Well, Alex has been with us a little more than a year now. We just returned from a two-week long trip to Alabama (by car, five kids, you can imagine), and he has definitely gone through another one of those "developmental leaps." We came back and all the people who usually see him were just remarking on how much he had changed. In particular, we're noticing that his vocabulary is much expanded, and he is much more conversational now than previously. Also, his fine motor skills have improved greatly. When he first came to us, he didn't know what to do with a LEGO block -- he'd throw it, but he couldn't make one stick. Now he loves playing LEGOs as much as possible. Take a peek:
