My baby is 24 today!  

Here is Alex celebrating with cake for the first time

and smiling at his 1-year photo shoot with Buddy.

His 2-year portrait

 and another chocolate cake a year later

I could post oodles of pictures (because Alex doesn't mind me being proud of him and including him in my life on my blog) but it's time to race off to quilting.

No doubt he and Aja will party tonight, so here's some easy advice for them to follow: