Busy Little Groundhogs

The boys enjoying a nice morning playing in the playroom.

"Oh please... I'm way too grown up for that"

Someone at Meijer gave Alex a fireman hat. He ran around the store as fast as he could  just to have the wind blow it off so he could pick it up and do it all over again.

This is how Alex wears his sunglasses.  Not sure why, but he seems to think it feels right.

Best friends already

"Num, num, daddy hair is tasty.  Just let me spit up on it. Num, num"

This is how the boys spent the 3 hours on the road to the west coast of Michigan.

We made it to Holland State Park and hit the beach... for like 5 min because it was WAY too hot and the boys didn't really like having their feet in the water. 

Alex and Daddy looking at the canal watching water crafts go in and out.

Alex telling people hello.  He's such a friendly person.

Heading out

Daddy dusting off Alex's feet to put his shoes on.

While we were on the west coast we visited with some of my friends from college. Both of them have adorable little girls just around Alex's age.  Alex had a blast playing with them.  Both of the families are expecting their second baby in Sept.  I can't wait to get all of our kids together in two years and see them play.

My friend Julie giving Evan some love.

Evan and I at the Holland Windmill park.  Enjoying the 100% humidity and hot weather. 

Alex on the merry-go-round.  He choose to ride the only animal with stripes, and they happen to be the same width as his striped shirt. :)

If you want to see more pictures from our trip to Holland please click on this link https://goo.gl/photos/DXHmmzwRi6g4wx1E6

So I started to let Evan suck on different fruit and he LOVED it.  This is him sucking at my nectarine like mad.  He wouldn't let me take it away from him. He also really enjoyed watermelon and cucumber. 

Alex had the mall play place to himself for a few min. He really enjoyed it.

Evan checking out Alex's fire truck.

The boys and I were doing shopping and Alex had to hold Evan's hand. It was super cute.

Here is a picture of the deer family that has been gnawing all of my plants down to nubs in the back yard. Can you see the 5 deer in the picture?

Evan and Willow playing at the MOPS Mom's Breakfast.  These two were born on the same day and she is already crawling. Evan isn't even sitting up yet, but we know that each kid is different. 

Alex playing on his phone during our garage sale. 

The boys at the Detroit Zoo.

My beautiful boy

And my other handsome boy eating his snack of nuts. 

Alex by the elephant statue. 

We visited with Nana and she got some Evan time.  Always nice to see her.  

Alex loves to stack anything, and he's good at it.  Even if they are precarious. 

My cute boy can't sit on his own in the chair anymore because he's able to lean up so much.  Note the lavender drying behind him. 

Yup, that's right.  I was making my toast and this is what I came back to. Evan had destroyed one of the lavender pieces that was hanging down.  It was so hard to get the bits off of him. 

Our groundhog that lives in our wood pile.

Alex went to see Thomas the train this month. If you'd like to see the pictures from his adventure please click on this link.  https://goo.gl/photos/mtjibhK626U6ezuj7

The boys playing hide and go seek.  Alex would pop out at different locations and scream "HI EVAN!" and Evan would startle and look around to where Alex popped out.

Alex makes friends where ever he goes.  He met this nice lady at the doctor's office.

Evan deciding to go on a nice Saturday drive to the Toledo zoo.

Got to give it a good lick just to make sure it's working.

Here are more pictures of our trip the Toledo zoo with our friends. https://goo.gl/photos/u77Npft7vLhwgEEPA

The weather has been so nice

Alex's head pre-haircut. (Yes that is Thomas the train show on the TV)

Me and My boys

Alex enjoying his meatloaf and veggies.  Look at all that hair!

Alex's first professional haircut.  He did really well. The only part he didn't like was when he had the buzzer on him.

Alex enjoying his treat for being such a good kid during his haircut. 

Evan trying out his sunglasses.  He didn't mind them too much, and I think they look pretty good.

Baby face, you have the cutest little baby face.

Alex sharing some of his water with Fival. 

Alex looking at ants.

Alex reading the morning paper (Brio Train catalog)

We bought a small house for Alex and Evan.  Alex enjoys talking on the phone and making stone meals for everyone.

My thumb sucker in action.

Alex and Me at my cousins wedding.

Evan couldn't handle it.  He had too much to drink. 

We finally set up the pool for Alex.  When I turned my back to fill up his water table he jumped in clothes and all.  His diaper weighed 15lbs by the end of his fun.

Alex enjoying some lemonade at Nana's house using a cup that his Daddy grew up using.

Alex looking for a plane.

Alex can now open the laundry room door and get the meter stick to fish out his toys from under the couch. 

Alex went to the dentist with Daddy to see what they do.  He was very inquisitive and did pretty well.

I tried the cute hat that my friend Kristi made for Evan before he was born.  It still looks super cute!!

So cute that Alex decided he had to steal it and see if it fit him.

Oma and Evan enjoying some couch time together. 

We pulled out the walker for Evan.  Alex is loving pushing Evan around, Evan is not sure about it yet. It's just a place to spit up on right now, but all in due time.

We went to our sub's annual ice cream social and Alex got to see a fire engine.  He was a little scared of doing much with it, but he did enjoy seeing them put on the lights.

Alex has been really enjoying his mini pool on these hot days.  He dips his forehead in the water and comes up and he looks like a 50's greaser. :)

Evan had his first taste of real food and he hated it.  Not sure if he hated the food or if he hated being in the bumbo and slouching forward the whole time. 

Alex and I went to play with my cousins kids Norah and Everett at a place place near Plymouth. After a good time playing we went to get pizza and the kids walked hand and hand together.  It was super cute.

More pool time fun.

Alex found a large frog in his play house. He thought it was pretty cool.

Alex and Daddy enjoying some time at their favorite restaurant and playing with Daddy's glasses. 

So Evan is a full fledged thumb sucker now.  So I decided to see if he would take a pacifier, turns out he did... so I'm going to hide them! :)  It just looks to weird for him to have one of those in his mouth.  

Brotherly love.  Hugs all around.

These guys are going to be best buds I think.

Alex and I found a great playground near us.  Alex loved it and there was so much to do.

Alex has been playing "Peek a boo" with Evan lately. It's super cute.

The boys enjoying a great summer day.

Evan watching some swinging action. 

I have a picture very much like this when I was Evan's age.  Isn't he cute.

This one speaks for itself.