Happy Birthday Alex!

I cannot believe Alex is 2 already. Time has flown by and he is learning so much everyday. We celebrated Alex's birthday by going shopping at Toys-R-Us (quite a trek for us) and we got a new slide which Alex loves. The first couple of times he went down, he wanted to hold our hand, but now he does it all on his own and loves it!!! Alex cheers and laughs every time he goes down and has gone down the slide over and over today. We also had cake which he ate a little of and didn't make nearly the mess he did last year. Haha! He is really trying to talk up a storm and is developing a really distinct personality. He is also starting to make connections between things he owns and things he sees on tv or hears someone talking about. What a smart boy. :) I have included a couple of pictures and a couple of videos below. The video of Alex blowing out the birthday candle is kind of long, but the video on the slide is short. I hope you enjoy them and hope to see all of you soon!

Alex with his birthday cake...

Alex going down the slide...

Here we go!!!

That was fun!
I am ready...
Ain't I cute?
I love cake...

Spring is almost here...

Well, it has been a busy couple of weeks in the Portteus household. Alex is learning new things everyday. He has been learning new words and has developed a new love of Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse cartoons. He even says "Oh Toodles" when we watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. HeHe! Alex is improving his basketball skills and has started building block cities. He has also figured out how to climb up onto his horse. We got to go and visit Granny and Papa Fowler and have some fun a couple of weeks ago and Grandma and Grandpa Portteus visited too! It was a fun and busy long weekend. We are also looking forward to going to see Sarah and the boys in Omaha very soon! Enjoy the pictures and I will post more soon.

Block City

Look at what I built!

Enjoying some warmer weather...

Cheese!

Hamming it up...