My big boy Alex.

It's funny how fast time goes. I feel like Alex was just a little baby, and now he's such a big boy. He'll be 2 in less than two months!

I am so proud of Alex, though. The last few months, he's really developed a lot. He has a lot of big accomplishments. I'm very proud of the fact that he knows just about ALL the letters in the alphabet! I got some Sesame Street books about letters and colors. He's known his colors for a long time now, at least 5 months, if not more. But he didn't know his letters. Well, he knew a few. The very first letter he ever learned was B. I had a different alphabet book and he learned it there. One day we were at Winco, by the dairy section, and suddenly, he starts saying, B! B! B! I was trying to figure out what he was looking at. I looked up and saw the big 'ol BEER sign on the wall. He recognized the B!

Anyways, so Anna was a little prodigy child and actually taught herself the alphabet from a really great toy I got for 50 cents. So I know you're not supposed to compare your kids and their learning/development, but I felt that Alex needed to learn his letters, since Anna did it right before she turned two. So, he really liked the Sesame street book about letters and we read that a lot to him. That's what really spurred his learning. About a month ago, he really started pointing out different letters. We'd be at a stoplight and he'd look out the window  and call out a letter he recognized.

Here, he is playing with an alphabet puzzle. This is where I realized he really knew more letters than I was aware of. He'd pick up a piece and say the letter. I was very surprised, since in the past we'd point out letters, but he wouldn't really respond. Kids do that, they really are observing and learning, but just not telling you! Haha.

He and Anna really like to color. He likes for me to get a marker or crayon and write out letters. He'll say the letter, and I'll write it on the paper he's coloring on! It's really cute.

His other BIG accomplishment is speaking! The last few weeks, he's just exploded with two word phrases. His first one was "yellow bus." We were coming home from dropping Anna off at preschool and we usually see a few buses on the way there or back. I pointed one out, and he just said, "yellow bus!" And ever since then, he's just kept it up. He'll say things like read book, Anna's preschool, runny nose (he was sick this week), doggy park, ride bike, etc. He's getting really good at it. And last week, he had his first THREE word phrase. Ironically, it was "two yellow bus." Haha. We were coming back from preschool again, and we saw two yellow buses next to each other. I said that, and before I knew it, he was saying a 3 letter sentence.

I should add, that he also knows some of his shapes-sqaure, triangle, pentagon, and I think circle.

I just love this little guy!

Anna likes to play games on my phone, Alex decided to join her.

Alex, eating some bread, while watching a show on the couch. He pulled these pillows up around him!

He's getting better with his coloring. He's starting to actually color specific parts of a picture, instead of just scribbling all over it (however, he'll still eat crayons once in a while).