August 13, 2010
I've been consistently telling Alex to say "excuse me" after he burps. For the last two years. I figured even if he didn't understand what I was saying when he was a 1 yr old...eventually he'd get it. Sure enough he did! Yesterday he was sitting on the couch and out came a little burp. Before I could even respond, he said "excuse me!" It was surprising and so cute! And he's done it several times since then so I'm hopeful it'll stick.
Alex has entered the age of creativity with the way he sees things now. It's like watching the neurons form in his brain. His new thing is pretending he's a robot and talking into his arm like Buzz Lightyear. Then he wants you to talk into his arm.
Every day Alexander loves to talk with his dad on the phone. Usually Jeff will call at lunch but occasionally he's busy. On those days, sometimes Alex realizes he hasn't spoken with his dad and will ask to talk with Daddy. This week we called him on my cell phone one afternoon. At this moment we were in our loft and Alex was building with his legos. While talking with Jeff, Alex told him all about what he was doing with the legos. At one point he grabbed the phone and said, "Let's go Daddy!" and then he carried the phone to one of his dump trucks on the table and put it in the back. He drove the truck around for a few seconds until the phone fell out of the truck to the ground at which point he exclaimed, "Are you okay, Daddy?" 
Posted by Lisa Newman. Posted In : 2 1/2 years old
August 10, 2010
My son has a deep love for his blanket.
As much as I tried to steer him towards one of the many blue blankets we had, he went for the only white blanket. It has nubs. It's not as "white" as it used to be. But it's probably his dearest treasure on earth.
Today when I pulled it out of the dryer, I casually left it in the laundry basket with his other clothes to see how long it would take him to see it. He was like an animal spotting it's prey, plotting the best way to retrieve it from the basket.... Continue reading...
Posted by Lisa Newman. Posted In : 2 1/2 years old
August 10, 2010
"You find the mail, Mommy?"
"You eating the pasta?
"Tasha's crying?"
"You see Daddy?"
These are a few examples of what we hear everyday. You learn to acknowledge him quickly or else the question/statement is repeated at increasing volume. They're questions because of the way he chooses to intonate. But really, they're statements because he's not expecting anything more than an acknowledgement that he's letting you know something. If you've heard his little voice, you can input his level of excit... Continue reading...
Posted by Lisa Newman. Posted In : 2 1/2 years old
August 8, 2010
Frequently, Alex will engage us in conversation. 72.6% of the time, I don't know what he's specifically saying, although I can glean the general idea from hand gestures or words I know. He seems to get most insistent when we don't follow his train of thought and he's SO sure you should know what he's asking for or trying to tell you. Yesterday he was asking for a ranch dressing packet that was inside the original box. But neither Jeff nor I could figure out WHAT he was trying to communicate. ... Continue reading...
Posted by Lisa Newman. Posted In : 2 1/2 years old
August 3, 2010
Last night we hung out with some good friends we haven't seen in awhile and I was reminded of when Alex was a baby. He was one of the last babies born during the first round of babies within our close friends. The result was he was frequently referred to as "Baby Alex" so the older toddlers and kids would be gentle with him. This is a habit I've picked up and now use to help Alex understand about younger children. What's comical is that he is such a big boy for his age and always has been. He... Continue reading...
Posted by Lisa Newman. Posted In : 2 1/2 years old
July 27, 2010
Today was another swim lesson. As we walked up and down the stairs to get ready, I came down looking for his suit and rash guard I'd placed on the kitchen table. Looking around didn't reveal anything so I turned to my bright son and asked, "where's your bathing suit?" He replied with, "It's hiding."
He was acting odd but I couldn't quite figure out why so I looked to where he was pointing on the ground under the table and didn't see anything. I asked again, "where's your bathing suit, Alex?"... Continue reading...
Posted by Lisa Newman. Posted In : 2 1/2 years old
July 24, 2010
Today was a swim lesson with Lauren, one of our babysitters. Afterwards, he shivered his way across the street to our house and we jumped in the "hot" tub. More like a bath. But perfect for extended periods of play. He had Nemo, Buzz and Woody but it wasn't complete until he had his "boggles." When Dad walked out with his goggles, he squealed with excitement and proceeded to spend the next hour or so dunking himself and looking at his toys and Daddy underwater. We witnessed the first nose bur... Continue reading...
Posted by Lisa Newman. Posted In : 2 1/2 years old
July 23, 2010
I'm seriously blessed by how darling my boy can be when we get ready for bed. We sang Julie Andrews' "Doe a Deer" while brushing teeth, read lots of Bible stories about boats, made the bed (made sure his blanket was "right there" in its special place) and got tucked in, both prayed to God and sang the "Jesus Song" (Jesus Loves me, this I know...) and then said goodnight and "I love yous" back and forth numerous times.
In fact, I just had to leave in the middle of writing this post to lay out h... Continue reading...
Posted by Lisa Newman. Posted In : 2 1/2 years old
July 22, 2010
Recently I was thinking about the lion from The Wizard of Oz and I thought of Alexander. The lion wanted courage, a seeming contradiction since he was, after all, a lion. Alex is a seeming contradiction as well. He doesn't look like a lion but he sure has an overabundance of courage! And a tremendous heart. We regularly feel like those lions on the animal shows where the cubs are climbing all over the parents, batting at them and just trying to get some attention. Every now and then the paren... Continue reading...
Posted by Lisa Newman. Posted In : 2 1/2 years old
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