EIGHTEEN

Alex is 18 months old today! SO incredibly hard to believe. He is no longer a baby!

He is very much a toddler and is into EVERYTHING!! Last night we had friends over for dinner and I turned around as I was finishing up cooking and Alex had about 20 pieces of tupperware pulled out all over the house! He loves to make messes and then move on to make another!!

He still isn't saying much other than Mama. He grunts and strangely enough, we know his different sounds and we can pretty much understand his way of communication...which is probably why he doesn't talk more! In the past 6 months, Alex has probably had 5 haircuts. His hair grows super fast. He gets 2 haircuts for every 1 that Will gets!

He is still our laid back kid....pretty easy going.....but he can throw a fit! Luckily for now, they are short lived and he is easily distracted :)

He loves to clap his hands, "rock out" in the car, and shake his head no :)

He is a climber! About a week ago John was in the den and Alex walked into the kitchen. John said after about a minute and a half of quiet, he figured he should see what he was doing...he walked into the kitchen and Alex was sitting on the kitchen table!

He loves Will and can't wait to hug him every morning as soon as he gets up. It is the sweetest thing! They do A LOT of wrestling and I have found myself doing A LOT of refereeing....but for the most part, they play well together...unless Will is working a puzzle.

I love the little person he is becoming and some days I just wish I could freeze time for just a little while.

I am surrounded by people who tell me not to blink, that it will be over in a heartbeat and before we know it our boys will be going off to college and we will be wishing we had back all the craziness and messiness and sleepiness :) I know they are right and I remind myself of that every single day. It won't be like this for long and I want to enjoy every single second of it.
                                        Happy 1.5 birthday sweet boy! We love you to pieces!!!