This was really cute and fun to watch.  It looked like Alden was trying to run or swim in the air.  Here is a video of it.

Alden loves tumbling, being upside down and doing somersaults. 

He is growing up so fast and it is fun seeing him develop more motor skills and use some of his toys more.  The Eeyore in the picture above is a shape sorter that Alden is now starting to figure out.

Alden thinks the camera is fascinating!

Time for make believe!  Drew's pajama pants wore out, so what did we do?  Converted the fabric that was still good into a cape for Alden.  He has fun running around with the cape on now.

Just a normal day in our apartment with a happy little boy who is always discovering new things!

Weekend in Portland

The first weekend in November we went to visit Drew's cousin, Jessie, her husband Eric and their two kids near Portland.  It was a lot of fun visiting with them and seeing all the kids interact together.  The thing that was the most interesting for me was how much Alden interacted with Audrey, their 3 month old daughter.  Alden got really good at saying "baby" while we were there and he would try to pat her back, tickle her stomach or play with her.  He was actually pretty good at being gentle with her which is better than he has been with babies in the past.

 Alden liked having a car to ride on for a couple days since his is still packed.

Drew loved getting to snuggle with Audrey while we were there.

 Alden loved playing with this "guitar" while we were there.  The boys also liked playing in the backyard together.

So glad that we got to spend time with this sweet little girl and her family.

 We went to Chuck-E-Cheese with the kids while we were there.  Alden and Aaron had fun running around and pretending to play games and ride in cars.

 Alden was trying to figure out how to get the balls out from under there.

We had fun grouping together to take these photos at a booth there.

Aaron had fun with Drew because he was a new play toy.

 Alden was watching very intently as Eric fed Audrey her bottle.  

More time in the backyard.

 We tried to feed Aaron and Alden pixie sticks to see what they would do.  Alden took a small taste and was done.  Aaron did better than Alden.

It was a great weekend with family and we are so glad that we got to see them!

Halloween

We had a lot of fun dressing up for Halloween this year and taking Alden trunk-or-treating.  We dressed up as characters from Doctor Who.  Drew was The Doctor (David Tennant version), I was Rose and Alden was K-9, which is a robotic dog.  They did a tri-ward Trunk-or-Treat at our building on Halloween which was really nice for Alden.  Alden had no interest in talking to the strangers but he would sign please and then put his candy in his bucket.  It was really cute and we had a lot of fun.  One person at the Trunk-or-Treat recognized who we were which was awesome!  Alden's favorite thing that he got at Trunk-or-Treating was Daddy's sonic screwdriver.  He stole it from Daddy and then decided it was cooler than any of the candy so he wanted to be done.  We had a blast celebrating Halloween with Alden and we were so glad we could be together!

 Alden didn't want to stay still for pictures...he wanted to be running and exploring.

Here is where Alden got Daddy's sonic screwdriver and he decided to just sit down on the middle of the sidewalk and play with that.

 When we got home we tried to take some group shots...these are as good as it got with a toddler.

 Alden stole Daddy's sonic screwdriver again...

Then Drew got his sonic screwdriver back and Alden had fun trying to chase Daddy to get it.  We had a great Halloween!