Pajamas

Just about every night Alex goes to bed with pajamas on and wakes up in the morning with them off. If you ask him where his pajamas are, he simply informs you "I take jammies off." About once a week I retrieve all pajamas and books from in between his bed and the wall.

Phrases

Observing and participating in a child learning to talk is such a rewarding job for a parent.

Right now Alex has a few phrases that just make me laugh.

"Yes it are"

"another one" in a sentence Alex would say "I find another one train!"

Today he said "A baby come out and play trains with me?"

2 questions

Alex has two new favorite questions. How? and Why?

Email from Shirley

There was a Priesthood meeting in Malone and I had to work so Shirley went and watched Alex so Jeremy could actually listen. This is the email that I got.

Alex and I found the nursery. First he notice the school bus, then the train, the dump truck and the cash register. He tried them all out, but guess what won out. But he wanted to know where the train cars were. I told him there were any. He was very disturbed by that. After awhile he solved the problem. It was like a light went on. He parked the cash register behind the engine and said "There's a train car.". Then the dump truck. "There's a coal car.". And finally the school bus."There's the caboose.". And then he put a little car with Ernie in it in between 2 of them and called it a coupler, the scanner on the cash register was another coupler, and the loader on the front of the dump truck was another coupler. There's a left over loop of elastic from a tag on the engine. He pulls on that and makes his train whistle noise and then "All aboard". Wow, no lack of imagination!

32 Weeks

We had the 32 week growth ultrasound on Thursday. Baby Girl is about 4.5 lbs and average in growth. Amniotic fluid levels were the same as the last ultrasound.

Prunes

This morning Alex had a meltdown. He stayed in the bath so long that his fingers pruned. He held up his hands and cried.

3 year well check

Alex did very well at his well check. The nurse is always amazed at how happy he is and that he isn't scared of the doctor's office.

Height: 37in 20th percentile

Weight: (forgot to ask how many pounds) 45th percentile

Dr. Monroe said that Alex is probably due for a growth spurt. I think he will be due for a growth spurt for the rest of his life. Alex is short and healthy.