So I thought I would take the time to blog about each of my unique little boys. I will start with Alexander since he always wants to go first in everything he does.

Alex will be three years old in a few months, however I think it will be a downer for him to be three because he’s sooooo into being two and having two of everything. If you ask him if something happened he will tell you “Ya, TWO times” or if he has something in his hands — he has to have two. If you ask him if he wants a cookie he will say “Ya TWO cookies” and show you both hands and says “One, two, two cookies!!” More often than not we just give him two because it’s not worth the discussion or the tears for him not to have two of something. We improvise alot KNOWING he will want two of something. For instance he gets the two smallest cookies — he never notices. He just wants two.

Alex is our youngest but our most passionate and outspoken. Some days I just sit exhausted and wonder what in the world God has in store for this little dynamo that he gave me. He must have BIG plans for Alex. Alex is full of energy and full of personality and a passion for everything he does. Sometimes this wears us out; but when you put it all in perspective if we all had 1/10 of his passion for ANYTHING we could all make a huge difference. My biggest challenge as Alex’s mother will be to teach him to harness that and use this wonderful trait God gave him in a positive way. Because with all the ups there are as many meltdowns.

Alex is my little Tarzan. Alex is a wild man, he never settles down completely, but he has a HUGE HEART. Alex doesn’t always think about what he’s doing but he’s always very quick to apologize. It used to be just 6 months ago or so Alex’s favorite and most used line was “THANK YOU!” He didn’t just say thank you, he excitedly with lots of feeling and emotion would thank you. It was ADORABLE. One night I forced him to eat a brussel sprout. It was a knock down drag out fight over this one tiny green veggie. I am not in the habit of making him eat things but he was having a heart issue and was being particularly stinky to me. So I chose my battle and it ended with me shoving the stupid veggie in his mouth and making sure he didn’t spit it at me. He chewed it a few times and exclaimed through his tears “YUMMY!!!! THAAAAANK YOU MOMMY!!!!” Saying thank you was his THING. These days he still is thankful just not so exuberant about it. Lately his thing is to apologize. He will apologize even if he didn’t do anything. 40 times a day I hear “Oh! I sorry Mommy” He will forget the rules and immediately know he did wrong an apologize. Sometimes it’s very hard to discipline him because he’s so quick to be sorry, and he’s genuine about it. He just acts quicker than he thinks. He has a sweet heart though and always wants to correct his wrongs. I LOVE THAT ABOUT MY ALEX.

As I said earlier Alex always wants to be first. He’s a natural leader. He constantly asks to be first. First out of the car, first into the house, first in line, he wants to lead us through stores. He ALWAYS wants to be the first at everything. It’s very hard for him to not get to always be first but he’s learning and is getting better about it every day. His need to be first made it necessary for him to learn to say “Excuse me”. He does very good as saying “excuse me” as he shoves his way past you. I often have to apologize in Target and explain we’re still in the learning stage of how “excuse me works”. However I am glad he’s at least saying excuse me as he barrels past the old lady on the cereal isle instead of just shoving her out of the way. He shoves her while using his manners. What a gentleman. HAHA!!

All our boys are loving sweet boys, but Alex’s sweetness is so much more pronounced at times because he has so much energy and raw boyishness. So those stolen moments where he sits on my lap and tells “I love you, Mommy” or when I come out of the bathroom mid hair routine with giant pink rollers in my hair to hear him exclaim “Ooooh you PRETTY Mommy” and know he genuinely means it. What’s wrong with pink rollers they are bright and pretty to him — those are the moments that just melt my heart. I love that Alex looooves to give me eskimo kisses and will randomly stop what he’s doing just to give me a kiss or cuddle with me. I love that even when I have to get onto him he’s quick to want to receive and give love.

As I said before, I love my Alex, and I can’t WAIT to watch him continue to grow and see what it is that God has in store for my crazy little man!!! Alex Mommy Loves YOU!!!!!!!!