Coco and More :)

I feel I have not been remembering to share sweet and cute things that the boys do! I have to remind myself that these is a journal and I cannot be expected to remember these things in 20 years!! :)

Alden
On your second birthday, you amaze us every day. Your sweet demeanor and giggly laugh is so wonderful, and we love it when you pipe up and say "I Happy, Mommy!!" in the middle of the most random activities, or just while sitting in your high chair eating lunch. Books and Music are your favorite activities by far - you would sit and listen to music or read a book for hours on end if you could. Of course, you loving playing with your trucks and trains too! You are cautious about new things (just like your Mama) but are always happy when we have something new and fun to do!

Currently, we are working on our counting; and the boys can both count to 20. However, Alden likes to throw the number "Coco" in there. Here's an example of how we practice our counting:

Mommy - "alright, can you count to ten, Alden?"

Alden - "one, two, free, four, five six, seben, eight, nine, ten, coco, eight, nine, ten, coco, eight, nine, ten!"

So funny, - as soon as I say eleven, he continues on with twelve, firteen, fourteen, etc all the way to twenty, but he loves that number Coco!

Carson

Your joyous attitude and never-ending smile make all of our activities much more fun! Your dedication and concentration is impressive; and to see you put all of your cars, trucks and trains in order is so fun. You're a type-A little man in the making! (shocker, coming from you parents!!!). You like order (we do call you Officer Carson from time to time) but are also very happy to try anything new and you have NO fear!!! (Just like your Daddy!)  You LOVE to talk and are our narrator of each and every day. Choo Choo Trains are you FAVORITE thing right now, by FAR - especially Thomas!!

Just recently, Carson has started replacing his letter Ts with the letter F. It's pretty cute when he says Choo-Choo Frain, or Fractor. However, Trucks are a whole other story....... It's a little embarrassing when he talks about trucks in public. I work with him and say T--T--Tractor, right? and He says T--T--Fractor! It's so cute!

For the Fourth of July weekend, we flew to Cleveland for cousin Jordan's wedding! It was a blast. Below are pictures from the trip.

We begun the trip with our first stop from the airport - Corky's and Lenny's - Pops and Daddy's favorite deli in the Cleveland!

Alden and Carson got to try their first REAL deli experience with Corned Beef and Pickles

We stayed with Doug and Holly's family and had a blast!

Carson and Uncle Doug playing with the matchbox cars racetrack!

  On Saturday am, we headed to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. They were having a great toddler exhibit on building and Alden and Carson loved it!

Alden playing with the ball at the aerodynamics exhibit at the museum.

Our family on the bear statue as a part of the outdoors exhibit at the museum

 After the museum, we HAD to visit the pizza restaurant that Pops has been visiting since he was a little boy. Geracis's has been featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives on the Food Network.

Enjoying the best pizza at Geraci's

 After a nice long nap, we dressed up and headed to the Fourth of July-themed Rehearsal Dinner.

Uncle Leon with Mommy and the boys

 On Sunday morning, we celebrated Amanda Bruell's birthday (and Alden and Carson's too - a day early).

Carson and Alden got this great book with stickers from Abby, Amanda and Josh and had a blast!

 On Sunday night, Doug and Holly agreed to watch the boys so we could head to the formal wedding.

All dressed up for the wedding!!! - this doesn't happen much :)

 On Monday, July 4th, we headed home. After a 4 hour layover in Atlanta, we finally got back home and had a birthday party just with the grandparents at Mimi and Papa's house.

Carson and Alden on their 2nd birthday

More pictures to come soon of their birthday party!