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Alex has his first birthday!

Daddy — Wed, 16 May 2007 01:11:24 +0000

As usual, we are a bit late in getting around to news, and this time it was a big one. Actually, it was THE big One. Alex turned one year old on Thursday, May 10th. The celebration on that day was very low key as Mommy and Daddy spent the day with the young lad hanging out with occasional spontaneous renditions of Happy Birthday. Alex did manage to get his picture taken by a professional photographer that day, but other than that there wasn’t much out of the ordinary.

That was because the big day came on Saturday when people came from all over to see the boy wonder for his birthday. The weather was beautiful, which was fortuitous because so many people wanted to see Alex that there wasn’t nearly enough room inside the house for everyone. Some of the highlights for the day:

Alex got to swim in his very own swimming pool for the first time. He loved it! Splashing is fun, but not as fun as dunking one’s own head into the water!
Daddy tried out his new grill and managed to cook about 15 too many hamburgers and 15 more hot dogs than necessary. There was just too much space on the grill that had to be filled.
Mommy made an excellent cake shaped like Curious George. It was quite delicious.
The entertainment for the day, besides watching Alex do his thing, was Cornhole and Bocce Ball. It’s amazing how long people can stand around throwing things at other things and still think they are having fun.
Alex made it all afternoon without needing a nap, and he stayed in a great mood the whole time. The kid is such a ham. I wonder where he gets that from?

Click on the picture below to see a slide show of pictures from the day. If you were there, it was great to see you! If you couldn’t make it, we missed you and hope to get to see you soon. There, that should cover it!

What I Did Over Christmas Vacation- by Alex Luckhaupt

Alex — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:22:56 +0000

Mommy and Daddy both took a whole week of vacation after Christmas to play with me, and I got to visit old friends and make some new ones! First, I saw my old buddy Tyler. He might be more than a year older than me, but he’s still not much bigger than me! Aren’t we cute in our jammies?

Then I got to see Ella. We met before, back when we were little, but we’ve both matured a lot since then. Like Charlie Brown, I think I have a thing for little red-headed girls! My daddy and Ella’s daddy, "Barney", were fraternity brothers together. I’m not sure what that means, but Mommy says that she never pictured the two of them swapping stories about their babies back when they were at Sigma Nu.

Finally, I got to meet Daddy’s friend Phil’s daughter, Isa. For once I wasn’t the youngest. Poor baby Isa, she doesn’t even know how to sit up yet, but I told her not to worry, she’ll get there soon enough!

Don’t tell Mommy & Daddy, but I was kind of glad they had to go back to work so we could stop driving around so much!

Friends and visitors

Daddy — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:17:37 +0000

Alex got a chance to make a new friend a couple of weekends ago, Daddy is just too slow with getting around to the pictures. This young fella with Alex is Tyler and he’s 17 months old. Alex is amazed at all of the cool stuff that he can do:

Like walk…

And dance.

And he can also feed himself and even do a little talking and sign language, but we don’t have any pictures of that. But if Alex has anything to say about…

Tyler won’t be bigger than him much longer!

Leaving Michigan

Daddy — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 01:28:46 +0000

Well, we had to leave Michigan this past week. Mommy’s new job has us moving back to our roots and closer to our families, but we are still sad to be leaving our friends in Michigan. We were lucky to meet so many great people during our time there, but we will do our best to keep in touch. Luckily we got to see many of them before we left. Here are some pictures:

There are many other friends that we will miss and who will be in our hearts, if not in our pictures. We hope that you all can keep in touch as we will do our best to keep in touch with you. Just remember, we’re only 4 hours to the south.

More pictures is the best we can do

Daddy — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:18:56 +0000

We’ve all be very busy around here lately. We are moving this week and will be at home just long enough to get our stuff in the house before we have to travel to Atlanta for the month of July. As you can imagine, things have been quite hectic and we haven’t had much time to attend to the blog. We have every intention of doing so once we get more settled, but until then, you’ll just have to settle for more pictures. As always, click the image to view a larger copy on your screen and mouse over the larger image to see the "PREV" or "NEXT" links to go through the slideshow.

Alex’s Busy Memorial Day Weekend

Mommy — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 02:35:00 +0000

Alex had a busy Memorial Day weekend. First, on Friday night, Mommy & Daddy took him to church for a barbeque/ game night. He was a big hit- especially with the ladies! Maybe, that’s because he’s a chick magnet…

(This outfit was a gift from Aunt Jill before he was born.)

On Saturday, Aunt Jill (Mommy’s sister) and Uncle Dennis arrived to meet their new nephew. They quickly fell in love! Mommy & Daddy wanted to show their guests the town of Ann Arbor too though, so Alex had his first (non-family) babysitter on Saturday night. Friday night when Benny (from church) offered to babysit sometime I bet she didn’t expect us to take her up on it so soon! Alex got to join the grown-ups for brunch on Sunday and a walk around the U of M campus.

By the end of the weekend, Alex was pooped!