Who told Alex he was 2 !?!??!

Alex has developed another cough :( So he went on another steroid burst for 5 days. During these steroid treatments Alex gets crabby and clingy! He's so wound up he's hard to put to bed or nap. He won't let anyone but me hold him. I actually had to leave a physical therapy session because he wouldn't let out PT come near him. We did go to Christmas at the Zoo. He loved all the lights but was still very clingy. The pic is where he realized I wasn't holding him...He also constantly has suckers stuck to him so his "boy cousin" was picking one off! Alex has also started throwing little fits if he does not get what he wants...hope he didn't pick this one up from me!

Center. of. Attention.

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I don't think I've ever blogged about how Alex loves to be the center of attention! We've been to 2 outdoor concerts where Alex was the only one out of at least 100 people who is on the dance floor dancing! In retrospect, I should have gotten video or at least a pic but I thought the whole thing was so hysterical that by the time that I thought of it the moment had passed. He loves the attention of adults and other children. This past weekend we went to a festival where Alex got two balloons. One, he released to his sister. The other, he insisted on holding that actual balloon in his hands!

Guess who loves suckers??!?!?!

Alex has finally realized suckers taste good! After 4 Halloween events and tons of candy he won't eat, at least this year he has discovered the sucker! Alex still refused to put on his monster costume( it was adorable, "boo" from Monsters, INC) So we used the backup pumpkin costume. Boo! Alex went trick-or-treating with his BFF!

Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week!

Alex didn't poop for 2 whole days...and when this happens the vomiting begins! He vomited up most feeds since Tuesday night. Despite my best efforts to clean him out, we ended up at the peds office on Friday afternoon with a X-ray to show us just how much poop he was full of! He FINALLY started pooping on Saturday and never stopped. Thank goodness. He now hasn't vomited in the past 24 hours but we are still not back up to his full feed volume...he was doing SO well before this! SO this week has been full of vomiting, waking up at night and finally diarrhea. Of course there was laundry, laundry and more laundry. I think we've seen the worst of it!

Alex's cough if FINALLY gone!

After a month of coughing, 2 rounds of antibiotics and 17 days on steroids Alex is finally better! Yay! Thanks for all the prayers!
I have kept my stethoscope at home instead of work for the past few years. The other day Alex walked in the room and was wearing my stethoscope around his neck....just like his mommy does! It was so funny that I had to take a pic!
I was also going to post a pic from when Alex went to ZooBoo but he refused to put on his costume...so he went as himself...hopefully we'll have more luck this weekend because we have a Halloween event to go to every night!
In further news in the past month I have started working 2 days a week. I go into work only on Tuesdays and Thursdays and spend the rest of the time with Alex. This makes me feel like a stay-at-home mom who gets to go see her friends and use her mind 2 days a week and Alex gets to be with his BFF on those days. I get to spend most of my time with Alex but still get full benefits. Perfect.

It's fun to go camping!

Alex went camping all day on Saturday with his boy cousins and lots of other children! He LOVED being outside for 12 hours straight! There was hiking, riding bikes and lots and lots of leaf throwing! Last year when we put Alex in a leaf pile he cried...he now LOVES it! No sensory issues for us!

2nd Annual Stucky's Farm with boy cousins!

I've blogged over and over again about how much Alex loves his boy cousins. We went to the pumpkin patch for the 2nd year with them and Alex had a blast! Last year we were all freezing and Alex was in a front carrier riding with me...This year we were all in shorts and t-shirts and Alex got to run around like crazy!

P.S. Alex got his haircut today by a *real* barber! His hair was out of control! Alex sat still inthe chair for over 15mins being a very good boy. Pics to follow in the next post!