Thankful for a Beautiful 8 Month Old Baby!

We were lucky enough to celebrate your 8 month birthday on Thanksgiving day, in Montana.  We are posting this now that we are home, but that doesn’t mean that we were not celebrating on your big day!

Stats

Alice you weigh 19.3 lbs and I have no idea how long you are.  You are in size 6 month onsies and 6-9 month pants.  You can not wear the straight 6 month pants, they are too short and too tight.  You can fit into size 3-6 month jackets and sweaters all the way up to 9 month jackets and sweaters.

Firsts

Halloween, you were an elephant.  You got to go with mom to work for a while and went “trick or treating” around grandma’s neighborhood and to your aunt grandma Mary Lou’s house.  Everyone loved your costume and you thought it was awesome to see others all dressed up. You went to the aquarium with dad.  You loved the penguins and sharks the most and cried when you had to leave them.  You got to see mom and dad vote in your first presidential election and watched the beginnings of the results on t.v. (you were asleep by the time the official announcement was made).  You are starting to teeth.  IT SUCKS!!!!!  We feel so bad for you and you get so sad that your little mouth hurts.  We can feel teeth starting to come to the surface, but then they go back down.  No break through yet, but we hope that it happens soon so that the pain will go away for a little while.  You are starting to throw temper tantrums, yes this is very early, but you really are.  When we have to take something away from you or move you for your safety you cry, flail and kick your legs.  It is pretty dang funny but you get so mad.   You slept in a pack and play all night long.  You are truly mobile and can sleep (overnight) anywhere we want to take you!

Tricks

You started to crawl and stand up on anything you can get your hands on.  You are really good at crawling and do it all the time, but when you get really tired you still prefer to roll.  You enjoy standing and pull yourself up on lots of things, even your crib in the mornings (it totally freaks mom out).  You sucked on your binkie in multiple different ways but your preferred method of binkie usage right now is shoving the whole thing in your mouth.  You enjoy knocking anything over and giggle at the tumbling debris.  When you don’t like a food you stick your tongue out and spit.  Mom has worn many different foods now in her hair thanks to your unique tastes. You are playing the piano and singing, it is awesome and when you are done you turn and look at people in the room to give you a round of applause.

Other Things

Alice you are talking up a storm and getting more and more independent.  You love to snuggle and give lots of open mouthed kisses.  You are very interested in other kids and want to play with them.  Mom and dad are still the luckiest parents there are.  We love you so very much and can’t wait to see what next month brings.

Love,

Mom and Dad