He's a Dancing Machine

You've gotta admit.. He's got some good moves...

and then...
My favorite video of the year....

Thanksgiving Fun

Thanksgiving was a lot of fun at Alex's brother's (Ray/Zach) house in Lawrence. He and his wife, Susan, and their son, Sam, were great hosts. Of course, we also ate a lot of great food and dessert! Below are some fun pictures from the day as well as a video of Solomon and his cousin, Eli, being crazy with Grandma Thomas. Above: Solomon and Eli

Above: Arianna (we also celebrated her birthday!)

Above: Sam enjoying some cake

Above: Susan, Trooper (the new puppy) and Sue (KU student)

Above: Grandma Thomas, Roy/Thomas (Alex's brother) and Arianna (Zach/Ray, Alex's other brother, is behind)

Above: Zach & Solomon reading a book. We heard "Uncle Zach" come out of Solomon's mouth several times that day!

Above: Funny video of Eli and Solomon having fun with Grandma. Two crazy little boys.
My time up in Lawrence was capped off perfectly as well with breakfast with my BFF, Erin. We ate, walked around downtown and of course talked our mouths off! :) It was fun.

Life has been busy ever since. We're getting the upstairs portion of our house repainted. All the trim will be white. They started with our bedroom. It looks great. The painters sanded off all of the popcorn ceiling and painted our walls in there. We also got new bedroom furniture. I love it. I can't wait for it all to be done. Then, we can put up our Christmas decorations. I can't wait for Christmas!

Happy Halloween... Yes.. two weeks late.

Above: Solomon in search of candy

Above: Mommy and Elmo

Above: Zoe the good witch with her friend Emily the astronaut

All the pictures above are from the day of Halloween. We went to Barnes and Noble and saw the "Where the Wild Things Are" characters. "Max" the guy in the white outfit was a little odd in person, but the kids sure did like him. Back to the KU game!

Team Spirit Video & Halloween at School

Above: Alex showing Solomon Elmo videos on his iPhone
Above and below: Solomon at daycare on the mega stroller. Ella is his best friend on the front.

We had a fun Halloween with Solomon this year. His school Halloween party was this past Thursday. I've posted a few pictures above. His BFF is the girl on the front of the mega stroller. More pictures are to come from Halloween from today. I don't have them uploaded yet. We went to a Where the Wild Things Are party at Barnes and Noble today and then to my aunt and uncle's house for some trick or treating and dinner. Solomon was again "Elmo". He wasn't really a huge fan of keeping the Elmo "hood"/head on his head, but it was cute anyway. He also just wanted to eat the candy as we were walking, as opposed to collecting all of the candy and eating it later. I see his point, but it wasn't too efficient for trick or treating so we only did a few houses. I've also posted a video below of our attempt to brainwash Solomon into liking our teams. He can say "Go Raiders" (Alex's team) and "Go Jayhawks" (my fabulous team of course). Hope you all had a great Halloween!

New Pictures!!

I've posted some pictures below as promised in my last post. First, there are some pics we took of Solomon at a nearby park. I think they're really cute. He was NOT in the mood to be photographed at all, but we did manage to catch a few good ones. Then, below that, I've posted some pictures from Solomon's birthday party. If you want to see all of the pictures, click here: http://kellyalexsphotos.shutterfly.com/. Also, check out the online version of the local magazine, Splurge. Solomon is pictured in it as a children's clothing model on page 52. Click here to view: http://www.splurgeonline.com/.

Hugging Big Jay
Hanging on the pole

Cool Kiddo pose

Enjoying a cupcake at his b-day party!

The pawprint cake made by Kandi and Mom

Solomon & Uncle Zach/"Sam's Dad" as he calls him

Decked out in birthday gear!

Opening presents

Sweet pose

So much going on!

Life has been so busy lately that I just haven't had the time to post anything. Plus, I still don't have the pictures from some of our recent fun times uploaded. Our friends, Brett and Abby, got married last weekend on Saturday. It was so much fun and such a nice wedding. Abby looked great as did everything else at the wedding and reception. I will post some pictures. I have good ones as Alex was their photographer. I did the guest book. I shouldn't forget to mention the bachelorette party the weekend before that was on the Party Bus! It was a lot of fun. :)

The next day we had Solomon's birthday party. He turned the big TWO! It's really hard for me to believe it. I bought one of those inflatable jumpy things from my cousin, so the kids had a blast jumping around in it. The pictures above are actually from the week or so before when we blew it up. I don't have his bday pics ready yet. Next time any of you come to Wichita, bring your kids over and we'll pull it out. Kids just love those. My mom and sister did a lovely job with his cake. They made two paw prints as we had a Chocolate Lab themed party. Coco, our dog, and Solomon are best buds. Again, I'll post pics later on. Solomon got lots of great stuff and has been playing with it all non-stop. For instance, one of our friends thought it would be funny to buy him a recorder.... enough said.. see below..

He also got lots of great clothes. We bought him a toy airplane since he is obsessed/mesmorized by them right now! My parents got him a super cool red tricycle.
His real birthday was on Tuesday, so we took cupcakes to his school and snapped a few pictures there. He downed his cupcake before the others had even begun, so he was a little miffed that they didn't really want to share theirs with him. :) I think he takes after mommy. I mean, don't be shy... just eat it! Again, pics to come.
This past weekend, we went to Lawrence for the KU football game. It was a lot of fun. My brother-in-law/SIL watched him throughout the game which was awesome as our tickets were elsewhere. They said he had a great time. I think that's true b/c he crashed hard in the car on the way home and was a nightmare for about an hour after we got home!
We took him for his 2-year check up on Friday. Dr. Chavez said all is well and he's heatlhy. He received a few vaccinations and we'll have to take him back in a few weeks when the H1N1 shot is available.
Stats:
Weight: 28 lbs. 3oz. - 53%
Height: 35.25" - 75%
Head circ.: 49 cm. - 55%
I've posted some other fun pictures and videos below from the past month:

This pictures shows obvious "bed head" but it cracks me up b/c it looks like old lady hair after the curlers are out! :)

Note our little bareback rider above!

Our friend, Sol, just did some landscaping work in our backyard and it looks so good. I should have taken a before picture, but I never remember to do that stuff. Come and visit and you'll see it.
I'll post the other pictures soon.

Mid-August

Soooo what's going on.. not much extremely exciting stuff. Alex has had a few days that aren't super crazy so we've actually enjoyed a little bit of family time. Of course, work for me has been crazy, so that has made things really hectic anyway.
My friend Molly was in town a few weeks ago, so I was able to go to dinner with her and Tammy. We had such a good time talking/laughing/reminiscing. Tammy had just been to North Carolina on vacation and brought me back a Dollywood T-Shirt. I will wear it with pride. Ahhh... Dolly Parton.. It's so funny that she has an amusement park. I am actually going to get to see Molly again as I'm travelling on business next week. I can't wait. She just announced to us that she's pregnant with baby #2. Woo hoo! I believe she is due in December.
In Solomon news, as you can see from the video, he loves the telephone. We've semi-officially gone to a toddler bed. With the crib, we would hear a thud and he would have just jumped out of the crib. He really enjoyed it. Therefore, we've lowered the side railing as low as it will go. This way, if he jumps out, the fall won't be too far down, but it still keeps him from falling out during the night which is a small fear I have. I think the only thing that truly makes it a toddler bed is removing the front railing.. We'll do that soon. He's been talking A LOT more lately. He repeats a lot of what we say and short phrases as well... He loves to say "shoe fly shoe" and wave his arm around. I don't know if that's how you spell "shoe" in that instance, but oh well. He sometimes calls me "Kelly" or rather "Kekky" and fully back into the swing of wanting to be read to. He went out of it for a while, but it's back. I love that but get sick of reading the same books over and over. He also started back at his regular daycare this week. He really seems to like it and even remembered one of the teacher's names. She said he was very helpful at meal time... Frankly I can't imagine, but who knows? I guess it's possible. He's into absolutely everything all the time and loves to be messy and make messes. He really likes Alex so much lately and cries everytime he leaves the house.
Not much else going on... BTW... it's only 17 days until my bday... Let's not forget!