Walk in st. Paul

Stacking and Talking

Alex, with the walking now mastered, has moved onto other fun stuff!

Yesterday while playing with Daddy he stacked four little wooden blocks one on top of another. He's also got lots of words now, including:

- Agua
- Mama, Dada
- Patos (Zapatos)
- eeyougo (Here you Go)
- bye, bye
- truck (with vigorous pointing)
- duck
- cracker
- "mas" (more of a hand signal)

Locomoting!

Alex has been busy working on walking, and now in a matter of a couple of weeks, can manuever with speed. One day he worked on walking and turning - into the kitchen from the hallway was a favorite - and the next day, walking and getting started without having to hold onto something for support.

Walking!

A few days after his first birthday, Alex took his first 3 unassisted steps - and spent the rest of the day walking between Grandpa & Grandma Himan and Uncle Sly Dog - lurching into their arms SO excited.

Shoes!

One of your favorite things for months has been to crawl over to the closet with the shoes, and pull shoes in and out of the mesh drawers.

Today you took one of Ben's sandals, looked at it, and were very clearly trying to put it on your feet. I took some baby sandals that are still too big for you, and put them on, and walked you around by the hands around the living room. You giggled and giggled and were so pleased!

For the past few weeks all you have wanted to do is practice walking around, holding mommy or daddy's two hands (or other friends who come over, you just grab them and lead them where you want to go).

Stairs!

Alex has been interested in climbing up on Ben's stool for a couple of weeks. A couple of days ago, with Ben and I upstairs (without him!) Alex decided to take matters into his own hands. I heard a bit of rumpus downstairs and Alex had made it up a couple of stairs - and then promptly fell down. Today he climbed the entire flight of stairs, by himself, twice!

Heading toward walking

Alex (now 9 1/2 months) is REALLY interested in being up on his feet. We just got back from Minnesota and he wanted to spend most of the airport time being up on two feet, and "walking" around holding onto our hands. Today Daddy got him pushing Ben inside the red wagon, all the way down the hallway, and out onto the patio. So proud!

Alex is also waving "bye bye" a lot, and is really interested in books. Sleeping has been troublesome lately, though. He's waking up multiple times at night, and often won't go back to sleep without a fight. We just moved him into Ben's room (which Ben is super excited about) but we parents are exhausted. Hopefully there is a next chapter on the sleep front...