Where did Daddy's ring go?

So we went to Somerset this past weekend for a quick trip to visit with Mom and Jim/Granny and Poppy. On Saturday night, Alex found Tim's wedding ring thought it was fun to put it on his finger. We quickly took it away from him and put it back on the nightstand, as we rushed out the door to dinner. Putting it back on the nightstand, right where Alex remembered it being, was our first mistake. Apparently at some point later in the night, he went back into the bedroom and took Tim's ring and hid it, without any of us realizing this! Fast forward to Sunday morning, we were packing up to leave and Tim couldn't find his ring. We looked EVERYWHERE. There was even a heating vent below the nightstand and we took it apart and looked in there. Jim went to the basement and tapped on the duct work to see if he could hear it bouncing in there - but nothing. After an exhaustive search, we decided it had to be there somewhere and it would turn eventually, so we left. Without the ring. I was annoyed... We got about a mile down the road and mom called. They had found the ring!!! Alex had stuck it in the cardboard part of the toilet paper roll and Jim heard it hit the floor as soon as he went to get toilet paper to blow his nose! Alex is so sneaky, but we couldn't be mad at him... He remembered where he put it after we told him where we found it, of course...

Evan's Two Year Checkup/Update

Evan had his two year check up and he loves going to the doctor. He didn't have to get any shots and doesn't have to go again until he is three! Alex went with us, just for fun and he kept asking if he had to get a shot and I told him - only if he was bad. Evan did have to get a finger prick to test his lead levels (because of our old house) but they were normal. She continued to be impressed by his vocabulary and sentence formation,. I am pretty sure that she couldn't really understand him all the time, since he speaks his own language, but I think he is doing pretty good! This was the first time that he had to stand on the scale and stand at the measuring contraption vs. laying down to be measured, so the measurement actually suggested he hadn't grown much, but the doctor thinks it was just wrong last time. So he weighed 28.8lbs and was 35 inches tall.

In other news, Evan continues to sleep in his new big boy bed and is doing great. He has even been telling us when he wants to go to bed. A few times last weekend, he just wanted to go lay down in his bed for the heck of it. This kid loves to sleep! I am so happy that the transition went so well. Next up - removal of the binky and potty training! He is slowly becoming a big boy...