Growing up so fast

I realized yesterday how big my little guy is getting. He is no longer doing 3 word sentences. He is speaking coherently and will say things such as, "Let's go sailing on the boat Daddy" "Let's go to the park", "I am having fun" or my favorite "This is so funny" Then last night, I was singing him to sleep, and he kept wanting to change the songs up. I would start singing him a song, and he would say to me "No Mommy not that one" I would ask him which one and he would tell me the name and then start singing it to me. It was the cutest thing. It kind of made me realize that I was not very good at keeping track of all the things that he did in his baby book. I kind of stopped after a year. Now that we are coming up on his 2nd bday I hope that I caught enough of him on video and in pictures to remember these wonderful moments that I take for granted daily!!!

Remembering my Dad

For Memorial day we went to see my Dad at the cemetery. We haven't really brought Alden before because we weren't sure how he would handle it. We took him this time, and it ended up bringing serious tears to my eyes. Not everyone might understand the pictures or even why I took them, it means a lot to me, especially since this is the closest Alden will ever get to my Dad.
When we got there, I walked Alden up to his spot, and he just grabbed onto his headstone and wouldn't let go. For me it was almost like he was hugging my dad and he could sense him there or something. Silly I know. When we told him it was time to go he DID NOT want to leave. He cried and said no bye-bye. It's just too bad my dad didn't stay around long enough to spend time with his amazing grandson.