Eight Months & Week Thirty Five

Dear Loyal Readers,

Eight months just sounds so much older than seven months! It has been a very exciting month for this little girl. I celebrated my first Halloween, went to the pumpkin patch and learned more new things. I smile all the time, but just did not want to for my official 8 month photos. Finally, mommy was able to catch these:

Halloween was an interesting event. I went as Minnie Mouse and only "trick or treated" at one house (our neighbors Rick & Tina). They gave me an unwrapped sucker to play with. It was fun to chew on the paper. Then all these strange people kept ringing our doorbell and mommy would give them candy. She gave me the empty candy bag and I had so much fun with it. It made some really cool noises.

We visited the pumpkin patch this month and it was such fun. At first I did not know why I was sitting among all of these strange shaped objects, but then I decided it was okay and gave mommy and Grandma Janet lots of smiles so they could take my picture. They even gave me a short ride in a wagon. What fun!

Pictures of Halloween and the pumpkin patch were on previous blog posts, so please go check them out if you missed them!

I still love my toys, but mommy and daddy have so many fun things that I want to play with. My favorites are restaurant menus (which taste so good), TV remote controls, phones and water bottles. Mommy did just get me my very own remote control that plays music and will help me learn the purpose of a remote control. It is so much fun, but I still like the real thing. Tonight we are going to Chili's for dinner to celebrate my 2/3rds birthday! I am sure there will be a fun menu to chew on!

Look at me sitting up in my crib in this picture at the right. Mommy just caught me doing it for the first time a few minutes ago. She has never seen me do it before! I am also working hard on trying to stand up by myself and am getting much better at crawling! What a big girl I am!

I am learning Spanish. Miss Marivel has taught me so many words in Spanish and even mommy speaks Spanish to me sometimes. I am excited to become bilingual! My favorite word is "leche," which means milk! But I am learning all sorts of other words. I gave Marivel a hug the other day because she takes such good care of me while mommy and daddy are at work!

I am now wearing 6-9 month clothes. Some of them are huge on me so I have to wear pants over the onesies to make them comfortable. It is fun to transition to new clothes. I can still wear the 3-6 months, but mommy says its time to outgrow them since I have been wearing that size since July!

A funny story from tonight. Mommy was trying to change my diaper in preparation for bed and she decided to do it on the floor since I had been wiggly earlier. Well, I thought it was far more fun to roll around than to get a diaper. Mommy had to get daddy to hold me down in order to get the diaper on. All three of us were laughing!

Mommy entered my photo in the Gerber Photo Contest. Please vote for me! You can vote for me every day at https://www.facebook.com/Gerber?sk=app_586462271392312&app_data=234200 Thanks! Speaking of photos, we took some professional pictures at the end of October and mommy forgot to post them, so here are a couple of my favorites!



Since mommy usually does her weekly update on Saturday, she asked me to include some stories from this week. Last weekend we went to Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach and spent time with Grandma Sara. We had a great time seeing grandma's new apartment. With no furniture I was free to crawl almost anywhere I wanted. We also went out to eat several times. I love to people watch. I usually stare at the waitress or waiter for a long time. A walk on the pier and boardwalk was fun. When we were walking into the sun, mommy put the shade down and it was hard for me to see so I used my feet to kick it up just enough to see out, but still be out of the sun. The crib that I had to sleep in had bars and was smaller than my crib. It was "baby jail." On Monday, I went over to Grandma Janet's and got to sit in the new high chair she got for me. I decided it would be fun to put my feet on the table since it was there.

Here are some pictures from this week:

Well, that is all for now. I will see you on December 16th and will be able to update you on my 1st Thanksgiving. I am so excited. Mommy says I can try meats now that I am 8 months old and that means turkey!!!

Love,
Alexandra

Week Thirty Four

I am so behind this week! Blame it on the three day weekend that we spent at the beach with Grandma Sara! Week 34 was a good week for Alexandra and it is hard to believe that Saturday she will be writing her 8 month blog. That is just crazy!

Now back to week 34. This will be a short post since it is already Thursday and I have forgotten some of the things that happened last week! Our Alexandra is now sleeping in fleece pjs every night as it is getting colder. Apparently though she figured out how to escape one day last week, because in the morning I found her with her legs completely out of the pjs! They were button up and I know I had buttoned them before I put her to bed! She sleeps on her tummy all the time now and I have gotten more comfortable with it, even though it is not my preference for her.

Alexandra seems to be teething again. She had really bright red cheeks one day. You can see them in this photo. I have not noticed any upper teeth, but they must be coming. She loves to chew on anything and everything. One of her favorites is menus. We go out to restaurants and she grabs it. The other day she had her own menu in front of her, but tried to grab mine too! Dave and I talked about making her a menu so that we can take it with us and she won't get the germs and dirt from restaurant menus! Here are a couple of photos:

On Saturday, we went to Redondo Beach for the long weekend. More about that will be in Saturday's 8 month blog, but I will say that Alexandra had a great time hanging out with Grandma Sara and crawling around in our hotel room. She did not care for the crib provided by the hotel and it took her until 9:15 to finally settle down and go to sleep! Here are a couple of pictures from Saturday:

That is about all to report for week 34. We submitted Alexandra's photo to the Gerber Photo Contest. Please vote for her every day until December 1st at: https://www.facebook.com/Gerber?sk=app_586462271392312&app_data=234200 Thanks!

Week Thirty Three

You know you have an infant when it takes you 30 minutes to read and grade one essay since you have to keep moving the little one from crawling into harms way! That is how my evening has been and why I am behind on my blog this week. But here it is...

Lens caps and water bottles, remote controls and telephones, restaurant menus and computer keyboards.....these are a few of her favorite things! Yes, Alexandra has become quite interested in electronics and other everyday gadgets. She still plays with her toys, but the items listed above get her attention quickly if they are visible.
Alexandra had fun crawling around on Grandma Janet's new carpet, before all the furniture was placed. She got a good workout going after mommy's water bottle!

Alexandra has decided she is okay with green beans after all. Marivel fed them to her this week and there was no crying. She definitely has her favorite foods. After eating peaches this morning, she licked her lips to make sure she got all the surrounding peaches into her mouth as well. It was quite cute to see!


This was quite a week for Alexandra as she celebrated her 1st Halloween. She wore a Minnie Mouse outfit and was as cute as can be. She was not interested in candy, but in the bag containing the candy because it made some fun noises. The only place she visited as a trick or treater was our neighbor's house (Rick & Tina) so she could show off her costume. She seemed quite intrigued by all the people who came to the house.

On Friday, we went to Irvine so she could have dinner with her Grantie Lorel, Great Uncle David and Grandma Sara. Both grandmas were there so it was another "Two Grandma Weekend." This morning we all had breakfast together before Grandma Sara got on the road back to Arizona. Alexandra will be seeing a lot more of both grandmas now that Grandma Janet lives 5 minutes away and Grandma Sara is moving to California (Redondo Beach)!

Here is a cute picture of Alexandra hanging out at Grandma Janet's: