Ball

I'm not sure whose blog to put this on. Jessica thought it was funny when a little while ago she put a ball under her shirt so she could have "boobies." Xander thought it was funnier than I did, so he's currently putting the same ball under *his* shirt.

My Little Photographer

I was somewhere recently, bored, with nothing to do, so I took out my cell phone and decided to go through the pictures I've taken (I haven't figured out how to upload pictures from the phone, so I have 1 1/2 years of pictures on there). Still, I don't really take that many pictures, and I was surprised to see that there were a lot of them. I got interrupted, though before I got to see what they were all of.

Cut to...a couple of days ago. Xander was crying and I handed him the nearest thing to entertain him which was, as it frequently is, my cell phone. I noticed him pushing all sorts of buttons, activating the camera and suddenly realized he was the reason why I had so many pictures. Now I kind of can't wait to see what he's been photographing all this time.

What's in a name?

This is from the second link from the results that Google spit out when I put in "Xander" as a search parameter (the first thing was regarding Xander from Buffy, and my Xander is *not* named after him).

Xander

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Xander is an uncommon given name that is often a nickname for Alexander.

People

• Xander Berkeley, American actor
• Xander Darren Lloyd Steen-Thomas, Son of Michael Steen,and Sheena Thomas

Fictional characters named Xander

• Xander Bly, a protagonist from Mystic Force Power Rangers.
• Xander Cage, the protagonist in the film xXx, starring Vin Diesel.
• Xander Crews, a character in the animated series Frisky Dingo
• Xander Drax, an antagonist in the film The Phantom, played by Treat Williams.
• Xander Harris, a character in the cult television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
• Xandir P. Wifflebottom, a character in the animated series Drawn Together.
• Alexander "Xander" Xero III, protagonist from the upcoming novel X Marks the Spot by Mike Baugh

Fairly Oddparents

Is it Xander? Or Timmy Turner?






















Again, he insisted on wearing the pink hat.

Deny deny deny

Xander has reached the "no" stage. Pretty much everything you ask him, he immediately says no. Now, I primarily ask him yes or no questions because he's not up to more detailed conversation. Most recent conversation:
"Xander, do you need a diaper change?"
"No."
"Are you sure you're not poopy?"
"No."
"Can I change your diaper?"
"No."

He will also answer no to questions that are not yes or no. For example:
"What kind of cereal do you want?"
"No."

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He can now ask for a book by name: "Hawo." This translates to Harold and the Purple Crayon. We have about 6 books and he loves them!

Counting

Xander is counting. Sort of. Jessica's bedtime hugs-and-kisses ritual has evolved into 5 hugs and kisses, where we each count out 5 hugs and 5 kisses, her to me and me to her. So Xander hears us count it 4 times every night. The other night he wanted to do hugs and kisses too, so I did. And he started counting "Two....fwee." That was the extent of it but it was a start.

And boy, is he cute

Xander's never been a lovey kid of kid. I tried to get him to take a pacifier. No go. Went through a slew of stuffed animals. In the last couple of months he's sort of adopted his build-a-bear animal, Dodger the dog. Now, I send a blanket with him for naptime at daycare. I've also tried to make that his special blanket, to give him comfort and again, no interest. However, tonight I took out the blanket to wash it before next week. As soon as he spotted it, he ran over, grabbed it, brought it over to an open space on the floor, threw it down, and laid right on it. I was actually going to send a different blanket next week, but I think I'll stick with that one.