I have been so bad

Things have been crazy busy and I have completely forgotten to update this blog. I don't think I can nicely write everything out - perhaps a list of happenings to tide you over, dear reader:



-Alex is 17 months old now and still a stocky booger

-Some of Alex's tricks and mannerisms:

- Full-fledged running - oh no!

- Obsessed with cars and shoes. He was actually mumbling in his sleep the other night about cars - and it's the very first thing he says when he wakes up. He has a little 4-wheeler that he is also obsessed with (it's a car) - he will actually "inspect" it before riding it and has the funniest serious face while he's "driving." So cute!

- He has four teeth - right and left on the top and bottom. I think he's working on more, though, because there has been a LOT of drooling and chewing lately.

- Alex also LOVES to be outside. Immediately after dinner there is a fit if there is not "outsi" time. It's really very cute - he grabs the doorknob on the door and says "outsi" over and over again until you take him. We have been walking down the street to our friend Jake's house three houses down. Adorable little boy about 6 weeks younger than Alex. Alex even knows which driveway to walk up and will walk up the driveway without us if we don't follow - intent on seeing Jake. He even sat on their front stoop for five minutes refusing to leave once - they weren't home :(

- He's also gotten very independent lately and is really testing boundaries. I insist on him holding my hand when we walk down the street. He insists on jerking his hand away constantly and screaming at me until he just gives up. He doesn't understand that I'm more stubborn than him ;) It's also really cute that he'll ask to be put into his crib at night when I'm cuddling him. I'll hold him a little bit with the light off and after a few minutes he reaches for his crib and rolls over onto his belly to go to sleep as soon as I put him down.

I'll add more later. There is just never enough time in the day! Yikes! And pictures soon I promise. He's just rarely still enough for non-blurry pictures.....

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