Here we are in Montreal. Lex
is an international baby before his first birthday. We drove up
to Montreal for the night. Alan is going to attend a conference
tomorrow and Lex and I are going to explore the city (well, the
few blocks surrounding our hotel anyway). Hopefully it will be
a nice day.

Lex is becoming such a
playful toddler these days. He’s developing a real personality,
likes the outdoors, like wrestling and tickling, and he’s
really talking a lot these days. He is so much fun! At the
moment it’s almost an hour past bedtime, but Lex is having a
great time putting stuff in his pack-n-play (his clothes,
blankets, toys, etc) and then we put him in the bed and he
throws everything out. He’s done this several times and loves
it. Silly baby. He has also learned (this is important!) to get
off the bed feet first. He crawls to the edge of the bed (or
couch or chair), looks over, then turns himself around and goes
down feet first. But the overall best part is that it’s so easy
to make him laugh. He smiles for everyone and laughs often with
a perfect baby laugh.

I’ve said it
before and I’m sure I’ll say it again – this is my favorite
age! :)