I forgot to mention that despite being
under the weather, Lex had a developmentally big weekend. He
had taken a few short steps last week, but this weekend he took
5 real steps and has gotten much braver about walking. Now
he’ll easily let go of what he’s cruising on and take 2 or 3
steps towards something else. Yesterday he even took a step,
turned, and took another before plopping onto his butt. All of
this with an ear infection and probably affected balance.

He is also starting to mimic words a
lot. My sister’s friend came over for a little while and taught
Lex how to say “uh-oh.” He says it more like “UH….oh” but its
clear what he’s saying. He was also making a good effort at
saying “dog” (he loves Keno) and “Tessa”. And yesterday at the
doctors office I was telling him that we had to be patient and
the doctor would come see us. After a few minutes of me talking
to him he said “DOK…tor” Similar to his uh-oh, but definitely
closer to doctor.

I think it’s amazing
watching him learn. At such a young age it seems like he’s
learning something new everyday and you can really see it
happen. It’s so cool.

PS: Lex
seems worlds better this morning after taking the antibiotics
yesterday. Hopefully this round clears up the
infection.