Xander's First Dental Exam

Last week marked the first dental visit for Xander.  He did awesome; he wasn't scared or give us or Dr. Leiberg any trouble at all.  He sat in the chair and did so well that they were even able to clean his teeth.  The great thing about that is we were told they are not normally able to do that on a child's first visit because by the time the exam is done most kids are either too scared or too squeamish to continue.  Xander could have even sat for more if it was needed, but thankfully he has a mouth full of very healthy teeth.

Xander sitting in the chair practicing before the dentist came in.

Xander finally gets to meet Dr. Leiberg.  We had been talking with him about her
and his appointment for months, so by the time he got there he was pretty
excited to finally meet her face to face.

He laid his head back, opened his mouth and we were off and running.

Dr. Leiberg showed him every tool she was going to use before she put it in his mouth.

Here she's showing him the teeth cleaning tool and letting him
hear that wonderful sound we all know and love so much.

He sat perfectly still for the entire cleaning.

Baby brother was just chillin' on the sidelines for this one.

The last big push with the cleaner and that sucky-tube.  He  thought
the sucky-tube was pretty cool actually.  He played with it after
they were all finished.

One last rinse and suck and he was all done.

At this point all he could think of was the shiny new toothbrush that was waiting
for him over on the counter.

Xander and Dr. Leiberg are now best friends.

And of course we can't forget to grab a toy out of the toy chest to take home.

Playtime at the Park

This post is from our trip to the park on Saturday.  Xander was in need of some one-on-two time with Mom and Dad, so we headed out for an afternoon with just the 3 of us.  We played on the playground, watched some little league baseball (which lasted all of 30 seconds because he was bored...he's definitely my son), a small picnic of cheese and crackers in the grass, then some soccer time.  When we finished at the park he got to choose what we had for dinner and he picked Burgers and Fries.  It was a great afternoon and it seemed to have made a difference because he hasn't stopped talking about it.

Xander loves going down the slide.

Xander and Mommy seeing who could swing the highest.

Daddy and Xander going head-to-head on the racing slide.

Xander wasn't too fond of the tire-swing, but he stayed on long enough
for us to take this picture.

We thought he might enjoy it more if he rode it with Dad...not so much.

Xander kicking the soccer ball around; he's got a nice strong boot and does
pretty good at dribbling the ball too.

His attention quickly focused on the big tree he needed to climb.

He gave it 100%, but still didn't get all that far off the ground.
We'll keep working on this with him.

A short break to grub on some cheese and crackers on the grass.

 

 Mommy was very proud of her big boy today.  As you can see in this

video, he is very helpful and nice to other kids.

On the teeter-totter Mommy got a quick kiss from her boy.

Xander and Mommy trying to keep Daddy in the air on the teeter-totter.
Needless to say, their efforts were in vain.

Xander and Mommy having some fun on the whoop-de-doo slide.

Xander got a little turned around on this run; he was laughing pretty hard though.

A nice shot of Mommy and her big baby boy.

Lisa and I were both a little surprised at how well he traversed this ladder.

After we got so excited for him, he had to show off for the camera.

The last step is a doozy.

Victory is so sweet.

 

I know...we're bad parents.  But we just couldn't help but see what would happen.

We were both laughing so hard we had tears in our eyes.  Thankfully Xander

thought it was just as funny.

Nothing beats finding a big stick to play with.

An end to a very fun day.

Snow Time!

We saw the snow falling on the mountain and decided to make a quick run up the hill to play.  Xander and Dad had a few minutes to goof around before the snow started coming down too hard.





Xander's first Snow Angel - Not too shabby if you ask me.

Dad made one too that Xander had to get in and make sure
I had done it right.  Thankfully I passed the test.





Trying To Make A Get-Away



Alaster was trying to make a run for it on big bro's trike.



A Collision On The Street and In The Bedroom

Collision #1 - On The Street:  Daddy's truck got sideswiped by some moronic imbecile with an attitude of entitlement (one of the most awesome of all human attitudes if you ask me).  I say this because he was so intent on being in the lane I was already in that he intentionally side-swiped the entire left side of my truck.  He did this for no other reason than he felt he deserved to be where I already was.  This lovely excuse-for-a-compendent-person then proceeded to make up a outlandish story of how the accident took place.  The great part about that was his incompetence behind the wheel was only compounded by his incompetence for making up a believable story.  Both the police and insurance company have determined what he claims to have happened is impossible based on the damage incurred on both vehicles (I just love the laws of physics).

Thankfully I was not hurt and Lisa, Xander or Alaster were not with me when it happened.  When I got home and Xander saw that Daddy's truck had a boo-boo, as he puts it; he promptly came to the conclusion, "Daddy's truck needs a band-aid."  He then went to the medicine cabinet and got one of his Cars bandages with Mator on it and put it on Daddy's truck boo-boo.

Applying the Mator band-aid to Daddy's truck boo-boo

Making sure that the band-aid is firmly stuck to the truck

Xander showing off his medical expertise for applying Mator bandages

Collision #2 - In The Bedroom:  This collision occurred the other night at around 2 AM.  As I went in to check in on Xander I found the following scene.  He seemed to have suffered a roll-over collision with his bed.  He's upside-down; turned-around and was almost thrown from the bed.  

With all seriousness; we are thankful that he wasn't hurt.  We are aware of how serious this collision was and how easily he could have been injured.  It's quite obvious that the Lord was protecting both Xander and Daddy when they got into their accidents.

I was laughing so hard when I saw this I had to leave the room so I would wake him up.  He's a Wild-Man!

These are a couple of pictures of Xander helping Daddy do some painting in the garage.  He's quite the helper and loves to hang out in the garage (just like his Dad).

Spring Photo Shoot

Some studio pics of Ruff-Nut and Tuff-Nut (Mom and Dad snuck into a couple shots as well).