Life has been pretty low key the past week and a half. Axel did venture to his first bike race of the year with daddy and myself. He had an amazing time. It is hard for me to believe he is such a social butterfly. It doesn't matter if you are dog or human or nature for that matter....Axel loves them all. Here is a cute picture of Axel being kissed by Sophie, one of my teammates dog.
Axel went around all day opening his mouth waiting to be kissed by every dog he saw. He does it all of the time now at home too, but Louis and touis seem to only want to kiss everything but Axel's mouth :) We were blessed with a beautiful day in Napa on Sunday and enjoyed hanging out with all of our cycling friends and then listening to the remainder of the super bowl on the way home.
Axel has had tons of milestones the past couple of weeks. He is now getting up on his own from low surfaces. He still needs reminders to bring his knees under him when he is trying to pull himself up to standing when using higher surfaces. He is consistently walking 5 step independently before falling forward. He is also trying to feed himself more and more. Here is a couple of pictures of his first attempts a couple of weeks ago. Now when I assist him he is able to bring the spoon or fork to his mouth without the desire to toss it everywhere :) Although he still has moments where he enjoys playing with his food!
Axel still loves the radio flyer wagon we bought him, but unfortunately for us he wants to ride in it more than push it. I put him in it when I was in a bind about a week ago and now every time he sees it he drapes his arms over the medal bar and cries until I put him in it. Good thing is I don't have to worry about him falling, but bad thing is I am the one getting the exercise rather than him:) 
Axel did manage to stand up in it when I left him in it in the kitchen while I was preparing his breakfast. Luckily he was right next to me so I was able to get him before he attempted to move. Axel continues to like to explore. I left him in the living room while I was throwing something away, In a matter of one minute he managed to disappear although I could still hear him clunking (his tongue) away. After searching for him I found him between the coffee table and couch. I still am not sure what he was trying to do, but it was awfully cute!
So I am sure you are wondering why I named the blog "air Axel". Well, Axel has been doing this new thing the past couple of weeks of biting his tongue or sticking his tongue out with everything that he does. It is super cute. I always think of Michael Jordan with the tongue out during technical shots. You never know, maybe Axel is preparing himself to be the next Jordan in the baby world :) (for those of you who don't know I grew up in Chicagoland and I was privileged to be able to go to a handful of games with my parents during the years when the Bulls dominated the sport :)) 
Axel still loves the nesting blocks that Grammy Goodrow bought him. He now tries to drink from them hoping something comes out. After 20 times you would think that he would get it, but it has been days now! I think he is super excited to have mastered his sippy cup! I know we are. It is our goal to get him off the bottle and on the sippy cup 100% of the time within the next month or two. Wish us luck! 
I also wanted to show that Axel has shown some form of reasoning skills. He now lifts the blinds to see out the window instead of bending over. He also uses the bottom of the blinds to itch his scalp. If you look closely you can see his hair sticking up after getting some good scalp scratching in :) 
The last two things that have been really exciting achievements the past few days is Axel can now clap and wave good bye. He has only done the wave a couple of times without prompting when I say "adios" as I leave him at daycare, but the clapping he is doing consistently the past couple of days. Here is a video of him clapping.
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