Suddenly Lex likes books.  (it’s about time!)  He has a few favorite board books, and several times a day he brings them to me so I’ll read them to him.  He sits down in front of me and studies my face as well as the pictures in the book.  His favorite books have pictures of babies’ faces and they only have one word to a page.  Needless to say, they get a little old when they’re read for the twentieth time, but I’m thrilled that Lex is finally showing an interest.        

Other than his new interest in books, Lex continues to love climbing.  In the picture below he’s perched in the window sill.  He also loves to spin in circles (he goes left…just like Apple!) and he figured out how to walk backwards the other day.  

This morning Lex was playing in the corner and all of a sudden I heard him say, “uh-oh.”  He purposely dropped the large spoon he was playing with into a nearby speaker.  I didn’t even know the speaker hole was that deep!  Luckily tonight Tim was able to retrieve the spoon, and no harm was done.     

Besides “uh-oh,” Lex is constantly saying “no!”  He doesn’t necessarily say it angrily or defiantly…I think he just likes the word and the power it seems to give him.