Daycare Gifts and Santa Picture

Alex really enjoys going to daycare and it's obvious that Tonya loves him just as much. He came home with an entire bag full of goodies yesterday with everything from toys and pictures to homemade crafts and gifts.

A picture frame Alex "made" at daycare.

This was a Christmas card Tonya put together of all of the kids. It was pretty cute.

Alex and I went to visit Santa at the mall today. He's developed a little bit of separation anxiety lately so he wasn't too fond of sitting alone with Santa. It's not the best picture but it definitely captured Alex's sad face and feelings about Santa right now.

Walking!

And he's off!! I think we can say that Alex is officially walking now. He still takes a crash landing but he's taking a lot of steps now and will at least try walking before resorting back to crawling.

Haircut and Other Pictures

Here are some pictures of Alex from this week.

Alex and I went to meet some friends for dinner one night this week. He was so quiet on the way home that I figured he had fallen asleep but I didn't expect to find him like this. It cracked me up.

No more rat tail! Alex got his first haircut on Thursday. He wasn't too sure about the whole thing and had a pretty sad face through the whole experience. It didn't help that we had a gruff old lady who had a barely audible but raspy voice. I'm thinking a kids hair salon is not the best place for her.

Beets! Alex decided he looooooved eating grandma's beets on Tuesday and made quite the mess eating them. When I gave him some more on Wednesday he wanted nothing to do with them. Hopefully he'll like them again so he can eat my portion (Mom is not such a fan of beets!).

Birthday- Part 2

Here are some more pictures of Alex from his birthday weekend with the Lerner side of the family. Thanks for making the trip out here everyone!

Alex and Kevin with their matching sweaters- a complete coincidence!

Reading with Grandma

Playing with Jill

Snuggling with Grandpa

Happy Birthday Alex!

Alex had a great first Thanksgiving and a fabulous birthday party. It was a busy few days but lots of fun. We are so thankful to have so many great family and friends that were able to share in all of the celebration with us. There are too many pictures to choose from so I'll post a few here and some more later.

Alex also had his 12 month check up on Monday and he has certainly grown in the last few months! He weighed in at 24 pounds and 1.5 ounces and 30.25" long, both of which are in the 70th percentile- a big jump from the 35th and 25th percentiles at his 9 month check up! Getting him to eat enough has obviously not been a problem. Maybe it was just unfair of us to have him weighed after a weekend of eating Thanksgiving food and three days of getting cake.

Alex made his party debut in his tux. I think he was a little overwhelmed by all of the excitement at first.

The awesome cake my mom decorated and amazing cookies Sara made.

Cake face! (and arm and forehead and sippy cup and highchair...)

Alex's response when opening his dump truck gift- "Ohhhhhhh"

Riding his new pony from Nonna