13 months...and counting

Alex turned 13 months on March 22nd. I'm not quite sure what happened to March. I just looked on our digital camera and we didn't take a single picture for the entire month! Oh, wait, I remember what happened with March... Mr. Toddler Alex began to explore every inch of the house and began to enjoy his new-found independence! During Alex's nap time I've been wiped out, so taking pictures, let alone posting blog entries, didn't really seem that crucial.

Alex's latest accomplishments:
- He is walking everywhere...and fast!
- He "gets" sign-language. He had been doing just a few signs but now that he understands what he is doing, he's been picking up lots of new signs. Tonight, during dessert, he did the "more" sign and then the "please" sign so he is even learning how to put signs together!
- He talks a lot. We can't understand most of it but he has a very clear "hi" which he says often; to us, to people in the store, in falsetto when he is talking on his phone (which is really just his fist up to his ear).
- He eats big people food now and especially likes vegetable soup, grapes, stawberries, pineapple and entrees with lots of flavor. I've been adding red pepper flakes to my cooking. If food doesn't have flavor he tends to spit it out.

We are very thankful that we made it through the winter with Alex not getting sick. He had a cough during late fall, but other than that he has been really healthy all winter!