Alex has started to say some animal sounds...it is too cute!
In case you need a little interpretation of the video...the duck says "quack, quack" - he kinda turned away from the camera at the beginning, so I did a second duck at the end. The cow is apparently dying as it is more of a moan : ). The elephant does not make a sound - but he does a trunk motion for the elephant.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
More Walking...
Here's a video of Alex walking outside this morning...
(It is CRAZY hot here so we played outside from 6:15-7:15 to beat the heat and the poor kid was still sweating by the end)
(It is CRAZY hot here so we played outside from 6:15-7:15 to beat the heat and the poor kid was still sweating by the end)
Friday, July 23, 2010
And He's Off...
Well kinda.... On Wednesday, we had a play date with Alex's friend, Evan, who is walking all over the place. Apparently Evan inspired Alex because Alex started walking everywhere that afternoon. He was taking about 6-10 steps in a row and getting up in the middle of the room without holding on to anything. He still resorts to crawling most of the time as it is quick and easy, but we are seeing more and more walking. I will try and get a good video with Eric's help this weekend - but here is a little preview....
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
First Birthday Party
We had Alex's First Birthday Party on Saturday. Our friends came over for a pool party. Despite the forecast for 60% chance of rain and storms, we stayed dry and even had some sun.
We had a great time with all of our friends - thanks to all for helping us celebrate Alex's big day!
We played in the pool all afternoon....
Grilled out for dinner and then had cake..we had a "summer/pool" theme - so I made a fish cake....
After dinner the "big" kids entertained themselves by playing in the rocks....
And the little babies just cooed and smiled at each other.....
Jaime took some great pictures as well. You can view her post at www.alittlebitmoore.com (you will see a couple duplicates as I stole a few from her for my post ;). Thanks Jaime!
We had a great time with all of our friends - thanks to all for helping us celebrate Alex's big day!
We played in the pool all afternoon....
Grilled out for dinner and then had cake..we had a "summer/pool" theme - so I made a fish cake....
After dinner the "big" kids entertained themselves by playing in the rocks....
And the little babies just cooed and smiled at each other.....
Jaime took some great pictures as well. You can view her post at www.alittlebitmoore.com (you will see a couple duplicates as I stole a few from her for my post ;). Thanks Jaime!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
1 Year Old
Alex's 1 year doctor appointment got rescheduled for August 11, so I decided to still do a blog post about him at 1 year and will add his height and weight stats later.
Alex still loves vacuums and golf clubs, and has now added umbrellas to his list of obsessions.
He LOVES to wrestle on the floor with us. If you are laying on the ground you are fair game and he will come crawling full speed with his "auuuughhhh" war cry and climb and pull and is just such a boy.
He spends many hours putting things in and taking things out of drawers, baskets, etc. He is so happy on the deck moving blocks and rocks from his shopping cart to his wagon to the wheelbarrow, etc.
He just started waving "bye bye" this week, it isn't pretty, but it's a wave ;).
He has expanded the "more" sign to his universal sign for everything and often it is more of a clap and when he wants something he just claps at you. If he wants the vacuum turned on, some of our food, to go outside, etc. He just gestures at the object and then claps at us.
He is not walking yet. He will randomly let go of something and take 3-4 steps independently, but then may not do that again for a day or two.
I am stating that "nana"/banana is pretty much his first official word as he says it very consistently now. Everything else is pretty much "da" or "dat" almost like he is saying "that".
He is still a great eater - he pretty much dives in and eats with two hands shoveling it in as fast as he can. He loves fruit. Bananas are still his favorite. He likes noodles and spaghetti sauce and I can get lots of veggies mixed in there. He is getting more and more independent and wants to have the bowl or container I am feeding him from. Here is his sheer excitement when I let him hold the bowl..
Still has just the 4 teeth.
He is doing great in the pool. He will kick his legs when he is "swimming".
Alex still loves vacuums and golf clubs, and has now added umbrellas to his list of obsessions.
He LOVES to wrestle on the floor with us. If you are laying on the ground you are fair game and he will come crawling full speed with his "auuuughhhh" war cry and climb and pull and is just such a boy.
He spends many hours putting things in and taking things out of drawers, baskets, etc. He is so happy on the deck moving blocks and rocks from his shopping cart to his wagon to the wheelbarrow, etc.
He just started waving "bye bye" this week, it isn't pretty, but it's a wave ;).
He has expanded the "more" sign to his universal sign for everything and often it is more of a clap and when he wants something he just claps at you. If he wants the vacuum turned on, some of our food, to go outside, etc. He just gestures at the object and then claps at us.
He is not walking yet. He will randomly let go of something and take 3-4 steps independently, but then may not do that again for a day or two.
I am stating that "nana"/banana is pretty much his first official word as he says it very consistently now. Everything else is pretty much "da" or "dat" almost like he is saying "that".
He is still a great eater - he pretty much dives in and eats with two hands shoveling it in as fast as he can. He loves fruit. Bananas are still his favorite. He likes noodles and spaghetti sauce and I can get lots of veggies mixed in there. He is getting more and more independent and wants to have the bowl or container I am feeding him from. Here is his sheer excitement when I let him hold the bowl..
Still has just the 4 teeth.
He is doing great in the pool. He will kick his legs when he is "swimming".
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
A look back in pictures...
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