Mr. Personality

I cannot stress enough how much Axel has changed over the past month or two. He is more and more a little boy than a baby. He is absolutely his father in every way. He has so much personality. No matter where we go he says, "Hi" to almost everyone. He smiles and makes funny faces at people. He sings and dances as well. And then when he thinks he is funny or he thinks you are funny he says,"Silly Axel" or "Silly Mommy". I was super shy growing up so it amazes me at how much he likes people and interacting with others. Axel is gaining confidence in his physical abilities as well as his social abilities. He climbs into and out of the bathtub, his high chair, the couch, benches, over rocks, down steep hills made of dirt. It is cool to see him do more adventurous things without asking for help. The cool thing is he is one of those kids who asks for help rather than throwing a tantrum when he does need it. I am just glad he is not asking as much :) Axel loves to walk and run. His running is actually getting pretty fast where both feet are off the ground for a split second. He ran almost an 1/8 of a mile yesterday. He regularly walks a quarter to half a mile without an difficulties. Axel is also continuing to eat more and more. The past two days have been awesome food consumption. I thought I captured a video of him downing an egg sandwich, but for some reason it did not get downloaded. (the king and queen of last night's BBQ) As far as what is going on and things we have done, it is pretty much same old. Keith and I are still racing. Axel is loving watching and cheering for us. The only difference is that we were all sick for the past week or so, but everyone is on the mend now. We have had more friend gatherings, with a great BBQ last night. Axel was an angel and fell asleep beautifully at our friends house and then went right back to sleep at 11pm after being awake for the 15 minute transition from house to house. What a champ. We will definitely be able to do more with friends knowing he is so flexible with sleep now. We continue to do the same routine of going to the park and running errands. He loves to grocery shop and help me pick out food. He still loves water and playing in it. He most often likes to strip down to his diaper or nothing :)
We are having so much fun! Sorry for the short post, but we are going to be pretty busy for the next month or so. Next up, Paul, Keith's dad arrives next Saturday. We have tour of California, Giant's baseball game and lots more planned.

Here is Axel singing