Alexander - 5 months

• We celebrated your 5 month birthday while in San Antonio surrounded by all your family. Your Nana and Papa were over the moon delighted to see you again and see how much you have grown in just a few short months!

 Meeting your Aunt Susie and her new puppy Gigi

 Smiles for Aunt Kim, your Godmother

• Your Papa Kent had so much fun hanging out with you! We knew you loved music and so we were all excited to let you play piano. As many of you know, our family is a family of musicians so it was fun to see you enjoying yourself so much!

 Pretty sure that I would have gotten in SO MUCH trouble for putting my feet on the piano! Grandkids get away with everything!

 It melts my heart to see you with your Papa Kent.

 Early morning voting...carefully deliberating your selection for San Antonio's public offices

• Papa Kent wasn't the only one smitten with you this month. We went to see Oma and Opa almost every day while we were in San Antonio. It was so fun to watch them play with you. Luckily having a baby leverages us some extra of Opa's famous sourdough biscuits!
  
• Your dad spent his first time away from you this month. You and I stayed in San Antonio for a few extra days while he went to a work training in Dallas. In all the years I've known him he has traveled A LOT and left me behind quite a bit and I have NEVER seen him that upset to leave as he was to leave you. When we reunited the joy between the both of you was plain to see.
  
• We took a trip up to Denton to introduce you to our friends up there. I sat at the lake by our house in the warm sun with you and told you about how I used to run around the lake and up and down the hills of our neighborhood. Then we drove past our old house. The house that you only experienced from inside me. It was pretty emotional for me in part because looking back I realized it was an idyllic time in our life...happy and simple. Not that life isn't happy now, it's changed for the better, but I'd be lying if I said raising you in another country isn't hard some days.
  
• When I thought about going back to Denton there was really only one place that came to mind as a "must visit"...Mulberry Street Cantina. Son, they have tequila on tap so you should probably stay away from said establishment for at least 20.5 years! Anyway, it was the perfect place to meet up with our Denton friends...well, other than the fact that we totally had a baby in a bar. We're either the worst parents ever, or the coolest. Or maybe simultaneously both. It was so great to introduce you to all these people that have supported us while we lived in Denton.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• We wrapped up your 5th month back in cloudy Norge. We are now down to a few hours of sunlight each day. It's very surreal but also strangely beautiful. This photo was taken at NOON!
  

Alexander, another month has passed and sometimes I think I can see you growing and changing just from morning to night. In your short little life you have now joined us in traveling the world. You're not the biggest fan of airplanes (really...who is!?) but I love sharing our adventures with you! You are such a sweet little boy and you always put a smile on our faces.