What We've Been Up To...

Here are some pictures of what we have been doing recently. They are not really in order but I thought they'd still be fun to share.

Dixon and Dash are still best buddies.

Dash is crawling and getting into everything. He army crawls on his belly just like Dixon did! In this picture he is dragging his elephant lovey all over with him.

Dash thinks he is pretty cool when he gets to sit in the cart next to Dixon.

I decided I was only going to give Dash his binki at night and naps. I learned my lesson when he started sucking his thumb!

Fun at Grandma Penny's house.

Scott and I went to Vegas with no kids! Grandma Penny and Aunt Kara watched them for us. Grandma took some great pictures.

I don't know how our kids got these beautiful eyes!

Dixon is going through a naked phase. This picture was the result of Grandma Penny trying to reason with him. Sadly, that is much better than I have managed to do with him.

Cousin Michael's birthday party!

At the park. Dash is a good sport about spending most of his time sitting on the sidelines.

Dixon turned 3!!!!!!! We gave him a Jeep Power Wheel for his birthday. I told him he had to eat breakfast before he could drive it outside. So here he is eating breakfast.

Cousin Conn and Dixon hanging out on the train bed.

Daddy got Dixon a Thomas train cake. He was pretty excited!

Easter fun.

I swear this kid never stops smiling!!!

Dixon has a new favorite hiding spot. Too bad he has to empty the shelves onto the floor to fit!

This is Dixon with Anthony Dixon. Yep, he got to meet his namesake! Anthony, Lizzie, and William Dixon came from England for a visit. Dixon kept telling everyone he had 2 mommies. So, to dispell rumors, we are not polygamists!

Again, all smiles. And, yes, I am well aware of how skinny he is.

This is William and Dixon. It was so much fun having William come to play. Dixon is still asking about him!

Dixon got a new bed. Scott and I think Thomas is creepy and ugly. We were outvoted by a two-year-old.

Fun

Scott had knee surgery after suffering 7 different injuries, including a torn ACL and a cracked bone. He was at Dixon's mercy.

Dixon put his snakes down for a nap and read them his 3 snake books.

I walked by and decided I had to take some pictures.

Dash started on solids and handled it like a champ. Hardly any mess and ate every drop of his rice cereal.

Notice the darts on the foreheads. Poor Dashie is at Dixon's mercy.

Holiday MEGAPOST

Well, we survived the holidays! We even got through a bout of strep! We took video footage on Christmas day so we don't have any pictures of the actual day. But we have some others from Christmasey stuff. Here they are:

Dash has decided that not just anyone can hold him. Fortunately, he loves Grandma Joy.

I'm sure someone thought it was a great idea to set up a play-doh table for kids waiting to see Santa. For most kids it probably was. Dixon, however, was supremely annoyed at having to take a break from the play-doh to see Santa. At first when I suggested it, he ran up to Santa and screamed, "Toys!" before running back to the play-doh. I just pretended he belonged to someone else.

We woke Dash up from his nap to see Santa. He was a little spaced but still an angel.

The Christmas aftermath. Dixon is checking to make sure Dash is OK.

What to play with first???

Best buddies. These pictures are not staged.

Notice Dixon has his stuffed snake with him. Actually, it belongs to his cousin Bryton. Grandma Joy gave him one but he decided he liked Bryton's better. He didn't let go of it for about a week. So his favorite Christmas gift? a borrowed stuffed snake.

He let me take his picture!!!!!

He he he. Yup, it's exactly what it looks like. Scott was trying to film Dixon's reaction to the stuffed snake present when the snake tried to bite him where it counts!

Grandma and Grandpa Alldredge's house.

Dash loves Scott the most. I guess he has one flaw after all. Seriously though, Scott got me some really great suprises this year (like always). He got me lots of clothes and a Kindle. I gave him... nothing.

I had to bake a ton of cookies. Dash was my little helper. He sat in his Bumbo and played for hours while I baked.

Every time I looked up at him he gave me a huge smile.

Never to young for morning cartoons. Dixon wants to hold Dash every morning. Since I'm not exactly a morning person, I give little objection.

I have to keep these pictures in case these two ever decide they don't like each other. Right now they love each other like crazy.

We took Dixon to Chuck E. Cheese's. He didn't waste any time before he tried to pick up on chicks. His church girlfriend would not be happy about this!

Smooth.

This is how germs are spread. And this is why you never tell your kid you're getting ready to leave when they are in the top of the play tubes.

Dixon insisted Dash ride with him. Then he was annoyed I was touching Dash. Dash was wondering how he got stuck with such a crazy family.

Dixon figured out the cars drive on their own. He didn't think it was so fun to face the back of the car when he was in his first carseat!

Scott trying to explain why he can't take the squirt gun off and go nuts all over the building.

Dash and Daxton

I finally got to meet my brother Phillip's baby Daxton! He was born about 3 weeks after Dash. He is too cute. I am so excited I got to see him in person. I hope Daxton and Dash are buddies growing up. Here are some pictures of them together. Feel free to giggle at the size difference. We did!

Daxton on the left and Dash on the right. Look at the difference in the size of their legs!

Tiffany (Daxton's mom) holding both babies.

Again, the legs crack me up.

There you have it. p.s. It was good to see you too Tiffany!!

Dash's Blessing

Scott blessed Dash yesterday. It was amazing. Dash looked up at Scott the whole time. He's still such an angel. I've never known such a content human.

Check out the chicken legs!

I hope I age half as well as my mom. BTW many thanks to my mom for making food for everyone.

This is the face Dixon pulls when he sees a camera.

Almost caught him. He's like a leprechaun. If you blink, he disappears.