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Fearless!

So some of you may have heard/remembered me talking about this goose sound that was happening when I tried to go to sleep. One night Patrick had to make a cell phone call outside because Verizon service sucks in our house and he called me outside to see what was causing it. I tried to keep the video on him because Patrick said he heard the noise then turned around and the frog had a gigantic bubble in his throat. I wanted to catch it but didn't. Anyway, here's the frog. And to all you city people....listen to all the crickets and crap in the background.



For this video, he was talking and kicking the wall a lot so I decided to try to capture some of the magic. He was in his bed for a good 30 minutes before I took the video.

Told you Granny

Over the weekend, Alex ate his spaghetti that Granny made at Granny's house. I told her that I know he won't eat it at my house. I took video to prove this phenomenon.

ENJOY! We did.

The first video is a close-up and I wish I had remembered to make the other one close-up. Oh well!

And I love how he holds his hand over his eyes.

Alex's Movie-going Experience

So, we braved the theater. We saw Toy Story 3 this morning. Alex has watched Toy Story and Toy Story 2 for several months now so we figured he'd be primed and pumped for a new Toy Story.

We get into the theater minutes before previews start to come on and we sit on the right hand side right behind the wall for the walkway. Once we get seated, Alex seemed content. The previews started and he kept saying, "Buzz, Me Stories", which is his phrase for Toy Story. He loved the preview for the owl movie coming out and he thought some things were funny in the Despicable Me preview.

The movie got started and he got excited. I guess he was pretty content for the first 30 minutes- which is EXCELLENT! (his behavior, and the movie)- and then he got fidgety. Thankfully we did have that half wall in front of us so he could stand and walk a little bit. So glad people weren't in front of us. I also packed massive amounts of food just in case. Turns out, we needed massive amounts of food. Alex kept trying to get out of our aisle and onto the fun, lighted stairs. I kept him barricaded in with my leg. A Capri Sun caught his attention and he drank that. Then he had some fruit snacks. For a little while he was content then he wanted more fruit snacks. A little later I gave him some graham cracker cookies.

For a very rambunctious 2 year old, Alex did a very good job. He didn't want to sit in our laps (there were no 3 seats in a row available when we arrived) toward the end so he just danced and walked in our little area.

Also, glad that there were other loud, crying babies because it made Alex not stand out as much. :)

As for the movie....it was so cute! I love some of the one-liners they use.

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Playdate with Kylee and Friends

Time for some pictures

seems I've been slacking in that department






At the aquarium with Woody

SHHHHHHHH

So, Patrick and I were in the kitchen and the tv was on in the living room. I had already put Alex to bed and I told him that if he came out of the room I would close the door. All of a sudden we hear "SHHHHH". We think Alex was shushing us because the TV was to loud.

He counted on his own!

We were playing with play-doh and letter cut-outs and he stacked all of his letters on the play-doh. As he was taking the letters off he counted up to 8. He did it in order and correct! It was a pleasant surprise. He's always counted with us but he's never counted something out by himself! I wish I had taped it.

He got us!

For about a week now our new DVR remote control has been missing. I know I saw Alex with it last and Patrick and I searched his room and the entire house. We labeled the two remotes we had (Alex BR and Our BR) and just decided it was gone forever. Today Patrick brought home Alex's bed rails so we could make his bed a real bed with head board and foot board. As we lifted the mattress off of the box spring, we see the DVR remote. How did he get that in there? Never underestimate the brainpower of a 2 year old.

It is official, Alex is a Ninja

Within the past 2 weeks he's started to go to sleep on his own. I just heard a rustling noise and looked over toward his room didn't see anything so started playing back on the computer. Then I hear his train whistle...which is in the playroom. I go in there and he's on the train. I turn the light on and he laughs and floors the gas and takes off on his train (it's on a track so he just went in a circle).

I did not hear him go in there...the sneaky little thing.

New Video

In this video, he played at a playplace with Granny for most of the afternoon. She brought him home tired but he never took a nap.

He is watching Toy Story in this video. I think he is saying "Reach for the Sky".

Nighty Night, Sleep Tight

On May 25th Patrick and I had it with Alex needing us to be in bed with him for him to go to sleep.

From the 26th on, we tried to get him to go to sleep without us. The 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, were quite miserable nights. Alex would run in and out of his room until we finally shut his door (with a baby proof knob cover) and he would cry himself for a good 30 minutes. Sometimes the crying would get softer and we'd think he fell asleep, then "WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH" he'd start up again. The last two nights were quite better.

Now, tonight he was in the dog house right before bedtime (see the lamp post) so I can't tell if he was upset and stayed in his room or if he is finally getting it after a week of going to sleep on his own.

Once he understood that he needed to stay in his room to fall asleep, we leave the door open. Every night he would be put down with the door open (after a book reading, of course) but every night he would play cat & mouse with us until we had no choice but to shut his door. But tonight, we started with the door open and he hasn't come out yet...it's been about 20 minutes.

we had a corner lamp

Here I am, trying to study for interviews, when CRASH. I turn around and there's glass everywhere. Alex runs behind the couch and I just wish I could've captured his face on camera. He was shocked at the noise from the lamp and me scooping him up so he wouldn't get glass all over him.

I guess our next corner lamp will be suspended from the ceiling.

See what daddy taught him

He taught him how to fake sleep. I don't know why or how he's on the table.



and the only reason he said, "Okays" to get off the table is because he saw the camera and he wanted to see himself on the video.

Use your words

Alex is addicted to fruit snacks. He comes in, points at the pantry, and grunts. We are trying to get him to use his words and tell us what he wants. Tonight I refused to get him anything until he told me. He climbed on top of me, hit me, whined and I kept saying, "Tell mommy what you want, use your words" etc. About 5 minutes into it, he just stopped whining and walked out of the room to go play.

the faker

Alex is climbing on top of his dresser. We have since taken the knobs off of his dresser. Today, Patrick caught him on top of the dresser. Immediately, Patrick told Alex he was in timeout, then Alex, immediately decided to fake snore. When Patrick put him down in timeout, he pretended to sleep and fake snore. It was too darn cute.

Bless You

I sneezed a big sneeze and Alex looked up at me and said, "Bess You".

some videos in the past month

Aunt Meggie took this video of Alex pretending to sleep. Too cute!


So, Alex decides that instead of making a house, he's going to use the box as a slide. Shortly after this video was filmed, he slid on his upside down train table and cut his neck pretty bad. He's fine though.



This video goes perfectly with his new Toy Story obsession.


Here is Alex, in all his glory, dancing and singing along to a segment of Yo Gabba Gabba.

Obscene or Really Offensive?

10 points if you know what movie that's from

Tonight, Alex christened me. He pooped in the tub.
GROSS WARNING....DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER IF YOU GET GROSSED OUT...

I'M SERIOUS....DON'T READ

YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!


I saw him fart then he looked at his butt and a well formed stream of brown flowed out and seemed to suspend in the water. So nasty! I grabbed him out of the tub so fast, drained the water and bathed him in our tub. The tub is currently soaking in bleach water. Is it bad I wanted to take a picture of this momentous occasion?

Dora's influences

If you don't know, Dora the Explorer is Alex's new favorite show. If you've never seen Dora, you don't know what you're missing. There's a singing backpack and when it finishes its song it eats the contents of the backpack and says "Num num num num num, delicioso" (delicious in Spanish).

So, yesterday it was all too quiet in the house. I walk around looking for Alex. I find him in my bedroom, in the corner with a bag of malted milk balls. I ask him what he's doing and he says, "Num num num num num, delicioso". How can I fault the kid for using the phrase in the correct context?