New Shoes, New Tricks and New Pics

Xander got his first pair of "big boy" shoes today (size 4!!) and learned how to drink from a straw! And we put in a few more pics of him lately. He loves looking out the window with the dog, just checking out whatevers out there :)

10 Months Old!!!!!!

Alixander is a whole 10 months old now! So hard to believe! He LOVES to talk and be loud and will converse with anyone willing to listen. He is becoming very adept and standing and moving around with help, and beginning to stand on his own! Won't be long before hes running around for good!

He weighs 27 pounds and is 30 inches tall! He currently has 6 teeth but has 2 more through but not enough to see. He love to explore and decided to try and climb the hill behind our house yesterday. (For those of you who have been here, you know wat a task that is!!!!) Needless to say he ended up toppling down to Mom's legs who was close behind! He still enjoys playing with his dogs and thinks people counting the fish in his tank is very funny.

He has a great personality! He thinks its a good idea to crawl away from Mom as fast as he can when she is getting him in trouble or trying to dress him! It is quite funny...He has also started giving us the stuff he gets in trouble for having and acting like that was his intention all along :)

Here are some new pics of him showing off his goofy side! Well I guess the first one just shows off his "mucles" :)

Mommy being brave...

Today Mommy was very brave and gave Alixander a spoon and a bowl of mashed potatoes and let him go to town. Needless to say, more potatoes ended up on his body than in his belly but he sure had a great time trying to figure it all out! He knows what the spoon is supposed to do, just hasn't figured out how to get the food on there yet!

A Day At the Zoo!!

Here are some pictures from our trip to the St. Louis Zoo last weekend. It was very very hot, in the upper 90s and very humid. Though we didnt stay very long both kids had a good time being outside and seeing all the animals!

Desert Visitor

Alixander got a package from Grandpa yesterday! He loved playing with the box and then the tape and finally the camel! Here are some pictures of him opening the box and playing with his new toy!