A 14 year old???

Alex celebrated another milestone back before Christmas . . . he turned 14!!!

It just doesn't seem like 14 years have passed since I birthed that big ol' baby, but I guess it has!!

Here are some things you should know about Alex . . .

* This was the year he grew taller than me . . . I'm 5'8" and he's a bit taller now!

* He also caught up to me in the weight department . . . 120 lbs!!! HA!!!

* He gave up his lifelong dream of being a professional football player after one year of playing middle school football and this year, chose the less-traveled path of tennis!! He did quite well for having never played before. We spent a bit of time at the tennis courts and learned some things and had some fun!

* He's still holding on to his dream of being a professional basketball player. I do encourage him regularly to at least give a Plan B some thought . . . you know . . . just in case!! He has yet to do that!!! :)

* The boy can eat his body weight in Snickers and Dr. Pepper!

* He started to stink this year!! Well, maybe it was last year, but still . . .

* When Alex is home, there's ALWAYS a game of something going on . . . basketball on the driveway, football in the backyard, soccer in the house. The boys is always moving and usually dragging his brothers along for the fun.

We went to eat for his birthday at Spring Creek and here's the little ray of sunshine himself . . . doesn't he look so happy it's his birthday???!!

Yes, this would be ipod #2 and the last one that will be purchased with my money!! Emily and I gave up one-and-a-half hours of our lives on Black Friday for that and that is not something I will do again!!!

When I asked Landry what we should get Alex for his birthday, he immediately said "deodorant!" (See above!!) So, deodorant is what we got!!

Emily got he and Reagan tickets to watch 2 basketball games at the American Airlines Center . . . both Baylor and A&M were playing that day, though not playing each other. Fun time for the boys!!

Basketball cookie cake

Landry wasn't feeling so good this night . . . poor guy!!

After much begging, pleading, and threatening, the birthday boy finally

put a semi-normal (?) look on his face and took a picture with his Momma!!

Happy Birthday Alex!!