Common Words...Up All Night with Alex

It was a couple weeks ago that Melinda came out from the bedroom to find you, Abby, sitting on the time out bench. Surprised, she said, “You don’t need to be in time out. You haven’t done anything wrong.” Seeming disappointed, you got up, went over and hit your brother, then came back and sat down in timeout, seeming content to be there with a reason.

You are singing a lot lately. It’s really cute. Your most common words now are:
No
Mommy
Daddy
Shoe
Aley (Alex)
Hello/Hi
Bye

You really like shoes. (This might be a sign of things to come) You like to put shoes on when you just have your diaper on, or your pajamas. You are still really consistent at putting them on the wrong feet.

Alex, you now have 4 teeth: the two on top and the two on bottom. When you sit in your high chair you pull your legs up underneath you. It looks like it just your waist up sitting in the high chair.

You like to smack your lips when you eat and you do so very loudly. You are really good at clapping your hands. You are very much a little boy.

When you and I wrestle you charge like a bull, putting your head down and crawling full speed into me, trying to push me over.

You have done a good job at being a pestering little brother. You sometimes pull your sister’s hair, or try and take her books. She becomes very upset when she is trying to color, or read and you come over next to her to see what she’s doing and try to get involved. You have quite a temper yourself.

You like to open up and yell sometimes when you don’t get your way. Once, in the middle of the night, you woke up very upset. You wouldn’t let either of us hold you because you pushed away and threw yourself back. If we set you down, you kicked your legs and threw up your arms and yelled some more. The only thing that finally calmed you down was when I took you out in the cold garage.

When you are happy or upset, you hold your hands up in the air then bring them down slapping your knee, your leg or your stomach. You really are a good looking boy. You still have your kissable cheeks and you are a favorite with the aunts and uncles. Nanna said that you always have a smile just for her.

Oh, I have to add a note about your first time being babysat. Your mom and I went out for the evening and stayed overnight at a hotel for Valentine’s Day. You stayed and Rob and LaDena’s house. You and Abby both played well and had a good time, but when it came time to go to bed it was a different story. Rob stayed up with Alex all night long. And Abby woke up and ended up taking Rob’s place in bed with LaDena.