a few super-cool things Alex is doing now

Waving - he waves with his arm and wrist and sometime with his fingers. I'm not sure he's connected it to hello and goodbye - but, he sure likes doing it. Especially when someone does it to him!

"Touchdown" - We have tought him to raise up both hands when we say touchdown. A friend of mine told me they did this with their kid and how much fun it was. Alex certainly loves doing "Touchdown" in the highchair or at any other time when you say "Touchdown!" It took him a while to do this one - we did it a lot at home but nothing. All of a sudden, he started doing it and we told daycare that Alex has a new "trick" - they said, yeah, they've been seeing that but they didn't know what it meant. So, when he did it at daycare they would say "Ta-Da!".

Da-da-da, Ma-ma-ma - I think he's getting closer to understanding what Daddy means and what Mama means. We play a game - Where's Daddy and Where's Mama? and he has fun with that. It's probably right around the corner that he'll make the connection. How wonderful is that?

Walking - I know - I know - it's crazy early (10 months old?) - but, he loves to M.O.V.E. He is fully standing now and will take a few steps now and then. He definately has the side-cruising down pat - and now has started doing a one-armed front walking version of cruising that I think is helping him learn to walk. One of my friends told me about the Boo Boo Bunnie (or Boo Boo Buddy) since now he'll be getting even more falls, scraps and bruises. Thanks Julie for the wonderful tip!

Ticklish feet - it's fun to tickle his feet when he is sitting somewhere and you can get your tickle finger on his foot before he knows what happened. His little legs wiggle and move trying to get away from the tickle. Then, move to the other foot. Repeat. Great fun!