Coming for YOU!!

While we were playing outside yesterday afternoon, Alex set her sites on the camera and wouldn't stop until she got it! It's so cute watching her focus on something then do anything she can to get it! First it was my sunglasses, the camera, the mail I had on the blanket then any leaf that landed on the blanket!

Yesterday we went to Sam's to stock up on formula. I tried something different since Abby isn't a huge fan of being in the stroller. I kept Abby in her car seat and put her in the large part of the shopping cart and put Alex in the top part, sitting up like a big girl. Alex LOVES sitting in the carts! People stop and talk to her and she just smiles and hams it up! Abby did great! She just babbled the whole time! I think we found a new fix for our outings! I am going to start doing afternoon walks with the girls in the stroller so Abby can learn to love the stroller!

8 Months Old!!!

My precious little girl is 8 months old today! I know most moms say it, but she really is the best baby ever. She is very laid back and calm. She is loving her new found independence. She is all over the place. Last night we were in her room lowering her crib and she decided to explore. She went into her closet, behind the glider and was on her way to the bathroom! She is sitting up like a champ now! She still prefers to be on her belly so she can move around. Taking her monthly picture is getting harder and harder because the wiggle worm can not sit still or stay in one place! The dress she is wearing in these pics is one of my favorites! It is the first thing I bought when we found out we were having a girl!

We won't have her next doctors appointment until 9 months, but according to my super sophisticated weighing method (get on the scale without her, then get on the scale with her) she is about 17.5lbs and about 28ish inches long. We are quickly approaching the 30 inch mark, which means she is getting close to outgrowing her car seat! I've picked out her next car seat, but it doesn't come out until later this month, so we can't buy it yet! Today, we are starting 3 meals a day. We are also going from 4 - 8 ounce bottles a day to 4 - 6 ounce. She rarely finishes an 8 ounce bottle anymore so we are dropping back to 6 ounces.

I almost forgot our big news! Alex is saying da da! She doesn't know who da da is, but she says it all the time! If you say it, she will repeat it back (most of the time). It is great because I can now tell Josh when she is talking to herself in the morning, she is calling for her da da!!

Big Day!

We had a busy busy day! For those of you who don't know, Josh is a car guy. When we first moved to College Station, we had 5 cars. Yes, crazy I know, 5 cars for 2 people. In the time that we have lived here, we have bought 6 cars and sold 7...we were finally down to 3 cars! Josh has been thinking about what car he would get next. He finally decided on a Jaguar, he has always wanted one. He found one in Houston he fell in love with, so we headed to Houston first thing this morning to pick up the car. Josh LOVES it! It is so pretty! Since we were practically to Galveston, we decided to go to Gaido's, our favorite restaurant on the island. It was just as good as we remembered! From Gaido's we headed down to our favorite beach! I was so excited to take Alex to see the ocean for the first time. As we were driving down the island, we noticed some damage from Hurricane Ike, but for the most part, everything looked pretty good! As we got to "our" beach, we were excited to see the crossover to the beach was there! We started down the crossover and realized the stairs were gone! I guess they were washed away. It ended up working out because I forgot towels so we had no way to wipe all the sand off of our feet had we gone all the way to the water. We walked to the end of the crossover and let Alex look at the water and feel the wind in her hair. She LOVED it!

Here are a few pics from our day...

Josh's new car!

Smiles and Shades!

We were so sad to see Nomi leave yesterday. We got in as much as we could before she left. After the girls woke up from their morning nap, we went to lunch, stopped by the AT&T store to get Josh an iPhone, then we hit the mall! No trip to the mall is complete without a trip to Gymboree, and no trip to Gymboree is complete until I buy Alex something. She got a new dress, a pair of adorable of shorts, a matching shirt and a pair of sunglasses!

Our afternoon went downhill from there, but I won't go into too much detail....I'll just leave it at it's hard managing two babies some days. Today is a new day! We have had a great morning. The girls are both napping (at the same time!) for the second time today!!! They were both so happy and smiley this morning. I got some cute pics of the BFF's playing in their jammies!

Beautiful Day!

The girls and I met Josh for lunch today! I love getting out of the house. Granted, it is a little difficult with both girls, but it's a nice change of scenery so I try to get out every couple of days. After lunch we went to pick up Cooper from the groomers. Thankfully, the ladies there were nice enough to help me get both babies and the dog in the car. Wouldn't life be so much easier if every place had a drive through or more places were "full service" like gas stations used to be? I mean, I could get so much done if people came out to my car to bring me the things I needed!

While Abby was napping, Alex, Cooper and I spent some time outside. It is such a beautiful day!

Alex, perfecting the pout!

Leaves are yummy!

Nomi is on her way! She is spending the night with us and hanging out tomorrow! I love having her here! I'm sure we'll be out and about tomorrow because everything is so much easier with a Nomi here to help!

Big Girl Bath!

Alex got to take her first bath in the tub this weekend! She has always used the baby tub but since she is so good at sitting up unassisted, I decided it was time for the "big girl" bath tub! She loved it. About half way through the bath she decided it was more fun to lay on her stomach and splash around!

She is still army crawling all over the place! She has now gained the confidence to move off the blanket and rug. She's now moving towards the front door and the dining room! Cooper likes to stand over her like he is keeping an eye on her. He is such a protective big brother!

Alex also had blueberries for the first time yesterday. She gobbled them up! Yesterday, I mixed them with oatmeal and today with yogurt! The little munchkin will be 8 months old next week and I am so excited! We are going to start doing 3 meals a day and I have a whole list of new foods we are going to start introducing! She is starting to get the hang of finger foods. Most of the puffs make it in her mouth instead of her lap and she is able to get little pieces of banana in her mouth!

Alex and I had the best day yesterday. She took a short morning nap which ended up working out great, because we got to go take care of my ticket, get Josh's car registered and pick up a few things at Target before we met Erika and Dane for lunch at 11:30! Alex got to sit in a high chair across from Dane so she kept looking at him and watching him eat. She was great! From there, we went to the park and Alex got to swing! She loved it! She kept kicking her little feet and smiling! I loved the park because they have that kind of pressed rubbery stuff instead of sand or rocks on the ground. Alex sat on it just rubbing her hands over it to feel the texture. She was so amused watching Dane on the slide! I sat her on it while holding onto her and let her slide part of the way down. She had the biggest smile on her face! Our busy morning wore the little bunny out! She fell asleep about 2 minutes after we got in the car. She got in a 2 hour nap before we had to leave again for my follow up with the eye doctor. When Josh got home we went to World Market to get some coffee then picked up dinner at Jason's Deli. I love Alex and Mommy days!

Wonderful Weekend!

We had so much fun this weekend! We headed to the lake house Friday afternoon and as soon as we got there, the guys wanted to go to the gun range since it was so warm out. The guys took off and the girls stayed at the house with me and Alex entertained us! She had a really off night Friday. I think it was all the excitement of new people. She went to bed around 7:30 and when we went to sleep at 12:30, she woke up and decided she didn't want to sleep. I fed her and she finally went back to bed. We were thinking since she was up for about an hour, she may sleep in. Haha, nope, she was up at 6am! She stayed in bed with us for a little while, then just got antsy so we got up. Everyone headed to the gun range on Saturday. I stayed behind with Alex and Cooper. We spent some time outside on the dock. Alex is such an outside girl! When everyone got back we played a ton of new games! Simon, one of our friends, has about 300 games so he brought a selection. They were all more obscure games that you wouldn't find on the shelf at major store. Overall, we all had a great time hanging out, eating and relaxing!