Lex is just like this little sponge right now, soaking up so many new words and mimicking everything that he sees.  He is very much a boy who knows what he wants, and his toddler mood swings continue to ebb and flow.  He’s still very clingy and wants to be carried more than he used to (he didn’t even want to walk when I took him to the zoo today).  But for the most part he remains a good-natured happy little kid.

On the day this picture was taken, we had hidden Lex’s stool in the garage because he kept purposely pouring water from the sink onto the kitchen floor.  But instead of being defeated, our resourceful son waited until we weren’t watching, and then dragged over one of the chairs from the island over to the sink and climbed right up.  (He knows he’s not supposed to stand on chairs…so he’s on his knees.)

And here’s just a cute picture of Lex and his bear:

We’re still not getting any good sleep around here at night.  (Wait for the shock…)  Lex and sleeping through the night seem to go together like oil and water.  Over the past few weeks he’s been waking up from what we think are nightmares.  He’ll just start sobbing and when we go into his room he’s sitting up and very sad.  So of course we console him and rock him, but unfortunately this happens multiple times a night.  I guess we’ll all get good sleep once he’s a teenager…