Taking Steps!

Alex started taking steps about a week ago and has been taking a few at a time for a couple of days now. (The most at once so far is nine!) We finally got some good video of several steps at once. Enjoy!

Library Boy

Alex loves the library! We go almost every weekend. One of his favorite things there (in addition to all of the books, of course) are the wooden bins, which are full of books and great for climbing.

Tug of War

Alex and Dave had lots of fun playing tug of war this weekend. It had Alex laughing quite hard, as you can hear in the video.

Is It a Ball? It's Kind of Heavy....

Alex had fun visiting with cousin Carolyn (on her birthday!), cousin A.J., and Auntie Laura. His introduction to watermelon was lots of fun.

Baby of the Month

Alex is the Baby of the Month for August in his classroom!

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.