I just noticed that I skipped the 23rd month web log!!! I am so sorry Alexandre!! The summer has been busy however, so it’s been tough having the time to do it.
First off, Happy birthday my little man! You are so big now and we love you so much!
Charles and I were both sick and are now on Penicillin. We had Strep throat and did not even know because we did not have a fever. I ended up with Strep, a yeast infection and a urinary tract infection. Luckily everything is much better now. We got it right before our trip to New POrt Beach July 15th weekend and only got the treatment for strep on the 21st!
before I talk about Newport, it seems I never talked about the Grand Prix weekend since I missed the 23rd month. We had a blast as usual. We stayed at Charles sisters house and Saturday night we had a wedding to go to in Thetford Mines. Although the wedding was fun, it was tough to drive there and back the same night. The kids stayed with mamie and papie at the chalet and apparently Alexandre was ” un amour” the whole time. He was MUCH easier than last year. This is great to hear since it now means we can try and get away for a weekend more often if need be! After that we did not go too far, we stayed local until Newport.
Newport beach was a trip planned around Fairfield Resorts. I got this deal where we got two free nights if we listened to one of their selling options for 2 hours. We did not end up buying, but did learn alot about it. We also learned that the kids, when healthy just LOVE the hotel. We had a nice room on the 1st floor of the Courtyard Marriot with sliding glass doors to an outdoor courtyard with a heated pool. Chloe and Alex loved it. Alex’d jumped in whole heartedly and Chloe swam alone with her vest for the 1st time ever. She was very proud. Alex slept on the kid aero bed and Chloe on the pull out couch. It was not a big room, but it worked out. We had a fridge and microwave which helped. We also tested it out their beach, but Chloe did not enjoy it, Alex on the other hand loved it, he loved the feal of the waves on his feet and the pull he felt when the wave retreated. He doesn’t mind so much being sandy where as Chloe truly hates it. We walked around one night and had dinner out. THe kids were great the whole time. We will definately take them again!
After Newport we were sick so we did not do much. My mom arrived a day after we got back which was helpful since i was not too well. Amanda also came a few time. OH that is what I forgot to talk about. Amanda is helping me again this summer. She is now 14 and big help. I get to go out and run errands alone twice a week now which she stays here while they nap. She wakes CHloe up after about an hour and plays all sorts of stuff with her. Normally I am back when Alex wakes up, but she sometimes wakes him herself. twice it worked out, today he was not in the mood and wanted mommy but she was able to console him with TV. I arrived shortly after and he was happy. Alex is definately more of a mommy’s boy. He gave Amanda a tough time at first, he would not even let her change him. He now gives her hugs and is happy to see her. I still cannot do much when we are all home. Alex will spend maybe 15 mins outside with CHloe and Amanda and run back in to be with me, so I cannot start any projects. Still, I know they are having a good time with her and gives me a small break to share some of the every day tasks with someone.
Then we got hit with a nasty storm, which my mom was here tuesday night, July 18th. It was the worst storm I ever saw. We had had a 3 day heat wave and even had hail the size of gumballs fall in the late evening, then aronud 10:30pm, we saw lightening like we’d never seen before. just lighting up the sky with no thunderstorm. Then it all came down and we lost power. the winds picked up and I got scared. the trees started to bend in half and we lost some pretty big limbs. I went up to wake the kids up and bring them down. Alex had heard the loud thunder and was already wailing. We also got my mom out of the attic, I thought for sure a tree would crash through. The kids were not happy and were crying, probably because i was panicking. We were thankful to have the DVD portable player charged, we sat them down and had them put head phones on so they woudl not hear the thunder and wind. Once it calmed down we were able to go out and survey. It was quite a site. We had three large branches down, one just missed our chiminey and house and the other two hit our front gutters and made a mess. We were over thuogh very lucky.
So because of this and the strep throat, we had to post pone our trip to Ocean City. I was very saddened because we would not be able to see my Dad, when we go in August, he will be away to see his brother. This is really too bad. Anyway, that is all the updates for now…time for more personal stuff on Alex!
Alex’s 2 year appointment is August 10th, so we will not know what his weight and hieght is until then, although I did try to weight him the other day on our scale and it said 31 pounds!! he also seems to be around 34 inchs tall. He wears a size two on the bottom and can easily wear of size 3 on top. His feet are still quite large, he seems to be about a size 8 1/2, still W or XW! Same size as Chloe except hers are not as wide.
He still has his deep chocolate brown eyes and seems to be tanning like his mom. He is already so brown and Chloe is quite white in comparison. He has brown hair with golden highlights. HIs skin is extremely sensitive and he breaks out in rashes or pimples quite a bit. We have to be careful with soaps and wash him frequently, especially with sun tan lotion and all.
He is a tough cookie still and constantly gets hurt, the worst one so far was at the water park called Splash Down. we had gone with Barbara and Alex. He was sitting on a plastic chair and pushed back adn landed face 1st on a rock. He was bleeding EVERYwhere, it was scary. WE rushed him to the medic station but they wer not much help. HIs nose looked broken and I could not tell if any teeth had been affected. He swelled up like a ballon and cried so much. We brought him to Urgent care, had e-rays done and the next day saw DR. Gellar to check his teeth, he really really lucked out this time. Nothing major but lots of swelling and some scaring. This happed July 9th. Very scarey day for us.
Outside that though, he just falls so much. He seems to always hit his mouth too. He has had three other incidents since July 9th where he has had bleeding something in his mouth!! He also scrapes his knees a lot too, so much more that Chloe. He is a real boy I guess!
What else, he can now say about 3 words together and is getting better with pronuciations, still it’s not east to decipher, especialy for a stranger. He now says Coe instead or Oe for Chloe, which is an improvement and can count to 10 practically. He can repeat pretty much everything now.
His passion is anything that moves right now. He loves trains, fire trucks, cars, tractors, planes etc. His favorite toy right now is probably his brio train set and his wood train that Agathe and Michel gave him for X-mas. He is starting to color, but has a short attention spam for that kind of stuff. He also enjoys going through books and being read too, but also doesn’t sit put long. He loves to dance and sing and jump. Being silly is the best though! He also likes to imitate his sister. Walk his stroller with her. The other night we walked all around our block, both Chloe and Alex pushed their baby’s in the stroller. They really had fun doing it. Oh and he also dresses up with Chloe too…poor thing usually ends up in a dress of some sort with heals, it’s funny to certain extent. I also have a superman costume and Robin costume which the will both put on. he seems to like to be like Chloe though, so he likes the dresses that she practically forces him to wear. I will have to get him more boy costumes like fireman, or police officer type stuff. He is not big on puzzles and I stay away from play doh since last time we tried he was still trying to eat it. He loves to play outside. He loves the little tricycle but uses his feet to move, he found a way to go really fast doing so, faster than pedaling…even though he can reach the pedals he prefers pushing with his toes. I will have to try and tape this! They like to ride their orande cars outside too. We had the pool out for the summer and ALex is really starting to enjoy it. At first he thought it was too cold but now he lies in it and has fun.
He goes to bed around 8:30-9pm and wakes up b/w 7 and 8 am. Today was a fluke as he woke up at 9am, He had a short nap yesterday so taht is why. Normally it’s closer to 7:00am these days. He then goes for a nap around 1:30-2pm and sleeps for 2-3 hours. I try to wake him up around 4-4:30 no later. When Chloe does to preschool in the fall I will have to put him down earlier and wake him around 2:30.
He eats very well still. breakfast is not his stregnth, he is more of a meat and potatoes kind of guy. He will have some cereal and some toast for breakfast with water. Then he will have a bottle mid morning. then for lunch it’s either leftovers, or PB Jelly sandwichs, turkey sandwich, macaroni, pasta, eggs, pancakes or french toast..and more. After nap he usually has another bottle. At night they eat whatever we eat. His favorite though would have to be pasta I think, although he likes shepard’s pie, hamburgers, pizza, meatloaf, etc. We also finish with a fruit for dinner. he is pretty resistant to that, but I have found a few things he likes, cantaloupe, watermelon, banana’s, nectarines, plums. sometimes apples and pineapple. he prefers Veggies to fruit I think! he loves yellow peppers, sugar snap peas, corn, carrots, cucubers, etc. he will eat the veggies mixed in aswell. before bed he then has his last bottle. He loves to have water with meals and doesn’t realy like juice as much as he likes water and milk. I guess that is a good thing. Chloe LOVES her juice.
He hasn’t changed in regards to the TV. He watches it for a little than moves on. He is still very much in a MOMMY MOMMY phase. He wants me for everything and does not like being with out me if he knows I am not far away. If I am OUT of the house and he knows it, he is much MUCH better with who ever is with him. He is worst when I’m around!
he also is great in time outs, goes and sits right down. Normally it calms him and he is good to go again.
Well that is about all for now, i am probably forgetting something but ti’s late and this is getting VERY long!
I love you baby Alex, your are my little man! Mouagh!
Maman
xx