Alex’s first Christmas

Presents? I get presents? Cool!


Alex on the floor in Murthly
  

Alex on the floor in Murthly
  

It’s a gift tag! That’s just what I wanted!


Alex with his gift tag
  

Alex with his gift tag
  

Alex with his gift tag
  

Block trolley


Alex and the block trolley
  

Alex and the block trolley
  

Alex and the block trolley
  

Relaxing before Christmas dinner


Alex relaxing
  

Alex relaxing
  

Alex relaxing
  

Champagne… It’s an acquired taste, but I’m willing to work on it!


Alex relaxing
  

Alex relaxing
  

Alex relaxing
  

California Photos (November 2001)

Playtime at Schiphol airport


Alex and Abi at Schiphol
  

But how do you know I’m going to like it, dad?


Alex considers lunch
  

Meeting cousin Tom!


The tent
  

Tom and Sarah
  

Tom and Sarah...and a slide!
  

Mick and Sarah, Tom and Alex
  

Hanging out in Piedmont


My own private high chair
  

Alex makes a spectacle of himself
  

Kathleen and Alex
  

Alex and Grandpa
  

Some black and whites


Smiler
  

Looker
  

Thanksgiving


Snazzy sleepy boy
  

Ooh-a box!
  

Blocks!
  

Not sure about this...
  


Big family photo
  

Alex and Grandma
  

Stairs!
  

Falling down tired
  

Ooh–a mouse! Give it to me! Er…now what?


I can do that!
  

Let me have the mouse, please
  

Mouse!  Give!
  

So now what?
  

Monterey adventure


On the beach
  

On the beach
  

Planet of the jellies
  

Grabbing the backpack
  

Ooh–birthday cake! Give!


Ooh--birthday cake!  Give!
  

Huddle and cuddle with Uncle Mick


Huddle and cuddle with Uncle Mick
  

Ooh–camera! Give!


Ooh--camera!  Give!
  

Grandma and Grandpa with Alex at SFO


Grandma and Grandpa with Alex at SFO
  

10 Months old today!

Alex is 10 months old today! And he’s enormous. We haven’t weighed or measured him recently, but we can tell that he has grown substantially by the fact that he can reach well up onto all the tables in the living room. And he wants to get up onto the TV cabinet so badly that quite often he will grab hold of the edge, pull himself up to his tippy toes and jump up. I’ve seen both his feet leave the ground.

He now has five teeth through, the first two at the bottom front matched by three of the top front teeth.

Over the weekend we were playing a lot of walking games with him. If we line the block trolley up properly, he will use it to run all the way across the living room. He also thoroughly enjoys sitting on the block trolley and being pushed back and forward between mommy and me. He laughed himself silly doing that yesterday afternoon.