We continue to be super busy with Auntie's wedding quickly approaching. In the past 3 weeks we have spent 5 days in Sacramento preparing and showering Auntie with love. Axel had so much fun at Grandma's house. Surprisingly Axel fits right in with the shopping that occurs when we are at Grandma's. I think he learned from the first trip that we have to run a lot of errands so this past trip Axel made sure he got to do his own shopping.
Part of the trip included going to Ikea to get Axel a new bed. Axel didn't really like the doggy bed as much as he liked it the last time he was at Grandma's so Grandma graciously purchased a couch bed that he will be able to sleep on for years to come. Here is Axel enjoying himself at Ikea.
Here we are back at the house. Auntie and I finally assembled the new couch bed. Axel was soooo excited to be in a big boy bed at Grandma's house.
Grandma Susan and I spent the day before and morning of Auntie's shower letting our creative juices flow as we put together Auntie's shower food that was strictly "from the garden". Shannon wanted to give out succulents as party favors and have a garden theme to her shower.
What came out of her great idea was a bouquet of flowers made of peppers and mushrooms, another flower made of carrots and broccoli, little baguettes filled with carrots, peppers, cucumbers and dip. Our dip was placed in peppers. We served cucumber and strawberry water and the funny "masterpiece" that didn't turn out exactly how I wanted, was loved the most by our guests......our honeydew melon penguin.
It was a lot of fun to put together and the day appeared to be a success with everyone enjoying themselves.
The Sunday before the shower I decided to cut Axel's hair. I had been wanting to cut his hair for sometime, but didn't know when the best time would be. After much contemplation I decided to go for it and do it now. That way if it didn't turn out his hair would grow back a bit before the wedding and a hair salon could possibly "fix it". Luckily, Axel's hair turned out pretty good. I admired people who cut children's hair because it is very hard with their lack of patience and inability to sit still.
Daddy also got a hair cut. He had been growing his hair out to donate to Locks of Love. Since he missed his race that morning due to a moving violation at a stop sign (going 1 mile an hour just a mile from our house) we decided to make use of the time by chopping the mop off.
First I had to braid his hair.
Then I chopped each braid off. After chopping the braids off we then buzzed daddy's entire head to make it an even #2 throughout - except for the two or three "bald spots" where I cut a little too close to the scalp. Oops!
All in all both of my boys have received good reviews for their current look.
The weather has been either been unbelievably perfect, or miserably cold and windy. Many of the local trees and plants are confused. Our Magnolia is one of them!
Although she no longer looks like this it was great to enjoy her beauty while it lasted.
Over the past few weeks Axel continues to amaze us in his growth and development. He appears to be gaining weight and height by the day. He is still a long way off from the norms, but we are just so excited to see him growing. Consuming dairy has really made a huge difference for him.
He continues to be quite the charmer and funny man. I will leave you with a cute, short video of him saying good morning to daddy!
