Alex February 13th, 2008
Mommy and Daddy decided that it was time for me to start doing some chores around the house. So I helped Mommy with the dishes after dinner tonight.
Mommy says I was big help!
I have to go. I need to vacuum my bedroom now!
Daddy January 28th, 2007
Whenever you are down and you need a pick me up, just do what Alex does and dance, Dance, DANCE!
Alex loves to stand now. He gets quite upset at times when we won’t help him get up. We keep telling him that he needs to learn to crawl before he can walk. He tells us not to waste our time with such old, tired clichés. He’s not even talking yet and already he’s smarting off to his parents. Usually when he gets up into the standing position, he looks a lot like Elvis, or at least a young Forrest Gump teaching Elvis how to dance.
He’s also trying to walk a lot now. He’s working his way around furniture slowly, and invariably the second you take your hand out of catching mode, he falls to the ground. But if he isn’t willing to crawl first, then he’s going to have to take his lumps going the hard way.
One other note about the video, you’ll notice that Alex’s ultra-hip mom is already teaching the young lad some classic 70s disco tunes. It won’t be long before he’s wearing white leisure suits and strutting down the street like John Travolta.
Daddy November 10th, 2006
As the days go by, it’s surprising how quickly Alex is growing and learning. Everyday it seems he has new and exciting experiences that make his mommy and daddy smile from ear to ear. His favorite thing to do is still sitting around and playing with Mommy and Daddy, but he’s also picking up some other new tricks. In this picture, he’s reading a magazine with Mommy.
But mouths aren’t just for eating. Mouths also come in very handy when a kid wants to make lots of noise. Alex is starting to verbalize a lot more and he makes a variety of sounds. His current favorite sounds are "mumuma," "phblttt," and "hey!" What’s funny is that he usually says "hey" right when someone new walks into the room. He’s a very cordial little boy. But mouths aren’t just for talking either. As this picture shows, Alex learned one day that if he held a toy in his mouth, it freed up his hands to do other things. Genius!
Daddy October 10th, 2006
Alex turned 5 months old today. I’m sure most parents would agree with me that the time just seems to fly by when you’ve got a baby to keep you busy. It’s hard to believe that so much time has gone by so quickly.
He continues to grow and learn new tricks everyday. Lately he’s taken a new fondness to screaming for no apparent reason. It’s not a sad or an angry scream. It’s just screaming for the sake of screaming. If he weren’t so cute while he was doing it, it would probably drive us bonkers. But we tolerate it, and Mommy is determined to teach him how to use his indoor voice. We’ll see how that goes.
He’s also started rolling all over the room, which can be rough some times because we don’t have a lot of carpet. It’s becoming a frequent occurrence for him to roll off the rug in the family room and bump his head on the imitation hardwood floor. Surprisingly, imitation hardwood still hurts like real hardwood when you bump your head on it. Nobody said growing up was going to be easy.
It’s been a great experience for all of us, and we look forward to what we’re going to learn and do each and every day.
