ELEVEN....Almost ONE!

Alex was 11 months old last Tuesday. I can hardly believe I am in the process of planning a first birthday party!! Where did the year go? This year has flown by, even more so than I think Will's first year did. Before I know it school will be out and it will be birthday week for our little guy! Alex is happy, chill, laid back, hilarious, snuggly, precious, sweet, the list could go on and on. I am loving his little personality. I say this every month but he is just content to do whatever, to be with whoever, and to be playing with whatever. He rarely ever cries, so we know that when he does, he means business! He is crawling ALL over the place and is getting pretty quick. He has not crawled up the stairs yet. As you can tell in a picture below, he has definitely found the stairs, and has managed to get on top of one, but he hasn't really shown any interest to go up them. He really just likes to be wherever we are so he doesn't tend to wander off :) He is still eating baby food, but we have introduced a lot of real food too-strawberries, bananas, blueberries, cheese, muffins, cheerios, and kiwi are among his favorites this month! A few weeks ago his dad decided that he needed a hair cut...he decided this without asking me!!! I can promise you John won't be having any more genius ideas like that one...ever....again!! You can tell in the toilet paper pictures-those were post hair cut :) He just cut the front because it was falling in his eyes, however obviously boys do not understand the whole "no major hair cut until baby is one" ordeal. Oh well, I'm over it! When it is parted, it looks fine :) He just looks a bit more like a big boy. We love him so much and can't wait to celebrate with him on his big day less than one month from now!!