A few new pictures

Alex is doing great - cruising around the house now that he can crawl....we're just trying to keep up!

He's Mobile!

Well, three days before his 7 month birthday, Alexander Reece decided to make a move...he is officially crawling! Jonathan and I sat down to eat dinner around 7:00 and Alex was playing on the mat in the middle of the living room. We looked over and he had made it half way across the room. Before we could even grab a camera, he was all the way to the kitchen!

We called both grandparents to let them know that their little man is officially mobile and they were naturally very excited. We took a walk and then came back to the house. I put Alex on the floor and put his pacifier across the way a little - without hesitation, he got on all fours and made his way across to the pacifier - and this time, Dad captured it on video!

Well, after the excitement wears off, I am sure the reality that he will soon be able to get into, onto and around EVERYTHING in the house will set in....yikes!

Alex will be 7 months on March 11th. He weighs 16 lbs, 9 oz and is 27.5 inches long. He is growing and eating anything we will let him.

Love you guys! I will put up some new pictures tomorow....

Almost 6 months....with 2 teeth!

Well, I am having some issues with the MAC blog, so I will post here until I can get the kinks worked out. The mac makes it a lot easier for me to post a bunch of pictures at once, which is why I want to host our blog there...

Alex is a week away from turning 6 months old, and he is just growing leaps and bounds, both physically and especially, mentally! He is playing with his blocks and loves to learn how to make things make noise - by shaking them, banging them together and of course...putting everything in his mouth!

About a week ago, he broke his first tooth, the bottom front right tooth. Then, the next day, the bottom left broke the gums. They are growing so fast it is amazing. He doesn't complain much about the teeth, but he wants to chew on anything and everything in sight! He isn't crawling yet, but he is rolling and pulling himself all over the place to get what he wants.

Because he got his first real cold in the middle of the night, I took Alex to the doctor this morning. He was weezing and very congested, but the doctor assures us it is not in his chest or ears, so we just have to run a humidifier and constantly aspirate his nose. We had a little Superbowl party and it was Alex with 4 little ladies. We imagine that with all those little ones together, they shared some winter germs. So, the doctor told us that Alex is really growing - he weighs 16 lbs, 8 oz. and is 27 inches long!

Lots of love,

Christina, Jonathan & Alex