Who's funny?

Today Alex took a short afternoon nap and woke up grumpy! When I went to get him, he was crying (which he never does). Even after I sat down on the floor with him, he was still crying. I don't think he is feeling very well, but I did my best to get him to snap out of the grumps. When nothing I did was working, I got him his cup. He took 1 drink and then practiced walking while holding it. Since he is walking now, his new thing is walking with things in his hands! He almost has it down. I'm not sure what happen, but he ended up falling and the cup hit the ground so hard that milk (formula) spit up out of the cup and got on Alex's face. After making sure he was ok from the fall, I could not stop laughing at the milk on his face.
Well, he thought I was laughing because the cup hit him in the face. So he sat on his butt and gently hit himself in the face with the cup while waiting for me to laugh again. I said "no Alex, don't hit yourself with the cup". He kept doing it. I ended up cracking up at the fact that he was trying to make me laugh! Because I was laughing he kept doing it.
I was amazed at this, and even emailed Joe to remind me to tell him the story. We love to laugh in this family, and seeing Alex trying to make me laugh was so awesome! I can not wait for more of that! I am not a big fan of him hitting himself with a cup, but that will do for now!
Later that night at dinner he tried this trick out on dad! Dad cracked up and Alex kept doing it! I guess we are going to have to find something else that is funny, and fast!

Here comes Santa!

Alex got to talk with Santa today! We had his pictures taken at the mall, and thought it would be a good time to visit Santa since Alex was dressed in his Christmas best!

Just for fun, here is last years Santa picture:2009 is not as good!

Yep, There he goes!

For about a month and a half, Alex has been working on walking. He started by letting go of the couch and taking 1 step before he would fall. Then he let go and would "throw" himself to the nearest thing that might catch his fall. It has been so cute watching him add an extra step each day. I think I am ready to say that "Alex is walking"! He is so proud of himself that he giggles and squeals the whole time! Today his Aunt Sara came over to watch him, and he was pretending to be shy, but then he would show off his walking to her! It was adorable!

Here is a video of Alex "walking". This was a few days ago, and he is walking even further now. Everyday we see him make it further and further. Enjoy!

Happy National Adoption Day!

We could not be a family of three if it wasn't for adoption!

I wouldn't be who I am if my grandma had not adopted my dad! I love our open adoption, and I pray that all of the waiting mom and dads out there will have your babies home soon!

Happy National Adoption Day!