Dylan Isaac Hopper is born! (6-30-2010)

I'm not even gonna attempt any excuses for my year-long hiatus from the blog but perhaps 2010 just wasn't a blogging year for me. Let's try again this year!

Starting with the most exciting event in our lives last year... the arrival of Dylan Isaac Hopper on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 1:06 pm. He weighed 7 lbs 2 oz and was 19.5 inches long - and he is, simply put, amazing. Big brother Alexander just adores him and we can't believe Dylan is already 6 months old! Here's Dylan at less than 1 hour old...

Happy 2nd birthday!

Our baby boy turned 2 today! Yesterday he had a party with 9 of his friends (all girls!), and we made mini pizzas and ate cupcakes and had a blast! Oh, and there was some fun time playing in Harvey's crate too. (?) Today he got a new bike - so much fun!

preschool holiday program

Alexander's preschool had a holiday program a few weeks ago. This is "Jingle Bells" - not a lot of singing going on, but it's pretty entertaining still. (He's the one kind of in the middle, with a red sweater and green scarf - and halfway through the song, he starts saying "mommy" and tries to stand up!)

First time meeting Santa!

We were in New York last weekend and saw Santa at Macy's on 34th Street! Alexander was understandably a little nervous about sitting on Santa's lap by himself, so we opted for the family photo instead.

Happy Halloween!

Halloweenies 2009

Alexander invited his girlfriends, Charlotte, Immi, and Zia, over for a pre-Halloween party. We tried to get the kids to post for some costume pics, but it's not easy to get 4 busy toddlers to cooperate! Alexander had to have a costume change early on - from disco dancer to cowboy. It was a fun afternoon!

firetrucks and dog crates

We stopped by a fire station a few blocks from our house and the fireman on duty let Alexander climb around in the truck - he was SO excited. Then later, he was equally if not more excited to play inside Harvey's smelly crate. Go figure.