Alexander's First haircut

I recall Patrick as being much easier at this, he sat still. Alexander is much more of a wiggler and it was hard for Catherine to do her magic. Oh well, there will be many more haircuts to come.







Et Voila!

Yummy Cake

Thanks to Loren's picture taking here are images of Alexander getting a lot of joy from his birthday cupcake (made be Loren).

Happy Birthday

Here he is.... through the months. Our baby has grown.


Remember what I said last month about props? Here is Alexander paying attention to what is in his hands while I try to keep him on the chair and








It worked... I finally got a smile (see below). This month was a much healthier month and we discovered a wonderful, fun, talkative and busy little boy. In return Alexander has discovered another fun boy in the house. He and Patrick are very much enjoying each other (except when Patrick guards every single toy from his brother!). All in all though, it is really nice to hear Alexander laughing at and with Patrick. When we pick Patrick up at school, Alexander turns to his brother waiting for Patrick to make him laugh.
Alexander is still not walking but has mastered the stairs and therefore no gates are needed. In fact, now that they are not forbidden he is a lot less interested in them. As far as I am concerned, one of his favorite activities is feeding the dogs his meal. He loves to watch them scramble for the food he drops. He is also babbling a lot and interacting with all of, such as learning to wave and clap.
It is amazing to believe a year has gone by (it sometimes seems like so much longer than that) and look forward to another great year.

I am 11 months old

Here is Alexander at 11 months. It is harder and harder to get him to sit still. A prop works for a short while and then he has to move. As you scroll down you will see what I mean.
This past month Alexander got much more proficient with the stairs and we can almost remove the gates. He is standing almost without holding but is not yet walking. Unfortunately, the month was mostly remembered for a lot of sick time. Alexander then Patrick, then Alexander, then Alexander. In 8 days, I was at the doctor's office 4 times. Anyway, the weather should be improving which will help significantly. All in all though, I am sure Alexander is a great, fun child when he is not feeling miserable.

Alexander on stairs

January Videos

I am finally getting to posting some videos. Alexander is a lot of fun to watch except that as soon as he sees me filming, he wants to grab the camera from me (as you will see)!

January 15


January 16


January 16

10 months old

Ok, they are all very similar pictures but he is really quite (yes I am biased). Check out the jowls he has on the last picture.




Here is Patrick at 10 months



Here I am, 10 months old and happy as a lark, unless tired.
I still have no teeth but can gnaw just about any food. In fact, don't give me pureed food, I won't eat it. I like chunks and I shake my head when I don't want to eat anymore. I love all kinds of stuff, fish, cheerios, toast, cheese and pears. I especially love all things sweet, such as the yummy scones and cookies Maman gives me.
I am still not walking but now crawl with one leg half standing and am going up and down stairs non stop. I don't think I need any supervision with the stairs but adults think I do. I even know to turn around to go backwards down the stairs without being told. I am of course talking (babbling) a lot and especially love to squeal in delight when Patrick plays with me or Louie lets me throw him the ball.

Happy Birthday Patrick!

Patrick is now 4 years old and well aware of what happens on your birthday (cake, candles and presents - and being older than those who are 3 but still younger than those who are going to be 5! - a catch up game he will never win).

He had many celebrations, first with his sisters (ie. cousins), Grammy and Grampa.

The next day his school friends, Adelie and Esme came over to play.



That same night, Dinan and Uncle Skeeter came over for more cupcake celebration.
The final celebration was at home with a party with his cousins and friends. Here they are playing the statue game.



Videos

9 months old already!

I am 9 months old and REALLY fast. I can crawl almost as fast as Papa and Maman can walk. They have to be especially careful because I just love the dog's water bowl. I am also standing and love to go from furniture to furniture on two feet. Soon enough I will be walking and that will be just great. I have also learned to talk and am working on my syllables. Right now my favorite one is "mamamamamamama". I can also scream just as loudly as Patrick.

Happy New Year

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Merry Christmas

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Videos from November

These are videos from last month that I thought were worth posting.


Patrick just loves to dance, in fact he took a ballet class this week which he really liked. Here is his choreography to music.




Alexander is even better at crawling then this video shows. More to come.

Visit to see Santa

On December 5 we went to an amusement park south of Boston. The main theme was trains which delighted Patrick (and explains the train engineer hat in the previous slide show). We also got to see Santa. Amazingly, a good picture came out of the visit. At the very least I was expecting tears from Alexander; but it was Patrick who had a hard time looking at the camera as he was very intent on talking to Santa Claus.

8 months and 8 months and 1 day slide show