Crazy Winter

Seems like everyone got hit pretty hard with the snow in the Northwest. This is the most snow that I've had since the Winter of 1996 just after I moved to Seattle for college. Since Alex has been cooped up for the last week with the Chicken Pox, we decided to let him play in the snow for a few minutes. If you've ever seen our house, you've noticed the really steep driveway. While it's a problem for getting the car out if it's snowy, we found out that it's great for sledding. Below are some pictures of us playing and a video of Dad and Alex sledding down our driveway.

Let it Snow

Alex in his super thick snow suit

As you are probably aware, it has been snowing quite heavily the last few days. With the snow and the chicken pox we have been stuck in the house all week. Yesterday I was going a little stir crazy so I put Alex in this snow suit we got from Rob's brother and we went for a walk. I don't think Alex had a clue that it was 25 degrees outside.

Thankfully Alex is feeling better. He has been a little on the cranky side but that could be due to the fact he is getting a few more teeth. I was so focused on his chicken pox that I didn't even notice the new tooth on the bottom along with the 2 that are coming in on top, poor kid.

Chicken Pox: For Posterity

Just so that we are prepared to show Alex what he went through when he is older. I took him to the pediatrician yesterday since nobody believed me that he could have a full case of the Chicken Pox just from the vaccine. The doctor walked into the room and said, "Wow! I've read that this was possible, but have never seen a full blown case from the vaccine." Good for you Alex! Way to prove them wrong.

Vaccines

Alex had his one year doctor's appointment last week. During that appointment he got a number of vaccines including one for Chicken Pox. I thought that was pretty cool that Alex wouldn't have to go through the Chicken Pox like Jess and I did. Turns out that some babies have reactions to the vaccines. Alex was one of those babies. His reaction was to actually get the Chicken Pox.

The obligatory picture of Alex's pox. He wasn't all that happy with picture time. Don't worry. I'm still a happy baby most of the time though.

Alex is hanging in pretty well. He has a bit of a fever, but is pretty happy for the most part. Luckily, he'll never remember that he had Chicken Pox and I'm thankful that he doesn't really know how to scratch himself yet.

Alex had his one year checkup on Friday. He's doing great and grew enough to get back on the charts. He's now 10% in height and head size and 3% weight. He's got the green light to eat everything now including peanut butter since they apparently just changed that rule.

Alex in his Tigger robe and footies after a bath. This is one of those things that you register for because it is so cute, but later realize that it's cuter than it is practical.

We decided to see what he'd do if we put a bowl over his head. His reaction was to keep doing it to himself.

Birthday pictures

Alex is concentrating hard at pulling the wrapping paper off while his cousins wait patiently. A few minutes after this we had them help Alex with the rest of the unwrapping.

Here is Alex with his great-grandparents who came in from Denver to celebrate Thanksgiving and his birthday with us. We were so happy they were able to come.

Alex enjoyed making a mess out of the cupcake. This was after he licked all of the frosting off. Eventually he ate his whole cupcake.