More videos.

Alex got a bike for his birthday and has finally not only learned how to pedal, but also how to steer. Here's a little video to show you just how big he's gotten




We have had many bananas around the house lately as Alex is on a "Banana kick" Listen closely to hear some of his new words


We've also been trying to have less TV playing in the car and more music. In return, Alex has started to ask for a few songs by name. He loves "doughnut," "Ha, ha, luia," and "knock, knock, knock." This is the best video I can get so far, but listen to him try to sing "Praise you" during the Happy Hallelujah song.

4th of July fun!!!

We had a great time this fourth of July. We went to fireworks on Friday night and Alex loved them. First of all, the fireworks were at a golf course so while we waiting for it to get dark, all of the kids were playing in the sand traps. (Jami, this would have been a nightmare for you!) So, Alex joined right in and dug in the sand, threw it in his hair, down his shirt, inbetween his toes, etc. He had a blast!!! He just ran and ran and ran until he literally asked to go in his stroller and "go night-night." We put him in his stroller and walked around until the fireworks started.









As the fireworks began, he signed "flower" because he thought they looked like flowers. He then started naming all the colors he saw; "Blue, yellow, green, purple." He was saying "boom" and just staring at them until we decided to go ahead and head back to the car to beat the rush. Then he said, "More fireworks." It was great to see him enjoy them!



Saturday morning we headed to a local parade. It started with all the police cars, firetrucks, and ambulances. He was mostly looking forward to the candy. When they started throwing candy, he went and picked it up, but then wanted to eat it all right away. Unfortunately, we didn't want him to eat a huge back of candy, so he was a little disappointed. Overall though, he had a great time. He loved the bands that were there too.

Montly Post with more to come....

I've looked back at the last few months and realized that I've really only posted about once a month. I need to work on that. :) So, here's our post for the month.

We went back "home" to Bloomington a few weeks ago to help a good friend celebrate her 30th birthday! It was good to see some familiar faces and go to church at E-Free again. The party was at a park in the area. It was such a great environment for Alex as he LOVED playing outside and just running. We had a great time!











Popsicle!!


Playing at the park




Being a goofball in the car


Notice the spoon in his toes


A little craft he made at daycare


1st ear of corn. He LOVED it!!!


Can you tell??


Enjoying some brownie batter Yum!!!



And a video for you......

From the mall

First Haircut

Alex is now 26 months and he finally just had his first haircut tonight! I did the first cut, but then Kent took over with the clippers. At first Alex was a little unsure of the sound, but once we explained that he was just going to have his "hair tickled" he was fine with it. (With Miss Emily for speech, he gets tickles on his face and in his mouth, so he understands this concept.) By the time Kent was finished, he was asking for "more." We couldn't cut any more and didn't want to cut any more. Here are some pictures and a video of the experience.

As promised- videos!

I mentioned in the last post that videos would be coming, well, here ya go!

Alex acting like a bird:


Monkey Island fun:


Pool Fun:


More swimming:

A month has passed

I just realized that it has been a whole month since I've blogged. I can't believe that I haven't updated the blog with at least pictures. That is really all I have to update. We haven't really been up to much so far this summer. We have been making so many trips to the zoo. Alex can now say "zoo" so we hear it a lot! :) He loves going to see the zebras, monkeys, elephants and fish. We're glad that at least the zoo wears him out so he takes a good nap, or sleeps well at night after we come home.

He is still doing well with his speech therapy. He's talking more and more. It's still really difficult to understand what he's always saying, but luckily he's still using most if not all of his signs so that helps us understand his words. He's also starting to put 2-3 words together to make small phrases, which is so encouraging. In July we'll have another evaluation as it will have been a year since his last official evaluation. I'm looking forward to seeing the update and reading about his progress.

We have a few trips planned for the summer that we're looking for. This coming weekend we're headed back to Bloomington for a friend's 30th birthday! We're looking forward to seeing our friends from E-Free again and hearing Pastor Ron preach. In August we'll be going to Williamsburg with all of Kent's family. We're excited to see all of his siblings as well as all the nieces and nephews. Hopefully we'll be back in time for my new niece/nephew to be born in late August. :) I'm sure I'll be making some trips home to see that new baby, too.

Kent took this amazing picture outside of our condo


Alex and I were playing at the playground at the zoo. He is a climber!







Merry-Go-Round with Daddy


Swimming in the pool








Stay tuned for videos.......

It's been way too long......

Sorry for the lack of blog posts lately. It seems like when the evening is over, I don't really feel like sitting down at the computer and blogging. We've been spending a lot of time lately outside, that is when it isn't raining. It seems like it's been raining a lot lately which makes us feel like it's still winter in some ways. To make it worse, they took the pool cover off about a week ago and it is all ready to jump in to. However, it hasn't officially opened. Thankfully Alex only repeated "pool" those first few days. He literally cried at the window (we put a chair up so he could look out) and he just kept saying "Pool, pool, pool, mama, dada, me...." It was cute, but got old so fast. :) We're hoping that it opens this weekend and we can finally see how much Alex will actually like it this summer. I'm hoping we spend most days in the pool as it gets warmer.






We've also started to make our weekly trips to the zoo again. It is a little different this year as Alex is old enough to look more at the animals. He's enjoying that more now.

We spent Mother's day at my parents house and Alex found a new love for Papa's tractor! He LOVED it. I think we may have a farmboy (at least during planting/harvest season).













Alex has been working so hard at his speech lately. He's really making a lot of progress. It is still very difficult to understand him, but he is really trying to talk to us more instead of doing the pointing and closed mouth sounds. He is trying to repeat a lot of what we say. He's added quite a few words to his repertoire. Some of those words include: ball, bird, all done, all gone, milk, please, rocket, blue, yellow, wall, teddy, bunny, and some others......

I asked Alex to smile, and this is what I get.....


This is what I wanted....


And a few videos for your enjoyment. This first one is of Alex being swung by daddy in his pjs. He LOVED it!


Fun with the phone at the zoo.

Videos

The other night I was reading Alex a book from the library and he just cracked up laughing at it. I think we read it at least 7 times before I finally said that was enough. Enjoy the 3rd or 4th time that I read it to him.




Kent got out the flute to play for Alex as he loves to hear it and in turn, he ran and got his plastic recorder to play a duet. It was so cute. Before he started playing, he was actually singing to match the sounds of the flute.




When he opened his easter basket on Sunday morning he didn't realize the eggs were so great until he "accidentally" opened one and found the chocolates. Then it was a different story.