Alek's Baptism!

We were so excited to celebrate Alek's baptism on August 2 up in Pennsylvania! It was held at my Grandparents' church, St Timothy's in Roxborough, PA. We had a relatively uneventful trip North, and Nana Gaye and Uncle B were waiting at the airport for us, ready to start our non-stop weekend of play and food! It was great to see Grandpa Joe and Grandma Linda again and of course Aunt Kate after such a fun visit with her in July. Aunt Danielle and Uncle B were prepared for their young guest and had loads of games (and patience!). Nana Gaye had everything we could possibly need (and more!) to help with our travel load, Pop pop Dennis gave Alek his first "KWAAHH" (don't ask), and after what we hear was a late night of hammering and assembly, Alek had a very cool and very fun Cozy Coupe to drive down Nana Gaye's front yard hill, courtesy of Aunt Valerie, and Nana and Pop pop Parker. There were parks with castles and loads of steps ('up steps' and 'down steps', and 'up steps' and 'down steps'....), french fries with "chek-up" (we're still reversing our syllables), and although the walls of torrential rainfall on the morning of Alek's baptism were um, memorable (!), the day was full of love and laughter, and only could have been better had Nana B, Uncle Paul and all of Alan's family from Newfoundland and Vancouver been there.

Now we are back in our routine (thank you!) and enjoying now 5 mornings a week in pre-school. Cassandra is still watching him in the afternoons on Tues/Thurs so I am able to truly start catching up at work before she leaves again end August for school in Maine (we'll MISS YOU!!).

Alek is becoming more loving and open every day. He is NON-STOP chatter, still repeating everything and starting to have semi-full conversations with us about school and his day's activities. Potty training is moving in the right direction, as he just started telling us when he needs to "try potty" without us asking first...we are grateful for EVERY small step.

And so, new pictures of our superstar are posted here. If you haven't received the links to the entire album collection and can stand the overwhelming contributions from all his adoring fans, just let me know and I'll be happy to send them!