Food, Aunts, birthdays

Wow, what?  It's been almost 3 months since I posted last?!?!?!  that can't be right...

Alex is 8 months old today, and what a ham!

He was 24# last month too, so all that scooching on the floor must count as exercise!

Yep, we've been using a few baby sign language gestures.
Milk.  All done!  Eat.  More.  Diaper (though this one I don't think he sees from the changing station as it's done at the hip level)
About a month ago, we noticed that he was using All Done, especially when we lay him down to change his diaper!  It really motivated us to be more persistent with the gestures.  Now I'm catching myself making the gestures at work if I happen to say those words, lol.  It's been a very helpful tool, even with just the 2 words he can sign to us.

He's recently found out how fun peek a boo is...

plus he's been trying to crawl for about a month now.  He'll get from sitting, lunch forward and rock back and forth, but he always gets one of his legs stuck in front/underneath him.  I've been taking lots of videos lately just in case THIS is the time he figures it out!  So I'll be sure to blog/FB it when it does happen!

Food adventures
Last post was his first food.  I've introduced quite a few more since then:
Brown rice cereal-obviously a :-(
Avocado :-/
Green Peas :-/
Yellow Squash :-)
Sweet Potato :-))
Oatmeal :-(
Pears :-))
Banana :-/
Green Beans :-(
Apples :-))
Peaches :-)
Zucchini :-)
Carrots :-)
Butternut Squash :-))
Pumpkin :-/
Parsnips :-/
And most recently this week, I tried Chicken :-/

Next up: turkey, beef/lamb, mango, then yogurt...

Alex finally got to meet Aunt Nicole!  We had lots of fun together...trips to Firewheel (an outdoor mall), Pei Wei Asian Diner (new for Nicole), La Madeleine (since they aren't in CA?!?), and Dallas World Aquarium.

Birthday weekend:
David took me the weekend before to the Horseshoe Bay Resort in Hill Country, for our first weekend getaway without Alex.  It was very relaxing...once we got there!
For David's Big 3-0, he got a tattoo the night before, then I surprised him with a Drive & Ride Event at Texas Motor Speedway.  He's always wanted to do this, and I figured this was a really great excuse.

He had a good time, even in the rain!

That's pretty much what's been happening in our little corner of the world.  Catch ya next time!