Marching into Spring

You haven't really been able to tell in the pictures from recent posts but Alex has been walking since early February. Now he's a regular walking machine. It's exciting to see all the progress he's making. He will walk into his room and just sit and flip through books for 10, 15, 20 minutes at a time while Julie and I are cleaning or eating. It's cute to poke your head in and see him intently looking at a picture in his book, not even knowing you're there. When he was born Jeff, Julie's brother, got him a pair of Converse All-Stars that we knew he wouldn't wear for a while. Last week Julie put them on for fun, and they almost fit. They make his feet look huge! NBA here we come!

Alex still loves to crawl around and put things in his mouth. This picture shows just what I mean. He loves Mickey Mouse and just happened to put the block in his mouth perfectly. Julie was able to get the camera in time. You can tell by the look in his eye the he knows he did something funny... what a ham!
Last weekend we were in La Crosse for Jon's 1st birthday party. Being only 5 weeks apart Jon and Alex will have lots of fun growing up together. They don't know it yet but they will probably get in all kinds of trouble (fun) together.



Alex played so hard one day that when Julie put him down for a nap he ended up sleeping like this. It was too cute to pass up a picture.

Next month we will be taking a road trip to South Carolina for Jeff's college graduation and were buying some things for the trip. This was the perfect hat to keep Alex's ears and head from getting fried by the sun while we are down there and out playing this summer. He thinks it's pretty cool. He likes to have it all the way down so you can't see his eyes.