Surprise...

Alexander & I were talking a walk this morning and guess who we bumped into????

Mr. Turtle coming out of the sand nest he buried himself in.

Really????

Today, I picked Alexander up from school and I noticed the pile of snow pants & boots. Then I looked over and saw the hats, & mittens hanging up to dry. I was trying to figure why they were all there, afterall it was FREEZING today no way would they go outside.

Well, I was wrong.

They went outside.

Seriously? Really? They think that's a good idea - bringing kids out in 12 degree temperatures. HELLO - it was below freezing! It was so cold just going from the car into work, I can't imagine actually bringing kids outside in this. And items of clothing were wet which leads me to believe that it wasn't a quick "here's some fresh, freezing air" but they walked around their 'block'.

REALLY??

Another video...

Since we're on a video roll...here's another one of Alexander playing/walking in the kitchen. He came over to give me a hug and then wanted to walk back & forth. He likes to turn around and walk back the other way and he'll even push your hand away to show he doesn't want help.

Walking Around...

Here's a video of Alexander practicing walking back & forth between Daddy & I tonight before bed.

Walking...

Alexander has been doing a bit of walking this week!

To my knowledge, it started Monday night at home. We were upstairs playing in his room and he was leaning against his basket of toys. His horsey (the kind with the head & a stick body) was in the middle of the room and he was inching his way down the basket trying to get closer to the horse. I was watching him from the other side of the chair and noticed he let go of the basket and was standing there on his own.

Then he did it - he walked over to his horse and then plopped down next to it. I was so excited that I crawled over and asked him to do it again. This continued for 20 minutes. I would hold his hands to pull him up and then I'd let go and he'd walk towards me. He got so excited that I was excited that he'd clap mid-walk and lose his balance. It was either 50/50 if he would walk towards me or get too excited and plop down. But it was so exciting to watch! And I think the fact that he saw how excited I was, his confidence would build and he'd keep trying.

We showed Daddy the new trick the following morning (Daddy had softball that night) and the look on Daddy's face was priceless as he hadn't seen him take steps yet. He's taken some more steps and they're even practicing with him at school. He's not 100% walking yet because he knows he can get places faster by crawling...but I imagine it won't be too long before he's on both legs!

We posted a video of him taking some steps at home...it looks like he's falling on his face but it's not nearly as bad in person as it looks on the video - I promise! Plus, he got excited when he realized the door was open and he could look out the glass.

Part I

Here is a short video showing off the steps he was taking Tuesday night at home...

Exciting News...

No, I'm not referring to any type of reunion news...however I do have some VERY EXCITING NEWS!

Let me paint the picture:
I was dropping Alexander off at school this morning. While I was putting the covers over my shoes (so you don't want into the class with dirty/wet shoes), I leaned Alexander up against my leg. Ms Megan was out in the hall with us and saying good morning to Alexander. Ms Dawn popped her head out over the 1/2 door (Ms Megan & Ms Dawn are Alexander's main teachers). Ms Mary-Jo from the next room over also popped her head out. Everyone was saying good morning.

I was trying to inch leg back to see if Alexander would stand on his own. He was actually doing okay without falling back onto my leg. So I stood straight and so did Alexander! He was standing and Ms. Megan started to clap. Then all of a sudden - Alexander took 4 steps towards Ms. Megan!! After his steps, he even remained standing on his own for a few seconds.

He put his arms out a bit to the side to help with balance and he just went for it. We all started to clap & cheer for him. We were actually a bit loud, so much so that Alexander got nervous and started to pout. Ms Megan & I got down and were telling him that it was okay and then he started to laugh & smile. It was absolutely precious. Ms. Megan was very excited and even commented that she was happy I was there to see his first steps (they usually don't tell us "first" things.)

Both Ms Megan & Ms Dawn said they were going to make him walk the halls today (jokingly) since they know he can do it... we'll see if he protests or starts running! So no turning back now... it's so exciting.