Walking on the Beach

Today we went for a morning walk on the beach and it was the first time we let Alex walk on the sand himself. Up until now we had pushed him in the jogging stroller or I had carried him in the Ergo carrier. Alex delighted in chasing the birds and making his own trails. He did manage to let us capture a few sweet pictures with us though.

 

 

 

 

March 2009

I started back to work this month and Alex is home with me alone on Tues and Thurs. On this particular day, the 17th, Alex was playing with some toys near my feet and later went to sit in the rocking chair to watch some cartoon. He got pretty quiet and when I looked up, this is what I found!

 

 

The poor kid fell asleep climbing down from the chair. It totally cracked me up. He slept there for a half hour, which completely ruined his afternoon nap, but it was so cute and unexpected.

On the 20th we took the kiddos to play putt-putt. We were so not surprised that Alex cared nothing about the game we were there to play. Instead he went down his own paths, usually the ones that led to ground level, non-fenced pools of water, completely freaking me out. But it was a good time overall.

 

Finally - this shot just sums up everything Alex. I found him at the end of the month sitting on the train table playing with Thomas. That's just how he does things. He climbs, he finds, he conquers and destroys.

 

February 2009

 

So February rolled around and left us all sort of winded from its whirl. On the 17th our little Bear learned to smack his Daddy and say "no no no no nooo" when he didn't want Daddy to tell him "no." He has such a temper.

 

 

On the 21st we met Grandpa Joe and Grandma Jan in St. Augustine for Grandma's birthday and spent the morning at the old fort and walking along the seawall before having a nice lunch at a yummy restaurant. Later that same day Alex developed croup, thanks to his big brother who had it only days before. It was a long couple of days.

 

In other developments Alex is learning to pull chairs and stools around so that he can climb and get to things he's not supposed to get. Fun times.

January 2009

We celebrated the first day of the new year in style by heading to the playground with our friends the Kengs. Alex had a blast on the slides and generally just running in every direction except the one we wanted him to go in.

 

 

Later in the month we attended the Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus and Alex shocked us by sleeping through the human cannon ball. The kid literally just started sleeping through the night in December, waking up when a pin dropped, yet he slept through a cannon. That nap was the only nap he took that day.

 

In other developments he learned to sign the word "Milk" this month - his most favorite beverage.

Things Alex Said This Month

December 12th - Alex says "Two" after Grandma Jan says "One" (he so smart!)

December 17th - Alex says "Bah-oon" for Balloon.

December 18th - Alex says "Nah-Nah" and meant me, Mama!

December 19th - Alex says "Santa!"

Alex Meets Santa

In retrospect, a huge stranger in a bright red suit is perhaps not the greatest idea for a one year old. Alex only sat long enough for me to record this moment of relative child abuse. :)

 

 

Alex eats a grilled cheese

Today Alex tried his first grilled cheese sandwich (cut in to small bites) on a fork - also a first for him too. Here's a little video of how cute he was!

From December 2008