8 months old today!

Alex is 8 months old today. Since I know I have been behind posting pics this past month I thought I would make up for it now.

Here's Alex at 31 weeks old:


Here he is sitting in a lil chair at 32 weeks old:


Daddy decided to get his guitar out and see if he remembered how to play anything. He didn't remember much but AJ loved it anyways. He was being so darn cute watching and listening to Daddy that I, of course, had to get the camera out. I am convenced that AJ has the music bone in him! This was during week 33:


I HAD to post another pic from that week. Just look at his face! He was eating a Cheerio for the 1st time and I don't think he liked it!


I couldn't decide which pic to post for 34 weeks either so here's 2 again:























Finally, here he is today at 8 months old


Of course I have a LOT of other pics during this past month but in order for me to hurry and post something b4 AJ wakes up (any minute now!) I had to be quick and decisive. Truth is, he takes such cute pics (I know I'm a little bias!) I wish I could post them all!

So what is he doing these days? Well, he is babbling a lot.....he says dada, yaya, blabla, AH....but no mama in that babble yet! That's ok, I don't take it personal. Well, not too much ;-) He loves to grab the strings on Daddy's sweatshirts and suck on them. I swear he could do that for hours and be happy! He's eating a TON of new foods - just about every fruit and veggie. And I have stuck to making most of his food myself. We haven't introduced him to meats yet but soon. Not sure if I am gonna make those for him or just go with the jar meats. We'll see. He's not crawling yet, but sorta "swims" on his belly. He sits up great and grabs everything. His new favorite game is to grab a toy and then drop it off the edge of his exersaucer or his seat. He's also getting the hang of peek-a-boo which is so cute. He loves to be tossed up in the air, but he is getting too heavy for me to do that as much. The "Old McDonald" song seems to make him stop crying or whining when nothing else works. But, I will be honest - he still does not cry or whine much at all. We are so lucky to have such a happy, easy-going boy :-) As I mentioned above, he really loves music. Anything that has music just grabs his attention. He loves to watch and listen to American Idol, any commercial that comes on with music or songs draws him in, and any toy that makes music really keeps his attention. K sang and played the piano so maybe he got the music genes from her. I can't wait to get him into a music class with his cousin Aidan!