Having a Ball

Horrible pun, I know, but it fits. A friend of mine gave us the great suggestion of getting ball pit balls for the baby pool. Since today was a nice day, we broke them out for the first time. Alex was a little uncertain at first, but ended up having a good time, as you can see.

Rub-a-dub-dub

Alex has a new tub. He continues to really like bath time and immediately took to the new blow-up bath in the big tub. He also really loves his rubber duckies!

Name That Tune

Alex has been banging out tunes all week on his new piano. We're expecting his first concerto any day now. : )

Family Weekend

Lots of family members were in town this weekend for a bridal shower, so Alex got to have lots of fun with grandma, aunts, and cousins! Here's Maria feeding him dinner, and Alex laughing and having lots of fun playing with Grandma.

Drumroll please...

No photos this time, but big news in Alex-land -- he's crawling! For a while now, he's been scooting around on his tummy and would get up on all fours and rock, but this weekend he had a breakthrough and can do the real thing. He's clearly having a blast being able to move himself all over the place.

He also got his first ear infection this weekend, but, understandably, we're all much less excited about that new development.

Beep, beep, beep, beep, yeah!

Dave has started giving Alex rides in the laundry basket, an activity that causes endless amounts of delight. I have not been able to snap a good photo, showing just how much Alex likes being driven around in the basket, but the first one is not bad and I love his serious face in the second picture.

Block Party

Now that he can both sit and grab really well, Alex loves playing with toys on the floor, and a huge favorite are these plastic blocks. We play with them pretty much every day. Thanks Aunt Mindy!