A Big Week

A lot has changed in 7 days for Mr. Alex. He is finally rolling back to front, has cut his first teeth, and pulled up to standing for the first time today. Wow! Alex just showed interest in pulling up for the first time last week after an activity we did at gymnastics and I guess he suddenly realized he could try to do it on his own. I left him sitting up in his crib playing with toys for just a second and when I walked back in the room he was calmly standing at the edge of his crib. It was still on the middle height setting so his head was several inches over the railing. I freaked and Alex was surprised, let go, and bumped his head. As soon as I lowered the crib to a much safer level, I let him try again (with a little help this time since he can't reach the rails) and he's loving it. He has a little bump on his right brow but that's not too bad for such an exciting week. I'm really happy that his two bottom teeth have finally appeared because I'm hoping we'll get a little break from the teething for, oh, a week or so until the tops ones come in. It's almost impossible to get a good look in his mouth so I don't know how close those are yet.

Here's the big guy looking so proud of himself.



And here's a look at the rolling (with a little look at Ben, who didn't want to be left out!)