up and up

with his increased mobility came increased curiosity, which he's now able to satisfy as he can actually get to those places. the other day he discovered the stairs. now he wants to climb them. yay me!

they're here!

noticed this the other day, but today we finally got a really good look and were able to snap a shot.

looks like we'll be seeing a tooth pretty soon here. you can definitely feel 'em that's for sure!

click for a closeup:

up

about a week before he started walking crawling Alexander starting the sitting up process. this video, from just a couple of days before he crawled successfully, shows his mastery of sitting up. now when he wakes up he's often sitting up waiting for me! [quicktime]http://dinaandphilip.com/site/wp-content/video/alex_sittingup.m4v[/quicktime]

freedom!!

We knew the day would soon arrive and it has. For the last couple of weeks, Alexander has been revving up, trying to steady himself on all fours, getting his body conditioned for the coordination it takes to accomplish the next milestone: crawling.  And this evening our lil boy did it!! Our 7.75 month old has a new-found freedom.  The freedom to roam around his world and discover whether the world is flat or round - oh wait, that's already been proven - and even, though he IS a genius - well, just nevermind. ; ) Here's video we took of his first steps on all fours. Yay? Scary? Yes to both but it's just the beginning of what's to come and we're looking forward to the adventure that is AAA!

[quicktime]http://dinaandphilip.com/site/wp-content/video/AAA_First_Crawl.m4v[/quicktime]

Alexander rocks

updates! see the photo page for photos for june, er, may; or go here. but, perhaps most exciting, the return of video! you can navigate to the video link on the right side of the page or view right here our newest video! here alexander shows off his maneuverability!

[quicktime]http://dinaandphilip.com/site/media/Media/Alexander%20rocks-medium.m4v[/quicktime]

grocery shopping with mommy!

mommy and Alexander went to the grocery store this past monday and Alexander got to ride in the shopping cart sitting up! the cart cover worked great. here is Alexander checking it out to make sure it meets his standards. and it PASSED the inspection!

food

as Dina mentioned the other day (ok, it's been a week or something, but whatever), the boy has started eating solid food. as you can see from above, i've got the setup for creating the perfect baby food. from left to right you can see sweet potatoes about to get blended in the magic bullet (yeah, it actually does work!); finished sweet potatoes, carrots in their final state and inside the steamer, apples.

it takes a bit of extra time i suppose, although no more then it would to go to the store and buy the same amount in baby food jars, but it's cost effective and we know exactly what the boy is getting.

which, by the way, is everything - so far he eats like a champ!

rolling and babbling and solids, oh my!

yup this past week was very eventful for us. mommy saw alexander's first rolling marathon as he went rolling back and forth from his back to his tummy and tummy to his back for the width of the bed. this past week, we introduced him more vigorously to solid (baby) foods and he's had only the best cuisine (of course) = breastmilk + applesauce or peas or butternut squash or carrots or sweet potato or oatmeal! daddy's slowly increasing his caloric intake to help our alexito sleep through the night. we've had a few successful nights and some not so successful, but we're all still transitioning. speaking of transitioning, AAA is now in his own bedroom full-time! mommy and daddy have removed the pak-n-play from their room and AAA is sleeping only in his crib! mommy and/or daddy still need to wake up a couple times some nights and trek over to his room, but we've learned to do the walk to his room in our sleep! and as if these events could be topped, our little boy who is growing up so wonderfully, started actually babbling - saying "da da" constantly - and wanting to stay up last night with us and just chat away! he's finding his beautiful voice and we are just so in awe of him.