Christmas #2

Alex had his first plane ride to head to South Carolina for Christmas with all the Hummers. Overall he did pretty well (especially when he finally fell asleep and napped for an hour).

We had a nice time in South Carolina and were there for 10 days. Uncle Chip, Luca and Davis met Alex for the first time! The first few days (well actually until Ryan and I left for Charleston) Alex was super clingy to me. I guess there was just more commotion than he is used to and new surroundings that made him want his mamma the whole time. On the Thursday after Christmas, Ryan and I headed to Charleston for 2 nights baby-free! It was my first time away from Alex. We (Alex and I) did really well and it was nice to get away. Charleston is a nice, historic city but there isn't too much to do there for an extended time. We stayed in a loft-style hotel room which was modern and nice compared to most of the Victorian-style options in Charleston.

Alex loved all the attention he got from his cousins, especially Davis. If Alex was upset or crying, all you had to do was ask Davis to give him attention and he would laugh or smile. It was really cute!

Alex's presents

He's excited!

Opening gifts

Opening gifts

Helping

New toys

Boxes are fun

Awesome cross stitch from Grandma Hummer

Hehe

Helping Mommy

My new boots

Ryan's new suitcase

Alex's girlfriend

His first trip to the beach

Boy cousins

Davis and Alex

Hotel room in Charleston

Hotel room in Charleston

12 Month picture

I should have included Alex's 12 month picture with the 1 year post:

Christmas #1

We celebrated Christmas with my family on Sunday, the 16th since we were all going separate ways this holiday. We all went over to Grandma and Grandpas in the afternoon, opened gifts, played and had a yummy dinner. Here are some pics.

My cute doggie

Alex and Grandma

Stealing Hunter's snacks

"Re-organizing" the pantry with Hunter

"What?"

Did I spill the oats?

Oops, Max and Eddie will help!

Alex is 1!

I can't believe little Alex is 1 year old! He is a super sweet, happy, and very busy little boy. He started  properly walking on his first birthday exactly! Some of his favorite things are doggies, power cords, balloons, and gnawing on the corner of anything he can get his hands on (books, boxes, envelopes, etc.) He weighs 22lbs and 8oz which is in the 42nd percentile and is 29.5in tall which is in the 35th percentile. He also has 9 teeth!

We celebrated his birthday the Saturday before on the 15th with my family at the house. Since Alex loves Mexican food (haha) we had chicken and beef fajitas, grilled vegetables, queso, guac, and salsa. For dessert I made strawberry cupcakes with a strawberry cream cheese frosting hoping that Alex would like it since he loves strawberries. Well he had no interest in his cupcake. Maybe he was protesting the fact it was pink!

On his actual birthday (Thursday) my mom came over (Ryan was at work) and we walked around Rice Village and grabbed a coffee. I bought him a pumpkin cupcake this time and he still had no interest. Oh well, we enjoyed eating it.

Happy birthday Alex!

Strawberry cupcake, no interest even when trying to force it!

Alex and Hunter cruising

Haley, Steve and Hunter

Decorations

The pumpkin cupcake

Not interested

Christmas Party Hardy

Ryan had his work Christmas party at his boss's big house in River Oaks. It was a lot of fun and included a pretty legit-looking Santa and even had carolers. Grandpa watched Alex for us and spent the night so we stayed out "late" until 11. I am tired today!

Jewelry

Meant to say in the last post that this is the David Yurman jewelry that Ryan gave me for my bday/Xmas. Citrine gemstone and pave diamonds. Beautiful!

Fun!

Alex has had a lot of fun this week swinging at the park and riding around in his toy car. He also got his first pair of shoes!

We put up our christmas tree too. Looks great for both the tree and ornaments to be hand-me-downs.