Sitting in the Big Chair

Alex loves adult chairs! He really likes sitting in big chairs. Sometimes he stands and explores, sometimes he just hangs out in the chair, feeling like a big guy. Last week at school, I found his teacher patiently rocking him in the glider when I arrived to pick him up, and he was so happy to be there. Here he is in a chair at home. (He's working on some new teeth, so it's pretty hard to get a picture of him these days without his hands in his mouth.)

Gallery Opening

Alex brought home a drawing from school on Friday, which inspired us to find a solution for putting up his projects since magnets don't stick on a stainless steel fridge. We found something even more fun than we had imagined when we were out shopping, so we now have an art gallery above Alex's play space. Here's the artist showing off the first piece of the collection.

Freebird!!

Alex attended his first concert yesterday at The Raven street fair. We're all big fans of The Thomas Pace Band!

Climbing Everywhere

Alex loves to climb. He's already mastered (and loves) going up the stairs. He tries to climb on coffee tables and the couch. Today he discovered that there was enough give in the side of his pack and play that he could start to scale the sides of that (both to go in and to get out). And he recently started climbing into the cabinets that we have babyproofed and left open for him to explore (only when supervised, of course).

I think we are in big trouble since he can already do all of this!

Visit from Grandma!

We had a great visit with Grandma D. this weekend. Lots of playing, stories, and swinging, plus a trip to the Zoo! Come back and visit anytime!

Double digits!

Happy 10 months, Alex!

Park Exploration

Alex has been lucky enough to experience three new parks in the last eight days. Here's the photographic tour.

His first time down a slide! Daddy and Auntie Laura made it easy.

His first time down a slide from the top courtesy of Uncle Mark.

Spinning round and round!

Swinging at the park in Mommy's home town.

Alex tries out a sandbox for the first time at a new park near home. He wanted to crawl around, but every time he put his hands in the sand, he changed his mind. I'm sure that reticence won't last long.