gabriella & jd (and alex! and vincent!)

Put your hands in the air

Pictures from last week. Alex continues to amuse us with his pronunciation as he learns words and people's names. bolla = apple mow = meow nonu = snow lullor = color Selsa = Elsa (at daycare) Ati = Kazi (at daycare) Lincoln is recovering from his annual dental cleaning. Only one extraction this year, and he seems to feel much better now.

Musical instruments. Alex loves the wooden musical instruments Z and GG sent him. His favorites are the alligator, giraffe, and turtle.

Pictures from the past week. We've been busy! JD was in NY, there was some snow, then we had a wedding this weekend and Grannie and Andrea babysat Alex. He kept them busy eating and playing and dancing. Alex is starting to say two words together "More means" (translation - more airplanes) and can count (sort of) 1..2..5

A fun weekend. Alex had a great weekend with Toots and Shana (and Dad of course) while I was in Charlotte. There was a trip to the National Air and Space Museum since Alex loves airplanes. I also understand there was lots of playing and coloring and puzzles and some good lasagna Shana made.

Playing outside. It was warm these past few days as you can tell from what Alex is wearing (it was in the 70's!). Unfortunately it is cooler today. Yesterday Alex learned the color "blue". He also likes to help clean up and put things where they belong - will this last? He also has been enjoying looking at pictures of buses and trucks on the internet since he can't get enough of them on the roads it seems.

A few new pictures. When Alex says "cheese" for the camera, he squints. I also introduced Alex to the broom and dustpan which he seemed to like. He also had some crazy hair when he woke up from his nap yesterday. Current collection of words include: yummies (for food) kitty cat meow airplane (pronounced "mean") bus truck moon stars turtle teeth ears nose neck toes bath color yellow ball ouch bright pacifier (pronounced "pass") Natalie Papa (for Nagypapa) shoes hat and many more - Alex is in full mimic mode and will copy anything we do.

Recent pictures. Not much going on these past few days, except we bought a new car! A 2007 VW Passat Wagon. For the full story, see JD's blog . Careful, the blog is not censored. Alex continues to eat voraciously, and scream his new word "no no no no no" a lot. He's also the puzzle king at daycare we were told on Friday. Oh, the yummy bowl of food in the picture is some rockin' jambalaya JD made.

Fun at the beach. We spent three days at Bethany with Carrie, David, Spencer, Mitchell, Natalie, Rose, Beth, Kathleen & Jeff! What fun. Lots of good food, laughs, playing the Wii, karaoke, and just hanging out. Maureen, John and Maisie who were also in Bethany came over for dinner. Check out that 10 lb prime rib Jeff cooked! We tore it up.

New pictures Eating a pear. Going to National Geographic in DC with Spencer and Mitchell and the Cahoon's. Eating ice cream. Gee, I thought Liverpool had an "l" at the end? Transferring crayons and carrying them around. Finally, a haircut!

Pictures from the week. Alex begging popcorn from JD. Visiting at Grannie and Nagypapa's. Washing the dishes at daycare. Playing the piano. Sleeping with sock monkey. New words this week include "No!" and "Bite" as in "let me have a bite of what you're eating".

Barb's Holiday Dinner. Barb hosted a really nice dinner for family and friends at Bobby Van's Steakhouse. We couldn't get Alex to stand with all the other children for the group reindeer portrait, he was too busy running around the room. Thanks Barb for a really nice dinner and evening.

December 15. Playing and eating and playing and being a goofball. Alex thought it was funny to wipe my mouth with the washcloth after I wiped his. At daycare Alex likes to dance to the music so we got out his radio at home. Alex also liked chasing Lincoln with the new cat toy. Later, completely unprompted, Alex pulled up his pants and was walking around. Perhaps the overalls made him want to do a jig.

Alex with the crazy hair. More pictures from last week.

December 11. Ice skating at Reston Town Center with Carrie, Spencer, Mitchell and Natalie. Alex enjoyed the holiday lights.

Big weekend picture dump. We spent the weekend in Delaware at Toots and Poppie's for Hanukkah. Ilana, Craig, Brian (25 months) and Lindsey (6 months) were also there, and Aunt Shana. A lot of fun was had as you can see by the pictures. I don't know who was more excited by the fact that Toots had kept JD's Matchbox cars - Alex or JD! Then on Sunday we went to the Brandywine River Museum to see the train exhibit, and to the Charcoal Pit for lunch. Mmmmmmmmmmm. December 7th. Reading, crazy hair, and a really cool truck puzzle from Cousin's Jackie and Jud.

December 5th. Fun at Grannie's, including another gift, doughnuts, and sitting at the table. Alex also likes to try to do Nagypapa's hand trick himself. December 4th. Gifts and brisket and a cool menorah from Toots.

Saturday Sunday Alex and I spent the weekend in Kensington at Grannie and Nagypapa's since JD was in England. We had a good time. Alex got a new toy lawnmower he loved. He also enjoyed looking at all of Nagypapa's radio equipment, watching the squirrels in the front yard, using the computer, and playing with an old school telephone.

Pictures. Alex likes to make a chair of his megablocks and sit on it. He has also taken to rolling around on the couch. He was very tired last night but managed to eat his spaghetti for dinner. Some new pictures. Beware of Wigs! All you Ab Fab fans out there may remember that line. Duncan is in town visiting and Alex likes hanging out in the office with Duncan and JD. This morning, Alex wanted to wear both his hat and JD's.

Friday and Saturday. More playing with the car toy box, then we went to the National Portrait Gallery which has this really cool inner courtyard and flat water fountain. We also moved Alex's crib into the hallway of our room since we are having some house guests. Alex didn't seem to mind the new location. One of the things Alex likes to do now is sit on the step down into the TV room. A really nice Thanksgiving. Even though Alex had a bad cold, he did his best to enjoy Thanksgiving. It was 70°F in the morning so we played outside. Toots, Poppie, Shana, Grannie, Nagypapa and Andrea came over and we had a delicious meal. Alex also got some really nice gifts from Toots and Poppie - including a wooden car toy box on wheels he enjoyed riding in, then pushing around. Alex has also learned to throw things away in the trash.