8 Months

Happy 8 month birthday Alexandra. I feel like I say this on the 9th of every month, but wow does time fly. I can remember people always told me that the time will fly right before my very eyes and she will be walking before I know it, but let me tell you, when she was about 6 days old and crying non stop I didn't think the days were going fast enough. My oh my how the time has changed. Alexandra has grown into such a lovely little baby (as long as she gets her naps). She is so smiley, loves to laugh and adores being around other kids. She is a real blessing.

Weight: 17lb 7oz
Clothing Size: 6-12 months
Feeding:  Alexandra is still exclusively breast feeding if you can believe that. She will take the odd bite of rice cereal of fruit here and there but would much rather mom's milk. I thought for sure by now she would be eating solids, but no can do. I even tried waiting until she was really hungry this morning before giving her cereal, but she still didn't want it. I bought her a new kind of cereal that apparently has fruit in it, it tastes like vanilla pudding to me, but still natta. Fingers crossed that for her 9 month post she will be on solids, or when I go back to work, her aunty will be driving downtown every three hours throughout the day.
Milestones: She's a crawling....she was so close for so long, but now its official. While I was getting ready to go out on New Years eve, Rockson brought her into the bedroom and she crawled. Yay Alexandra! However now you know what that means....baby proofing. She is desperate to climb up on things. If there is something at waist height she can climb up. For example if she is sitting on the couch, she can climb up onto the arm of the couch. However she is so close...too close to being able to pull herself up into things like the coffee table. That will require some serious baby proofing. We had to raise the bars on her crib because she discovered how to climb up on those.
Loves: Ali LOVES dogs. It is so cute to see her reaction when we are out and happen to see a dog. She also loves kids and other babies. They always make her grin ear to ear. It is making play dates a lot more fun. And of course....still loves her Bjorn. She doesn't have much longer before she is going to be to heavy for that thing.
Hates: Same as last month, food, her stroller and her snowsuit.