Where has the time gone?

Kind of a random and sentimental post - but hey. It has really hit me lately how fast time seems to be going and how grown up Alec seems. It's funny b/c when he was just a newborn I loved the 12th of every month and the fact that he was getting older and changing, and now I feel the complete opposite. While I love watching Alec grow up, I also hate that it is happening so fast. I feel like when I am finally able to accept that he is another month older, it's already been a month and I'm left wondering where the time has gone. Matt and I both think that he is at an absolutely perfect age right now and are loving every minute of it. His little personality is really starting to show and we just adore his fearless, independent and daring little nature. We also love that he has gotten a lot more affectionate and seems to enjoy nothing more than spending time playing w/ mom and dad. One of his new tricks is taking our hands and pulling us around to where he wants us to go, which is SO cute, and of course he basically wants one of us with him in his playroom at all times. He loves nothing more than playing outside right now, which he has gotten to do a lot of w/ the warm weather, and we are both totally impressed w/ his new ability to do his board puzzles. He can get all of the pieces into exactly the right spots, and you can just see his little brain thinking as he does it. All in all, we think he is wonderful and while we look forward to his 17 month b-day, we will miss 16 months very much!

He loves pulling the candy out of this dish and then throwing it back in b/c it makes a funny noise. He also likes to pull of a few candy wrappers w/ his teeth.

Alec pulled the jar of bubbles out from a drawer this week and proudly handed them to us and said "ba-bles", so we were happy to let him play w/ them.

Snacking w/ dad

Helping mom cook eggs, one of Alec's favorite foods.