Coming true

So, after posting the week in review post, I decided to start looking back through the old blog entries to see how things have changed and what if anything has come true already.  As I did so, I ran across this post from when he hadn't even been born yet.  Only one of the items has really come true, but hey it's definitely something.  Over the past month or so, Alex and I stared to get into the habit of getting up in the morning and just sitting on the front porch.  He'd have milk and I'd have coffee.  Those were fun bonding times for the two of us.

Week in Review 8/21/2011, 25 weeks

I was just looking back at the numbering of these blog posts and something appears to be amiss.  I think we may have missed a week somewhere along the line.  Oh well, no matter for now. (Edit: I went back and discovered that somehow the 8/7 and 8/14 blog entries were mis-titled)

We had a really event this week.  Alex got his first tooth.  Well, almost.  As of today, it's started poking through the gum and we can see a bit of white.  It'll be a while before he gets the tooth as a whole, but we're getting closer. I'm still struck by how easy going he seems to be.  Even with the pain of teething, he never really seemed to be out of sorts.  In fact, if you didn't know what was going on, you wouldn't even know he was in pain … or maybe he wasn't.  Who knows.  Maybe he's gotten mom's tolerance for pain.

Let's see what else happened this week.  To be honest, since I spend most of my days working while he and mommy go play, I often forget exactly what happened during the week.  However, I do remember at least one fun event we went on.  This week was DC Beer Week (I know, something strange to mention on a child's blog ….), so on Wednesday night, we headed over to Smith Commons near our house.  It's the first time in some time that the three of us went out on a "school night".  In fact, the picture posted with this entry was from that night.  To post it, I used an Android app called picplz and had it posted to Twitter.  Anyway, in addition to having a cool picture, the people and Smith Commons liked the post and retweeted it. Not bad, eh?

But I digress.

One other major milestone for this week is the continued transition towards solid food.  We've started adding more and different foods to the list of what he can eat.  This week Feli added smooshed peas to the menu.  I'm not 100% positive he likes them.  You should see some of the faces he makes.  However, he does eat them.  In fact, we have yet to find anything he won't eat.

Flip Friday

It's almost 11 pm so technically it's still Friday on east coast. Sorry for the slight delay if any of you were waiting to see Alex in action. I had this video of him eating his banana ready last night but I forgot to actually post it. This clip doesn't do justice showing the enthusiasm with which Alex usually eats. He got distracted with the little video camera daddy shoved in his face while eating, otherwise he opens his mouth for a new bit before I had the chance to scoop out more food. His favorite so far is oatmeal cereal, most of the mornings there are tears when the bowl gets empty. The zucchini didn't go too well, he almost gagged on it. He knows though he has no choice but to like his veggies so the second day, he made better friends with zucchini.

Metro Rider

So far August weather was quite bearable so Alex and I ventured outside every day. Lunch plans with friends, museum trips, errands running etc some of these outings requiring riding the metro. Alex loves it, he looks very serious and interested when we are taking the metro. He's a great rider, even checking out the ads on the walls.

 

Week in Review 8/14/2011, 24 weeks

I'll be interested to see, Feli and I were discussing who would write this weeks post. I'm out waiting for friends and she's back at the house with hot rod, so we could be writing this in unison.

Anyway, last week was an interesting week. The second half of the week Mimi came to visit. And boy did Alex enjoy that. And of course, so did we.

The other two biggies were he's really starting to eat real food now. So we've added apples to the foods he's eating.

That was Michael's part and now is my turn. I will just add some new pictures of him and let them speak for themselves of how well Alex is growing and developing. I am a bit disappointed with myself that I didn't get a single picture with Mimi and Alex together!! It was so special to have Wendy with us, especially right on her birthday. We got to celebrate her with cupcakes, a surprise massage appointment across the street and a healthy, grilled dinner.

This photo was taken on Saturday by Mimi while I was away in Philadelphia. It was hard to be away from my 'chunky monkey' (new nickname) for twelve hours, but I made it and he got upon my return lots and lots of kisses and hugs.

Over the weekend my friend Kate and her two kids, Maxim and Yana got to stay with us. They really loved Alex and asked for him the moment they made it to our house, the minute they would get up and come up from the basement and the moment they would return to the house from being out exploring DC.

Here's a cute picture of Yana holding Alex in her lap.

And last but not the least, here's our shirtless boy, showing off his cute baby fat:))

Sproingy boy....

Just a video for fun ....

Flip Friday

The clip I am posting this week is not that much about Alex but about the beauty of Skype:) Don't know what would we do without the mighty Skype! Bunu and buna seem to always be on line, waiting for us to call and say hello. When we called this time around, auntie Lucia and cousins Lorena and Timi were around too so we got to see lots of eager faces. Alex loves skyping, his favorite thing is banging on the keyboard although in this clip taken back in June was less reaching for the computer. Sorry for the not so stable image, I was holding a laptop, Alex and trying to operate the Flip.