10 teeth and 3.5 steps

My little Alex is growing so quickly. Just before the weekend, I noticed that one of Alex's molars had come in on his upper right side. (I was reaching into his mouth to pull out a piece of paper that he was trying to eat when I felt them!) Then, yesterday, I was tickling him when he was lying down and when he opened his mouth to laugh I caught a glimpse of another one on the top left side. I couldn't believe that it was already time for this. I've been noticing that he has been drooling much more than normal for the past few weeks, and now it all makes sense. Anyway, this brings the total to 10 teeth!!!

In other Alex news, our little guy has been getting closer and closer to walking. He stands up on his own all of the time now. He took a step on his on two times while at Arya's preschool a week ago (3/2/10). (He'd taken sort of half-steps different times previously, when he'd be cruising from couch to coffee table, etc. and would let go briefly.) Rajeev and I have been encouraging him to come to us when he's a few steps away. He usually takes about one step and then drops into a crawl to get to where he wants to go. Tonight he went back and forth between us repeatedly, taking several steps each time. He seemed to be having fun doing it!

I probably shouldn't be so eager for him to walk because he is already so hard to keep up with!! I don't know if Arya was just less busy at this age or if I just forget how busy she was!! Alex is constantly on the go and he is a climber. Lately, he loves to climb up onto the chairs from Arya's kitchen set and stand up on them (often without hands if we would let him). He likes to climb over the bottom rails of the dining room chairs and squeeze through to the other side. He also tries to climb the step stool in the bathroom and loves to climb on top of the printer/fax/copier in my office which is 18-20 inches tall. I can't take my eyes off of him for a second, but I just love that sweet boy!!