Happy Birthday Alex!

I can’t believe Alex is already one year old. By looking at him it’s hard to believe he is only one year old! On his one year doctor’s visit he was 29lbs 3 1/3 ounces, 32 inches tall. He is now tall enough to reach items near the edge of the kitchen counter. He is getting too big for his 18 month cloths. Everything we buy is 24 month or larger. He is in the to 5% for height and weight. The doctor says he is healthy and doing fine. He has all his front teeth, his front mollers top and bottom plus his eye teeth. He is eating all the same food we eat now. He hasn’t wanted anything to do with mushy baby food for months. He started walking at 10 months.. at one years he is starting to run short distances when playing. He is a very happy boy. I can’t wait to see what he will learn today. Every day brings something new. A few days ago he learned to clap, today he seems interested in stacking blocks. There is a lot more I want to write today before I forget.. but I’ll save that for later posts.

He wants to walk.

Alex has been spending most of his time playing in a standing position.  He loves to walk his way around the couches.  He is finally starting to let go for a few seconds.. sometime trying to cross a long gap to reach me.. He can stand for almost 10 seconds when he is careful. I think he may be walking by the time he is 10 months.. we shall see.

Alex is really starting to move

Alex is finally got the hang of rolling over. Now he is working on trying to crawl. So far it involves pushing with his feet with his face against the floor.

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He rolled over!

Ok.. this may not be the first time he rolled over.. but this time I know he did not have help.. I put him down on the floor on his tummy.. he rolled onto his back right away.. then Allison and I spent about 10 minutes using toys just out of reach to encourage him to roll over on to his tummy! cool! [thumb:81:l] pic test

First Smile

Baby responding to attempts to make him smile!