hairstyle
the grandparents finally got his hair to cooperate for a picture.
musical instrumets
I completely forgot to post this last week, but when we visited Arizona, we stopped by the Musical Instrument Museum. From Alexander's point of view the best part was the area where you could get hands-on with some of the instruments. Here he shows true aptitude for the xylophone-style of instrument.
The photo I wish I had was the image of him playing the theramin. I think he may have broken new ground in usability as he exhibited a new technique using his feet. With some practice I'm sure he could really change the face of theramin playing.
mangia!
at 9 months and a week, Alexander has stepped up his eating. threatening to eat us out of house and home about 15 years too early! I thought I'd take a pic of the refrigerator the night before he eats.
the first image is of his servings ready to go and his sippy cup with formula. not shown is the water he loves to drink out of the glass.
the second image is the foods we've prepared (home cooked, steamed and chopped!) in large amounts awaiting repackaging in Alexander-sized servings.
for tomorrow Alexander will be eating: pears and apples, apricots and prune, oatmeal, Greek yogurt, flax seed, squash, sweet corn, sweet potato, broccoli, carrot, lentils, pinto beans, cottage cheese, tofu and formula.
phew. no wonder we're tired after getting everything ready.
pool
the boy loves the pool.
let's go!
ah, relief.
we're going through another round of teething and Alexander is finding relief in the soothing cold of the teething ring.
cookie monster
the concentration is epic.
Sunday Brunch
Alexander's eating his first child's plate while having Sunday Brunch with Uncle James, mommy, and daddy at Cheesecake Factory! He's very well-behaved enjoying his banana.
cant stop me
not content with the landing. Alexander eyes the rest!
up, up and away
today Alexander crawled up the stairs all by himself. now we just have to work in the coming down by himself - on purpose anyway.
caught!
While celebrating Grandma & Grandpa's surprise 40th wedding anniversary getaway to Santa Barbara wine country, Mommy caught Alexander horsing around in the Chinook! We think Alexander loves the Chinook as much as Mommy!
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alexander started making some new sounds this week (and since i took these videos he's added b and m to his sounds), but capturing them on video can be challenging; he's way more interested in the machine and stops whatever he's doing. i'm going to leave these in their native resolution, which is too large to display in the same window, so when you click on the link, it'll open in a new window. UPDATE: apparently some people can't load these videos, which work fine on my computer. so, I'll endeavor to figure it out.
more!
not content to take one book out, Alexander insists that all the books come out!
plum and carrot
currently haute cuisine for the crawling set.
up and up
with his increased mobility came increased curiosity, which he's now able to satisfy as he can actually get to those places. the other day he discovered the stairs. now he wants to climb them. yay me!
big boy!
today we lowered Alexander's bed a little because of his recent incidents of standing up. he figured out right away what the benefit was!
trick or treat!
yesterday we went and purchased Alexander's Halloween costume! here's a teaser (you'll see the rest in October!):
i’ll get my own toy!
they're here!
noticed this the other day, but today we finally got a really good look and were able to snap a shot.
looks like we'll be seeing a tooth pretty soon here. you can definitely feel 'em that's for sure!
click for a closeup:
