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.

Happy New Years!!

Happy New Years. Wow, I can't believe 2013 has already come and gone. I can remember this time last year I was 5 month pregnant and patiently awaiting Alexandra's arrival. Now this New Years day our precious little girl is nearly 8 months old. We had our traditional New Years eve celebration with the Mellace's and their new addition to the family, little Benjamin who is 4 1/2 months old and what a cutie pie he is. Last night was very low key as we are all lacking sleep these days as we do with little ones. We headed over to Katie & Spencer's around 6:30pm. Katie made a beautiful spread of fingers foods for us to snack on all evening. It was a wonderful night and we headed home at 12:01am in a snow storm.
I have always been one for New Years resolutions because I think they are fun, and because growing up, our Dad always emphasized the importance of setting goals. This year I do have a few new years resolutions and I am sure I will think of more with the days to come. A couple of them are, to get outside and walk more with Alexandra. Walks have always been tough for us because she HATES HATES the stroller. What baby hates the stroller? Alexandra does. So I have always had to resort to putting her in the baby bjorn which was fine when she was little, however now she is very heavy and it hurts my back. However in saying all of that, I still want to be able to get outside with her at least once a day. So we can go for more mini walks. Another resolution I have is to take more photos and to stay on top of them so that I don't have to spend hours at the computer again trying to organize them. And finally (i have this resolution every year) to try and eat everything in our fridge. I feel like we waist and throw out so many groceries. I am always excited for a new year and all of the exciting things to come.
I have added Alexandra's 100 day birthday photo to the bottom of this blog for Grandma Yoo.
P.S. I cant believe i forgot to mention this. Alexandra is officially crawling. She took off for her first time last night while we were getting ready to go. She is still a little wobbly however she is definitely a mobile baby!

Alexandra and Benjamin

Alexandra on her 100 day birthday. Grandma Yoo sent this dress all the way from Korea.

Alexandra's First Christmas

What a success!! We had such a wonderful Christmas. We arrived at Mom & Dad's on Monday afternoon. We went a day early so that Rockson and I could go see the hobbit Monday night while M&D babysat. Then the 24th we just hung out, did some last minute running around then went to church. Christmas Day was truly magnificent. We had such a fun day. Molly & Adam stayed over Christmas Eve so we were all able to be there Christmas morning. After opening gifts, Molly & Adam headed to the robertsons and we got ready to have the Thomas's over for our traditional Christmas dinner. What a fun night that ended in a great 'girls against guys' game of charades. We finally got to bed at 2:30 and of course Alexandra decided to wake up Boxing Day at 5:00am eeeek. Boxing Day we literally did nothing other than sit on the couch and watch TV all day. Molly & Adam headed back over around 5:00 and we ordered what will become our annual Boxing Day Chinese food. So yummy. Finally today Rockson and I got up and packed everything up to head home. Sad that Christmas is over but happy to be home. Until next year!

Alexandra's infinity scarf made by Aunt Molly

Annual mother daughter night

Last week we had our mother daughter night. I have known these ladies since the day we were born and love them all very much. We had a pot luck dinner which was a huge success. Can't wait till the next one.

We're Homeowners

Yay, its official, we have finally purchased our very first home and we are ecstatic. Actually i should rephrase that, we have purchased land and are building a house...or shall i say, Cederglen Homes is building the house. Our house will be ready in September so there will be plenty of details to come in the near future.

Visit with Santa

My mom and I took Alexandra to visit Santa Clause on Wednesday and to my surprise, she loved him. I warned all of Santa's elves that we have a screamer on our hands and they best be quick when taking the photo. I quickly put Ali on Santa's lap and moved out of the way so they could snap the shot and...there were no tears. Yahoo!

Waiting in line to see Santa

7 months

Alexandra turned 7 months yesterday. They were right when they said the time flew. I cant believe how old she is getting and how big she is becoming. She is turning into a very happy easy going little girl. She still LOVES to be held but for the most part is very content.

Weight: 16 lbs. 9 oz.
Clothing Size:  6-12 months
Feeding: still exclusively breastfeeding, however i think solids are in the near future. She is starting to open her mouth a little for the spoon, until she realizes there is food on there. She does however love Christmas oranges. She will gnaw on the whole thing while I am cooking dinner.
Milestones: Alexandra is sitting up on her own now for the most part. She will still have the odd tumble if she seems something she wants in the distance or gets distracted. She will get on all fours and rock back and forth, however not crawling yet. She can bare her weight on her legs. She is still waking up 1-2 a night, however that will change (whether she likes it or not) once she is on solids. Most nights she is only up once, however there are definitely a couple of nights a week when she is up twice.
Loves: Dogs, mandarin oranges, other kids, swimming lessons, bath's, nursing, putting literally anything in her mouth. Alexandra loves tags...she has a piano that is the size of her head and she will hold the whole thing up to her face so that she can put the tiny little tag on the back in her mouth. We are definitely going to have to baby proof in the near future.
Hates: her snow suit, solids, being in the stroller when she cant move

We also decorated the Christmas tree over the weekend and Alexandra loves looking at the Christmas lights. What a blessing she is.