Awesome August

Hey there guys! Well, it is that time again...the time when I review the last month. The truth is, there isn't much that has been left unsaid. August was a busy month mainly filled with Alexander's birthday and traveling to Washington for my cousin Beth's wedding. Besides that we mainly just enjoyed spending our time together. Oh, and of course we had our ultrasounds, which was very nice! We also went to the park, enjoyed the pool, and just enjoyed some lazy days at home.

Unfortunately, with our busy month, I didn't take the time to record as many of Alexander's firsts. But there are a few new things that happened in August. While visiting my aunt, Alexander played in dirt for the first time. He had played in the grass and mud puddles before, but Aunt Debbie's yard had spots with dirt and rocks. He loved it and would try and eat rocks and get all dirty. It was really so cute to see how much fun he had playing in the yard. It made me envious that they had a fenced in back yard versus our patch of grass.

Alexander also started doing a few cute things. He now spins around when dancing or excited. It is super cute! He also stomps in place when he gets really excited. I think he learned this from Scott. Occasionally, when Scott was trying to get Alexander to chase him he would smile and stomp in place and then run away. It was super cute to watch them, and now Alexander just stomps when he is excited :)

He is also a very strong little guy. Scott has been teaching him to do this thing where he hangs on to a bar by himself. It started with him hanging onto the door at church, and now Scott does it with him all the time. It is kind of cute. Well, this month we finally got a picture of it. And it is one of my new favorite pictures. I just love my strong little man!

August was a big month for food changes for Alexander. He started whole milk and finger foods. We have started him on whole milk, though it has been a slow transition. He doesn't seem to like the taste of it, so we have slowly been mixing it with a little formula. Hopefully by the time we run out of this container of formula he will be used to it. Whole milk is so much cheaper than formula! He also has basically decided that he is over baby food. He wants to eat what we eat and loves finger foods. This has made it a bit challenging for me because I have had to be more creative to try and get him to eat the foods he needs to eat. He does love fruit, cheese, Cheerios, and Greek yogurt. We just have to get him to like more things too! Being a mom really is a learning process!

He has also been having lots of bumps and bruises these days! With his new found ability to walk, he seems to fall that much more! It seems like every day we are discovering a new bump, scrape, or bruise. Well, one time this last month, he was playing in the bathroom, and slipped and fell right into the side of the toilet bowl! He busted open his mouth and got his first fat lip. It was so sad! He was bleeding and crying like crazy, and I was super worried. Luckily, he made it through just fine and is doing quite well now.

This month we also got him a belated birthday present thanks to some money my Mom gave Alexander for his birthday. We got him a swing that we attached to the roof of our porch. He absolutely LOVES it! It is so nice because we can go outside and I can read or chat with Scott online, and push him in his swing. He loved it so much that the first few times we tried it out, he would cry when we took him out of the swing. He just wanted to stay in it all day. He really is such a cutie!

Well, that is all for the month of August. Tune in next time for Spectacular September :)