Alex has two more teeth coming in… yes two! He has been a little fussy, drooling constantly, and is actually quite shy about his choppers. This makes 4 teeth for the big guy and we have yet to capture a picture of him showing them off! He doesn’t really let us look at them, but he will definitely let us put our fingers in his mouth for a chew toy. Ouch.
He is army crawling all the time now. He doesn’t get yet that if he lifts his tummy off the ground he will go much faster, but we are okay with that! Everything is moving so quickly with him it seems. He is already in 12 month clothes, stands well (with help), and is getting stronger every day. Soon enough he will be a holy terror running around our house and after poor Marty!
Alex has definitely gotten used to eating solids. He has never refused to try new food! He will truly eat anything we give him. He enjoys fruits more than veggies… but he’ll eat them! We tried something called Chicken Dinner and it was the first time I passed on taste testing a new food. It smelled wrong. It drove Marty absolutely bonkers! He was acting like a cat does with cat nip. But Alex loved it. His little nose crinkled up a bit and then he wanted it very badly. He makes this guttural noise like, Gimme! Very cute.
We are getting very excited for our trip to Kentucky for Easter. That will be the first big road trip for Alex so we will see how well he does traveling for 16 hours in a car. I am a little nervous about that but we will break often and stay overnight to make the trip more bearable for us all. My parents haven’t seen Alex since he was born so this trip is going to be so special. We call on Skype and he laughs with them. They have seen him crawl, eat, play, talk, etc… but I am sure they just want to hold him and snuggle. And they will!
One last thing- Alex has now been upgraded to a big boy car seat. No more travel system! It has been great just picking him up and carrying him versus carrying him in the car seat. It was SO heavy! He is definitely still rear-facing… but soon enough that will be a thing of the past as well.
Enjoy the pictures!