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Moo
Originally uploaded by Raspberry World.Can you guess?
The whole family just returned from Texas. We went down to San Antonio for a week. Alex loved spending time with his grandmother in the swimming pool, Marty and I were in barbecue heaven, and I came home with a silver medal for singing.
Pictures up at Flickr. More details [...]Happy Summer
Italian Ice
Originally uploaded by Raspberry World.
Suddenly, it’s summer! Hooray! Here’s Alex enjoying his very first Italian ice earlier this month. I thought we’d share one, but he didn’t want to give it back to me!
Communicating
Mother’s Day, 2007
Originally uploaded by Raspberry World.
Today I was strapping Alex into his car seat as we were leaving the grocery store and he started tapping one hand against his thigh. This is the sign for “dog” in American Sign Language. “Where’s a dog?” I asked, just making conversation.
Then I looked up and saw a [...]14 month update
Alex
Originally uploaded by Raspberry World.
Look at that big boy.
He can walk just about anywhere, climb up and down stairs, and let you know what he wants without saying a word.
When it’s time to go bye-bye, he blows kisses to everyone, including the janitor.
Sometimes if he hears us laughing, he laughs too — [...]March Moves Out
Alex’s favorite part of the fire truck
Originally uploaded by Raspberry World.
March has really gotten away from me. Work has been so busy… I’ve even tried to work a couple of extra days, but it always seems to backfire. Alex gets sick and then I end up having to stay home later in the week (on [...]
A Milestone
Fun with the cape
Originally uploaded by Raspberry World.
On Wednesday, Alex had his first haircut.
“But he’s bald!” I hear you say.
That’s what you think. It was getting pretty long in the back!
Since it was the first time, and I’m no expert, I decided to take him for a professional haircut. I have to admit, I also [...]Milk
Milk
Originally uploaded by Raspberry World.
Alex could drink milk all day long. He wakes up in the morning and makes the sign for “milk” before he’s even out of his crib. He slurps down a cup while I’m fixing his breakfast, and then asks for more. He loves milk!