Letter to Alex: Month 8

Dear Alex,

Today you turn 8 months old! The time is going by so fast I can't believe it! Pretty soon you'll be a year old and that's just crazy. I swear you were just born. About a week and a half ago or so you started crawling. For awhile you were doing sort of a breast-stroke tummy scoot but now it's full fledged crawling on hands and knees. You do still add a little of the tummy scoot sometimes though. You are really good at getting around and can get from laying down or crawling to sitting now. You've also started trying to climb up on things to a standing position but mostly you tip over before you get all the way up. I can't believe how much you've changed this month.

You've also started getting your own personality instead of just being a "mini Jarom." You're not as big a fan of eating as he was. I've tried giving you some semi-solid foods but your gag reflex kicks in at any little thing. So, I think we'll be taking this feeding thing a little slower with you. Not like you're starving. I took you to the doctor the other day because you had a really high fever and you were already 19 lbs! And they couldn't figure out the cause of the fever but you're doing ok now so it was probably some little virus. It also takes you longer to warm up to people than it did Jarom. You are a lot more reserved but still very friendly.

We took you to a splash park this month. You didn't like it very much! You don't seem to like getting wet except in the bathtub. In the bath you just splash and splash and think it's great. You don't even like getting hit with sprinklers as we're out for a walk. You do enjoy taking walks in your stroller though.

You've been really fussy lately. I think it's just that you're frustrated that you can't get around and do things as well as you'd like. But you love playing with toys and you love to hold things in your hands. We've put you on Jarom's little Winnie the Pooh car at Grandma's house and you like rolling around on that (with help, of course!) And you've started getting separation anxiety a little bit. Sometimes you scream at the top of your lungs if you can't see me! Let's hope you get over that soon.

You are so fun and always have smiles for us. You've started saying "mamamama" and I can't wait for that to turn into a real word! We love you so much.

Love, Mommy