Hot..Hot..and More Hot--Oh Yeah and Our First Anniversary!

Anyone else think it is ridiculously hot outside? Maybe I have just forgotten how hot August is, or maybe it's because I am 6 months pregnant, but I am hating the weather right now with a passion. I don't even want to be outside for 5 minutes. Seriously, why can't it just stay 75 year round in Balitmore? That aside, nothing too crazy going on here last week. We truly are in those last lazy, hazy days of summer (I go back to work in 2 weeks!). Probably the most exciting thing about this week is Abe and I are celebrating our first anniversary today! Our true anniversary is 9/21/07, but our wedding anniversary is 8/10/08, so that's today. No plans really, we'll probably just go to a cheap dinner tonight and take Alex with us! LOL. I think we are planning on combining both anniversaries in September and going to our favorite place downtown--Fogo de Chao! I get the 28th off for Yom Kippur, so we'll probably go then while Alex is in daycare. The house is coming along. We have been cleaning, and reorganizing like crazy to prepare for our daughter's arrival, and we plan on painting her room tomorrow when Alex is in daycare and Abe has a day off. What color, you ask? We'll post pictures when it's done, until then--you'll have to wait! :)

I pulled out my bins to do some scrapbooking (I am trying to complete Alex's first year,before I have another one to work on) and our little tree frog decided to scale them!

We got Alex a new toy (well we pulled one out we were saving for Christmas) since he was such a good boy while we were doing all of our cleaning and re-organizing.

                     All of the cousins--It's not easy  to get a pic of these 5!

Alex is 17 Months Old!

Alex will be 17 Months old tomorrow! I can't believe almost a year and half has flown by so fast! He's really starting to be more independant and his communication is making definite improvements. He's now clearly saying several words,though mostly still just around Abe and I. His favorite word and the one that seems easiest for him to say is "uh oh!" He says it everytime he drops something, or throws something. It's too funny! He also says "go" alot, mainly because he loves to be outside and always wants to go out. He babbles continuously throughout the day and is probably saying a lot of things we're still unable to decipher. He also sings now. He just hums all day long! LOL. He's gotten much better at climbing and running as well. We're amazed at how he can run on those skinny little legs he has! The newest thing he'sreally into is dancing. He's been mocing to music for a long time now, but recently he actually stands and moves his whole body and  giggles while he's doing it. He's growing too! He's finally starting to wear 24 mos. sized clothing and has gone up to a size 6 shoe. We can't believe how big our little man is getting! Here are some pictures of him at 17 Months..well just short of 17 months!

Alex's new favorite thing is taking stuff apart and putting it back together--here he is with the remote and a pen, both of which he disassembled.

He doesnt show it off much, but look at this smile! 7 More teeth and he'll have a full set!

Watch out--he's driving with a sippy sup in his hand!

Like a true man, he had to stop and watch the garbage truck before continuing to play!