Alex, the lover boy

Yesterday, while we were waiting to see the doctor for Alex's nine month appointment, we met a mom and a daughter. They sat by Alex and I. I asked how old the daughter was. She was a year old, even though she was so small, smaller than Alex. But it was so cute. The mom was holding her daughter and I was holding Alex. Alex leaned over to the little girl and was reaching for her. The other mom said, " oh, he wants a hug, can you give him a hug?" So the little girl reached over and gave Alex a hug, and they did that about five times. Alex is such a lover boy!

Nine Months Old

Today, Alex is nine months old! He is weighing 17lb. 12oz., 28in. We can barely see his first tooth coming in. He has grown so fast.
This is his history...
birth: 5lb.5oz. 19 1/2in.
1 month: 6lb. 11oz. 18 1/2in. (he shrunk)
2 months: 9lb. 12oz. 21 1/2in.
3 months: 11lb. 4oz. 23in.
4 months: 13lb. 25in.
6 months: 15lb. 26in.
9 months: 17lb. 12oz. 28in.

Willing to help

Alex is always wanting to help, especially when daddy is fixing or putting things together. In this case daddy is putting shelves together, and Alex is wanting to help in any way he can. So, he gets to hold the tools, trying not to put it in his mouth.

My time with Grandma and Grandpa

Alex loves spending time with grandma and grandpa. One day we had all the grandparents over for dinner and Grandma Penny insisted on feeding Alex. Each time she went to fill Alex's mouth with more food she would give him an exaggerated funny face, which made Alex smile and the food spell out of his mouth like a waterfall. They had fun together, and everyone else had fun laughing, which made even more food come out of Alex's mouth.

Halloween

Halloween went very quickly. At first I didn't think it was coming fast enough because we had all this candy and the temptation to eat it came with it. We were trying very hard to have it last til' Halloween. The candy did last, but no kids showed up to take it off of our hands.
That day was a very busy day. In the morning I had visiting teaching and then the rest of the day was spent making cookies for a Halloween party that Derek's school club was participating in. So, we then had to go and drop those off at the party, have them take pictures of Alex, because he is just so cute. After getting home from that we were planning on trick or treaters to stop by, but no such luck. SO, out came the scary movie after Alex went to sleep, which was a bad idea, because I then could not sleep, "I was scared!"
Alex was a pumpkin for Halloween, at the party, he won another costume, which was a good thing because he ended up have a very messy diaper while we were out.

Nose

Alex is growing up so fast, and he is so smart. Today I had him laying on the bed and I was playing with him. He reached up and touched my forehead and then my cheeks, and I asked him where was mommy's nose, he then grabbed my nose. I was so proud of him, so I praised him for being so smart. He gave me this big smile like, "yes, mommy I am smart, and I am glad that you know it".

Cousins

We went up to Mesa for Honors blessing. It was a lot of fun for me to see my first niece, and for them to see Alex. We got to see some of the cousins together, it was so cute that I couldn't pass up the opportunity to take a picture of it.