Alex is 8 months old!

I can't believe that Alex is growing so fast! He's crawling all over, trying to stand up, sits up on his own, and growing more teeth! He's happy and a good boy...we couldn't ask for anything more. He is eating all kinds of baby food now and even gets little sneaks of ice cream from Grandma and Grandpa.
We're getting all packed up and ready to head to Indiana tomorrow to see Alex's Grandma Margaret. It's going to be a long drive, but we're leaving in the afternoon in hopes that Alex will sleep most of the way at night. Wish us luck!

It's Mom and Dad's anniversary on September 2nd. 33 years! You both have been a great example of what a marriage should look like.

State Fair time!

We took Alex to his first trip at the State Fair (going last year in my belly doesn't count). He really enjoyed looking at everything. He watched the Sky Rides go over our heads pretty intently. We walked through the horse barn and he really liked that. He'd see a horse in a stable and lean towards it and try to touch it. It was so cute. He watched mom and dad eat too much. It was such a beautiful day. We're going again tomorrow with Jenny and James. He was such a good boy the entire time. Took a couple of naps in his stroller. Put him into bed tonight and he was out within minutes! I think I'm not too far behind.

Renassiance festival

We took Alex to the Ren Fest yesterday. It was hard to tell how he felt about it. He seemed to take everything in. He really was mesmerized by the man playing a violin on a rock. He just stared at the guy as he played Alex a lullaby.
He was certainly tired after all the walking and being outdoors. We all slept pretty well last night.

Alex is doing very well. He loves to crawl and gets around easily. He doesn't want to sit still for very long now.

First trip to Duluth...

We drove up to visit Duluth for the day and had a nice time. The Blues Festival was going on, so we sat on a bench and listened for a little bit. Alex was so good for the trip. He really liked looking at the water...he'd lean forward and go "ooh ooh". He didn't really care much about anything else. It was just so nice to get away.

Alex is just crawling all over the place. He does not want to sit still any longer. He has 4 more teeth coming in and is handling it very well!

Alex is crawling!

He's been working on it for awhile now and today he finally really crawled! It is so funny to watch him move like that on his own. He went quite a ways in the living room. Time for gates!!

Just a quick note for the day!