Mr. Pumpkin

The other day at daycare Alex had a few unfortunate accidents which meant the removal of his cute outfit and the use of his back up daycare clothes. He doesn't often need to use these clothes so we generally throw a random assortment of things in. This day he ruined his shirt and his bottom which led to this result (to top things off he also had on green socks during the day).
We have been trying very hard to get a video of his new creeping but he doesn't seem to do it when the camera is around. We will have more free time when we go to the beach this weekend so hopefully we can capture it then.

Creeping, not necessarily crawling

So Alex has started moving around now. I think we would technically call it creeping. I think the next stage is Army crawling. If this is what he's doing right now, I'd say the Army needs to work on their techniques. Alex generally needs to find motivation to get moving and most often it's Sampson's leash or Sampson's bone. Not sure Sammy is a big fan of this stage. Below is a picture of Alex celebrating the Men's Olympic Basketball team's gold medal.

Alex and Ezra

Ezra has been visiting and we have been having lots of fun watching the babies play. Above are just a few of the cute things they do.

We took Alex to his first professional sporting event on Sunday. Unfortunately for him, the only professional team was the Rays as the Mariners seemed to have played with their Triple A affiliate. Alex is very nice, he didn't seem to mind when they had their 4th wild pitch of the day.

My brother set the over/under for an Alex meltdown at 3 innings. Somehow, he made it the whole game. I think there were plenty of adult fans who didn't make it that long.

Alex being super cute in his Mariners outfit.

Are they EVER going to score? Wake me when they do.

Alex also has a new noise. I'm not sure how he does it, but he kindof sounds like Chewbacca. He's not quite as tall though. Below is a video of the little wookie. He starts turning it on in the second half.

A round of applause please

Alex learned how to clap his hands today. I think this is really cute.

Alex's best friend

I can't wait until Hannah is old enough to babysit for me.

Look at me, I'm 2 feet, 2 inches tall. Probably destined to be a point guard.

We know we owe you all new pictures. We've been keeping busy lately. Alex doesn't have any new tricks yet, but he's trying hard to figure out how to crawl and he definately wants to be able to pull himself up. It will all come with time. Below is a movie from our baby dance class. I'm no expert, but it seems that Jess is leading in this one.