Josh is home

After 2.5 long months, I finally have my husband back! Today was a tiring day for all of us (I'm sure more for Josh) with lots of naps and down time. Once Alexander noticed there was some else in my bed this morning he asked, "Mommy, who's that?" Then he noticed it was Josh and asked me, with a HUGE smile on his face, "Daddy home from work?" He then could not keep his hands off Josh and effectively ended the night with very little sleep. This entire day has been so nice. Hanging out, playing, just spending time together as a family, it's so wonderful. I feel so blessed to have Josh back and even more that we are going to have a few weeks free before he has to get working. Here's to a very Merry Christmas and an exciting start for our family in the New Year.

Talking about Christmas

It seems that just about everyday Alexander says something that makes me laugh or melts my heart. Today was no exception. We were sitting on the counter in the kitchen talking about baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph. (My friend Mary has little figures that he likes to play with). I was explaining who they represented and that Mary was Jesus mommy like I was Alexander's mommy. He then touched Mary and said, "Mary Jesus mommy", then touched my friend Mary who was standing next to me and said, "Mary my friend." Not only did I think it was the cutest thing, but it totally melted Mary's heart. We have never prompted him to say something like that, it totally came from his heart. I just love watching him grow, think, and understand. He is the most amazing little boy.

Building a dresser #1

I have always enjoyed the idea of being able to build things. I have never had the tools or the know how to actually do it, but I always help when I can. So a few months ago Dan said he would help me build a dresser for Alexander. I was so excited. So we found instructions for one in a wood magazine for beginners and got the rest of the wood we needed (Dan had several pieces already in his shop). With being busy, among other stuff, it has taken us a while to get to the assembly part, but today we actually got to construct the case. It took us a long time with tool, wood, and miscalculation problems, but by the end of the day we got it all glued and clamped for drying over night. We are both some what of perfectionists so it took a while to just realized that the wood was not perfect so our structure was not going to be either. We did the best we could and called it a night. So here is the first picture of the dresser. I am totally excited and can't wait for tomorrow and starting on the next part. I will continue to post as we progress.