No more sleeping

Alex has decided that he no longer wants to sleep at night. He has been waking up around midnight and showing no desire to return to sleep. This has made for some unhappy parents. Hopefully this is a phase and it will pass. Like everything, we blame it on teething. What happens when he gets all of his teeth in, we will need to find a new culprit for all of his ails.

Alex with great grandma Kathy

Weekend in LA

This past weekend Alex and I went down to L.A. to celebrate Ezra's first birthday. It was Alex's first time on an airplane and he did great. He really liked looking out the windows. Luckily we had an empty seat beside us both ways because Alex is hard to keep still and he had no desire to sleep on the plane. Alex had a great time playing with his cousin and got to meet his great grandparents for the first time.

Alex has been very busy crawling around (still on his stomach) and he is pulling up onto his knees. He really wants to stand but hasn't worked up enough nerve yet. I can also report that he has his first tooth. It started coming in last Thursday.
Sorry for the lack of posts recently. Stay tuned, I have lots of pictures to share.

Climbing Alex

Alex has figured out how to climb up things. Mainly he uses Rob and me to climb on but occasionally he uses the table and the dog. He isn't very steady on his feet and tends to stand on his tip toes but he gets better every day. He has also figured out how to go from a sitting position to his stomach. Now if he could only figure out how to get back into a sitting position he would be set. His new mobility is making him very happy. He likes to explore underneath the kitchen table and loves to weave through all the chairs.

He has been battling a cold for the last week so getting him to take naps has not been easy. Rob resorted to an oldy but a goody with Alex sleeping on his chest.

Halloween sneak preview

Since all of the stores immediately went into Halloween mode the day after Labor Day, we figured we'd give you a sneak preview of Alex's Halloween costume. We'll say for arguments sake that he's a kosher dog.

Creeping Alex

Alex got to visit with his grandparents very briefly this past week. During his visit grandpa took this video of him moving. He is getting around more quickly now but he is still dragging his stomach on the ground and does not use his legs very well. Hopefully he will figure out a more efficient way to move soon.


We went in on Friday for Alex's 9 month check up. No shots this time, which was nice, just a general check up. Alex is doing fine but as you can probably tell, still on the small side. He weighed in at 16 pounds, 1 ounce. That puts him in the 3rd percentile. The doctor said we should try and fatten him up a bit and add some high fat foods to his diet. We are now pretty much adding butter and oil to everything we make for him. If only I had that problem and my doctor told me to fatten up a bit (I would be in cookie heaven).

Labor Day Weekend

We spent this past weekend at the beach. We had amazingly nice weather and were able to spend plenty of time outside and in the sand. The first day we took Alex to the beach he spent the entire time trying to eat the sand. The second time I think he learned his lesson and decided to dig in the sand rather than eat it.


Sampson also had a great time running free. At one point when the tide was low he ran into the water thinking it was shallow and he went completely under and came up frantically dog paddling. He made it out just fine and gave Rob and me a good laugh.