Not Yet Walking But Talking Up a Storm

So Alex is 16 months old - and still isn't walking! He seems so close but just doesn't want to let go. I hate having to lug his 25+ lbs. around everywhere, he's ruining all his pants and shoes he doesn't even fit into yet, and he can't play on playgrounds very easily. He better be walking by the time it snows because I am NOT cleaning up squishy, wet, dirty pants too! He always seems a little behind physically - he took longer to sit up, crawl, and now walk than other babies the same age.

However, his mind seems to be as sharp as ever and his vocabulary is steadily growing everyday. At this point he can say (at least a close version to) Mommy, Daddy, Ball, Book, More, Nose, Eye, No, Yeah, Bye, Hi, OK, Fishy, Num num, Car, Wow, Drink, Amen, Roar, Meow, and Apple Juice, Peek a Boo, and Thank you (and yesterday he even said "Alex" after I said it!). He might be able to say some words in Chinese but I wouldn't know it (Eric is trying to teach him Chinese). As a first time mom, I can't help but worry about him walking but it makes it a little easier to hear that Eric's coworker's son is a week older than Alex and isn't walking either - AND his mom is a PEDIATRICIAN. Apparently, if they walk before they're two they're fine. I worried about him crawling too and he eventually did that. I probably baby him too much. I also heard that they did some crazy study after the 72' Olympics and found that a high majority of the athletes had been late walkers so maybe Alex will turn out to be athletically gifted afterall! Who knows?

Random Activities

This is kind-of a lame post because I don't have any pictures to go along with it and it's very random. It's also 12:30 at night so I'll make it brief (I just don't want to forget the experiences). Eric and I took our first wave-runner ride a couple of weekends ago. We rented it at Pine View Reservoir up Ogden Canyon. For four hours we had white-knuckle, hair raising fun. We loved it soooooo much, we decided we definitely need one of our own. I didn't take a camera because I didn't want it to get ruined. Thank you, Honey, for an awesome anniversary gift!!!

We also went to the Better Than Ezra concert at the Star Bar in Park City. BTE is one of my favorite bands so I was really excited to learn that they were playing in this intimate setting in my neck of the woods. It was amazing! We were so close we could see the band members perfectly. In addition, we got a two-for-one for our admission because HOWIE DAY showed up and sang a couple of songs with the band! I can't name every song BTE sang but I do remember Howie Day did a cover of BTE's "Live Again" and sang his own "Collide" and "Be There." Even Eric had a good time and managed to pick up the beat and dance along a few times! I forgot my camera (duh!!) but took some pictures with my cell phone. If I can figure out how to email them, I'll post them later. In honour of the event, I have posted some of my favorite songs!