And boy are they happy. Alan
and I are mostly recovered (though Alan is having a bit of a
relapse due to lack of sleep), but Lex is 110% better and he’s
sooo happy. These past few days he’s been laughing so much more
and he’s extra playful and cuddly. And best of all – he’s
sleeping better! Yay!! Maybe, just maybe, he’ll make it all the
way through the night before his first birthday. We can only
wait and see.

Now that he’s feeling
better, its amazing how playful he is. He likes to crawl around
and lock all of the wheels on his highchair, and he is walking
everywhere with the help of chairs, the ottoman, his toy car
walker thing, and anything else he can manage to push around.
He also likes to get Alan and I to crawl after him, and he
peeks around corners at us, and he’s just so amazingly silly
and playful – and a total ham for the camera. Everytime he
hears the camera beep he makes a huge, open-mouthed toothy
smile and says “aaarhhhh”. I love it!

We’ve started planning his first birthday party. We went
to the party store last week and ordered a bunch of balloons
and we bought some decorations and stuff. It will be fun. I’m
excited.

PS> More pictures
online at photos.datdec.com