Santa!!!!

Do we know each other?

Our Christmas letter!!!

Merry Christmas loved ones! This year, we have found ourselves in a situation that many of you understand. Let us paint you a picture to help rouse up some good ol’ memories... Our floor is littered with toys and cheerios; there is a happy squawking and thumping of feet throughout the student apartment at BYU; and there are two very tired, but happy parents.
Suze is the reigning undefeated champion of Mario Party, and in her spare time occupies herself studying under the zen masters of scrapbooking (no better place than Provo!). She feels that her purpose in life has been fulfilled by teaching Alex to dance. Apparently, she also feels like dancing is a skill found lacking in her male counterpart… ***cough*** Anyhow, she loves the snow, and has been living life to its fullest this past year.
Matt still believes he is a superhero and has resumed his ninja training (hiyaaa!). Much to Suze’s surprise he has even found a friend in the process. Now, Matt can be found throughout the week training in Shotokan Karate. Unfortunately, he hasn’t yet found a friend who enjoys talking about stocks, bonds, options, and economics as much as he does.
For Alex, this past year has represented the vast majority of his life! He has learned to rollover, crawl, walk, run, dance, feed himself, amuse himself… wreak havoc, and flirt with girls. Alex generally has no fear of strangers, but this past month we discovered his one arch enemy, Darth Vader. We, also, discovered that Alex had a secret girlfriend (…keeping secrets from his mommy…). One Sunday, a cute little girl just came and stood face to face with him and plunked a big kiss on his lips and even came back for a second (that’s my boy!). We enjoy his wonderful spirit and his tendency to scream like a little girl, what a great kid.
We hope you saw a little bit of what our year was like, and learned a little something about our family. Once again, have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Merry Christmas Mom & Dad

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Christmas!!!

Thanks to Mom and Dad, we have our very own christmas tree this year. One where Alex could drop over his head ( which he did) and distroy the ornoments ( which he did).

More Shenanigans!!!

Alex is getting real good at getting unto trouble. . .

Inside out movie cabinet!!!

Chewing on a movie!!!
Under our christmas tree before it was decorated.

Sleepping on the floor after a long day of trouble making!!!
Under our kichen sink!!!

New eating spot!!!

I am missing the one with the pots and pans, but I am sure he will come back. So next time!!!

Family Photos 2008

A step to independancy. . .

Alex is learning a whole lot. He finally figured out how to get of the couch without hurting himself, now he does go head first and land on the floor anymore. He is officially a walker and even try running now. Sometimes, if the door to our room is open, he will always try to run to get to the room before someone sees him and closes the door.

And now, he is self feeding and will sometime refuse to eat from a spoon with the my help or Matt's, until we put it on his tray, so he could put it in his mouth.

Enjoying a hot dog made with lot of LOVE. . .

He even knows how much love I put on that hog dog, notive the big smile!!!LOL
After he was done,he threw the plate on the floor, so we still have to work on that . Now, I am just looking forward to the day, he will clean up his room. I am probably dreaming, but a girl got to dream, right?

I am thankful for . . .

I have being bless all my life and this thanksgiving day, I want to take a few moment to let you know of a few things that I am thankful for.

1. A wonderful husband.
2. Alexandre's cuteness.
3. Alex's health, he being pretty healthy so far except when he is theething.
4. Our apartment.
5. Matt's sense of humor( Not always funny, but he's always trying)
6. Great ward friends( even though I wait way to long to finally make friends)
7. My family, who are always there for me.
8. Being raise in a different country.
9. My in-laws, who accepted me so openly.
10. My soooo wonderful sister.
11. Alex's way of making me smile and making me angry in just one afternoon.
12. My calling, I get to learn more ways to create cards.
13. The way Gerald spoils Alex.
14. My wonderful friendship with Matt.
15. The Church and all that it offers.
16. Video games, to keep me sane.
17. The many different ways to cook spaghetti.
18. rice, which we ate almost everyday.
19. Scrapbooking, keep my mind going, so I don't go completely dumb.
20. Alex's ability to finally sleep through the night, even if he goes to bed around 12:00 or 1:00 AM.

There are many more, but I don't want to put you to sleep, So hope you enjoyed at least a little bit. Hope you had or having great thanksgiving.

What are you thankful for?

How does one carry their cp cup !?

In their back packet. . .

A very Happy Alex !!!!

The other day, Alex had a great time watching Daddy pounch the litlle pounching bag. He was laughting to hard that I had to share it with everyone.

That was made especially for granpa Vinton, so hope you enjoy it and have fun on your trip.

Isn't he precious!!!

That is all folks, see ya next time. Hope you enjoyed it.

Alex and leaves!!!

We took Alex to the playground, in other to play with the leaves and here are the results. At first, he was not sure what to do and cried a few time but after a while he was fine.

A spanish lady offered to take a pictures of all of us.

Suprised!!!

Not sure, why he is in the leaves.


The cutest face ever!!!

And there he is smiling!!!

Shenanigans

Alex gets to the point where he will open his drawers and put everything on the floor. He will do that while he is awake and I will put then back when he is napping ( that's usually how I keep busy). Often, he will fall asleep on top of everything. . . But on thuesday, he did between his room and the hall, probably on his way to the main room. Well, it use to be cute, but now it is just plain ennoying.

Another thing is taking the movies out and sit inside the drawer. He thinks that is a pretty clever thing to do, and is very proud of himself for that discovery. He also enjoys unplugging out computer when they are charging.

Getting into the drawer and getting confortable

Pulling the movies out.

Alex loves watching Phineas and Ferb and often when Candace ( Phineas and Ferb older sister) will scream, Alex will follow with one even louder. Sometimes, I will be bless with two, one before and another right after. He also like to rock out with Daddy, he is actually getting " pretty good" at it. He will put the microphone in his mouth and chewing on the top.

Maybe next time, I'll be able to take a better picture without the binky.

year old check up.

'"Thinking about what to do next"

Today, we went for Alex's one year check up and he is doing really well. He wanted to walk around the room, so whenever, doctor Anderson tried to check him, he put up a good fight. when tried to look at his throat, he will hold the tongue between his teeth and the doctor had to pull hard to get it out. He thought, that really funny watching the doctor trying to get it out between his teeth. He also had his shots today, four of them, and cry for about 5 min. and nap as soon as we got home.

He weights 20 lb 4 1/2 oz, 30 1/4 inches tall and his head is 46 1/2 cms. He had gotten 67% taller since his last check up, so we are still not sure how tall he will be. . . But I am hoping he will be as tall as his grandpas.

Hanging out with the boys.

In the morning before we had Alex party, we went to play in outside and I got to learn the arckery. We had ton of fun and that was my first time. I toke ton of pictures, so I post as much as I can.

Alex and Mommy, crying because he wanted to go nap, and uncle Brian's shadow.

Matt, Suze and Alex.

Alex doing what he does best... walking around.
Suze doing it all herself, a lot harder than it looks.

Playing with cousin Micheal. They had a great time.

Micheal skateboarding on his belly. Showing off his newest trick, he such a funny kid.

Hangout with uncle Brian.
Hanging out with uncle Jim.

Brian showing his greatness.

Eric getting a turn .

Matt teaching me how .

Matt working it.

Micheal having his turn.

The boys playing basketball.

Alex and his wonderful cousins.