bumps and bruises

Alex thinks she can walk and has been hitting her head ALL OVER the place. I am probably close to having CPS called to my house due to all the bruises on her forehead. The above pic is the best I could get of her new black and blue look. She is getting much better at walking and can take 2 steps before falling but if she is holding on to something she can go and go and go! So in the last month, she has gone from crawling to trying to walk. I can't even get a couple of months of just crawling! Here is a video of her walking with her car toy.

Giggle Fits

Alex's new thing is giggle fits. She will start laughing at something and then she can't stop. She will go on like this for 15 minutes. This video shows one particular giggle fit she had when I was doing a little dance and you can see her try to dance with me by shaking her head. She is so into music and dancing right now!

We went to a restaurant today with her and she didn't do very well. I will continue to try to get her to do things but it really discourages me when she acts like a toot. She really isn't that bad but she squirms and doesn't like high chairs. At least she doesn't like those wooden ones that most restaurants have. There are a couple of restaurants that have great highchairs (Saltgrass) and I am always hoping for those. Well, it is always difficult to enjoy meals and conversations when you are worried that your child is going to throw a major attitude in the restaurant. My family always helps out and my Mom is like the fastest eater ever so she took over so I could eat.

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We have a new toy and it is fabulous. It is a fisher price laugh and learn kitchen. If you have a little babes, get it! It holds Alex's attention for a looooong time and it has so much on it for her to play with.

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Happy Labor Day!

Well, it has been a while since I have blogged because there is a lot going on right now! Alex was sick and had double ear infections. One ER trip, lots of throwing up, and multiple doses of antibiotics later, she is better. Still has stuffy nose and cough but much improved. Alex is now crawling with the best of them and also is pulling up to stand. She can move sideways when holding onto the coffee table or tv stand and thinks she can stand by herself so she will let go and promptly fall on her booty. She is walking really good in her walker and will probably be doing it on her own pretty soon. This morning we went to the park in the neighborhood and fed ducks. They have a little park that had one of those bucket swings and Alex loved swinging! Here are some pictures/video.

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First day of school

Yes, I cried. I am still crying. I am glad that I took the day off.

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She was a very happy baby this morning and when we got to school she got very quiet. Her eyes were really big and she was watching everyone! There are only 8 kids in her class at this time but her teacher says that will change as the year progresses. By this time next year she will be in the next class (18 month-2 yr). It took a long time to get in the building and get to her classroom. There were a lot of parents there with the older children and it was really crowded. So we dropped off Alex with her teacher and had to turn medications (diaper cream, tylenol, etc.) into the school nurse. That took a while because she had to check the expiration date and labels on everything. When we went past her room again, I had to look in and she was sitting at the table still with her thumb in her mouth looking sad. Poor baby! I was fighting the tears the whole time and finally just had to cry. boo hoo.

Last day before school!

It is the last day of Alex being "home" and as she naps, I am reminiscing. She has come so far and I am so proud of her. It seems like she has grown up so much in the last week and I am having trouble keeping up with her. As soon as I get used to one thing she is doing something else. She is starting to crawl and pull herself up. She is starting to walk (with assistance) and talk (she says bobo, dada, uhoh).

Tomorrow I am finally putting her in Nursery school and, although I know it will be really good for her, I am sad that I will be missing things. Although I have been at work for the last 3 months, I was still basically "in charge". I was the one who made the schedule and planned her meals. Now someone else will be doing it. I took comfort in knowing that Alex was eating green beans for lunch. Now I just bring a whole bunch of food in and the teacher picks what she eats. I could call my family any time and see how she was doing but now I can't.

Geez, sorry for the somber mood-- I really don't know how I got to rambling!! Anyways, I still have a whole bunch of stuff to do. Right after I finish this I am going to fill out all the forms for the over the counter stuff. I have to fill out a form for EVERYTHING!! Even diaper cream. So then I am going to clean- I have already started (you can see the big fat mess from my cleaning behind her in the video) cleaning out the hall way closet. That closet is ridiculous. Enjoy the video of the squirt as she "eats" her puffs.

You know, the best thing about being a mom is that you have healing hugs and kisses. Today Alex hurt herself, started crying, looked for me and grabbed at my shirt. As soon as I picked her up and gave her kisses she was better. I love being that person for her. I am in love with my baby!!

8 months

Our baby girl is 8 months old and I can't believe it! She is getting so big and smart now. She is almost crawling--she gets up on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth. She can go backwards but not forward. She is much more interested in standing and pulling up on things. She can pull herself up but not for long which makes us very nervous.

She is starting nursery school next week and I am really excited to see how she does. She loves to watch babies and kids so school will be very entertaining for her. I am also happy that she is going because she is getting extremely spoiled!! Everything is about her right now and she knows it. She is very vocal when not getting her way or what she wants (she grunts very loud, it is not a pretty ladylike sound either). So I am sure at nursery school she won't be getting what she wants right away and maybe the grunting will stop?? Wishful thinking I am sure.

She has enough hair now to put a tiny little bow in (see above pic) and it doesn't bother her so you will be seeing that bow a lot now. Her daddy is in love with her and they watch sports together and she acts like she is interested. She is starting to want to do everything herself and is really into feeding herself. We took a video for you to see how her face lights up when we let her do it.