I missed the 16 month journal so now I have some making up to do.
Alex is just the cutest little guy, he has the biggest brown eyes, the most amazing smile and perfectly oval face. When he smiles it makes my heart melt! He is a big boy too, about 28 lbs and wears size 2T quite nicely now ( the pant legs are a little long).
He is talking more and more and more but still prefers to point and do eh for things he wants. He can say Maman, Papa, enbas, enhaut, na na for banana, apple, cheese ( for when we want him to smile), Booh bah ( he loves them) and HI! He says a few others too. He understands way more than he can say of course. We hope he soon learns how to express himself better than EH because it can get frustrating for all of us, although Chloe seems to understand what he wants more than we do!
He and Chloe play quite a bit together. So much so that when she is watching her movies or TV he will turn it off to get her or our attention. That CAN be quite annoying and so far we haven’t found much that will make him stop doing this. I tried a time out a couple of times but he is juts too little to get why he is in a time out. When Chloe is crying or in a time out he will actually run over and give Chloe her Lily. He hates to see her cry and will often cry with her. Then again he will turn around and steal her lily and take off running and she will cry after him!! I guess it’s give and take in his mind! They dance together, play hide and go seek and just chase after each other. They love playing together in the house tunnels.
Alex loves music and can hum a few tunes like Poq poq poq la poule a pond du, twinkle little star etc. He loves to dance and will turn on the radio and start moving to the beat. He really enjoys french class and can say LYvia’s name now too.
He really enjoys going outside and playing, much more than Chloe ever did. He is a true boy in that way. He loves to climb on things and get in trouble. He also hurts himself quite a bit but shakes it off most times. He has bled from his mouth so many times but the worst was a few weeks ago when he bit through his tongue after Chloe shoved him aside and he lost his footing and his chin landed on the chair. It bled forever and was everywhere. Poor little guy. He could not sleep for 2 days because he could not suck properly. Then a couple weeks later a cold turn into asthma. He started to wheeze and was put on the nebuliser again. WE had to do treatments every 6 hours for 3 days then 2 times a day, and now one time day for the next month for prevention. No more ear infection thankfully. CHloe had a pnuemonia about 4 weeks ago and we thought he might get something from it, but he never did. Chloe recovered in about 1 week but she was quite sick during that time. He was quite good about it though.
He loves to play on the key board, even though we try to keep him off. He likes to play with cars and push the broom around the house. He also like to push things along like a stroller or toy. Mostly though he likes to get into things, like my tree and decorations, cubboards, TV stand, toy bins etc. He likes to dump things on the floor too.
HIs schedule is basically the same. He gets up around 7am, eats, plays, gets realy hungry just before noon, has lunch, bottle then naps around 1:30 to about 3:00-4:00pm depending on the day. Then goes down around 8:30-9pm depending on how long he napped. He has s bottle right before bed. He is a very good eater and will eat most anything except fruit. He only likes watermelon, canteloupe, pinapple and sometimes Banana and apple, but not all the times. He loves yogurt and pasta of course.
We had a wonderful Christmas here at home. We had Shihan and family over along with Barb and her family. Jordan and Chloe played together quite a bit and Alex tried to follow. They even play a little with Baby Ryan. Santa came to pay them a visit. Shihan did the honors this year and Amanda was the elf. Chloe knew it was him though…I think she understands that it’s a costume but that there might be a real santa somewhere, just like when she dresses up as Cinderella, there is still a real cinderella out there. Anyway, Alex would not sit on his lap, when he did he cried…I guess not this year! had it beed Charles he might have. They got some nice gifts, his favorite though was one from us I think, it was his big blue Booh bah doll. BOth Chloe and Alex have played with it qiute a bit. Chloe also loves the costume box she got from Barb. We had a nice Beef Burgandy with Lasagna, sala, meet pie and plenty of orderves and desserts. After Barb left we put our kids down and played Taboo with Shihan and family. It was quite fun.
We were along for CHristmas day. The kids woke up and opened their presents. we ate leftovers and had a great day. unfortunately it poured and our basement got wet so Charles had to spend the latter part of the evening cleaning up down there. It really sucked. But this morning we went to the Aquarium and had a really good time. I spent the rest of the day packing while CHarles stayed with the kids. I hate packing for long trips in the winter.
Oh well. Tomorrow we are leaving for ORford…lets hope the weather is nice!
We love you Alex!