My 8 Month Old Baby Girl

 Aleana is now 8 months old

The sign is a little fuzzy but she is actually looking at the camera

She is fun and crazy. This little girl is full of personality!

  I think she is about 19 or 20 lbs and around 28 inches but I am not for sure because she has not been weighed or measured for 2 months and her next doctors appointment is in July. Look at those chunky legs.  

 Here are some fun and cute pictures of Aleana

  She still loves the basket! I am surprised I could still get her in it.

I love her little Grins!

 Still loving being outside, I am so glad the weather has decided to stay warm for a while so we can go out and play.

Aleana has learned a new trick.  when Aleana would do something like get a toy she was reaching for or pick up a puff and put it in her mouth Curt would clap his hands and say, "Yea Aleana".  Now when we say "Yea" or "Yea Aleana" she will clap her hands.  It is so cute! I just love seeing her discover new things.

 So here are a few more pictures of her with her 8th month sign

 Just playing with it and looking at it

 Ripping it off

 Tearing it off and playing with the paper.

She is always into something

Aleana turned 8 months on Sunday.  She is growing up so fast.  I love that she is says “mum, mum, mum” when she needs me.  She also say “da da da” when she wants Curt.  She gets it right about 7 times out of 10 and sometimes a little more often with me.  I love that mom and dad are her first words.

She has 7 teeth now and I think that the 8th one is going to come in soon because she is cranky and chewing on everything like she is in pain.  I hope it come through soon because I liked it when she slept through the night.  She is going crazy chewing on anything she can get her hands on including table legs and arms of chairs.

We got Aleana a high chair so that she can sit up to the table with us and eat dinner, she loves it. She thinks she is such a big girl.   She is getting pretty good and eating baby food and she is staring to figure out how to pick up finger foods.  I may have to try some other things besides just puffs and see how she likes other food and textures.

Aleana is trying so hard to figure out how to crawl or scoot so she can get to her toys easier.  She will push up so that she is on her hands and her toes and also into crawling position so we will see which one she thinks will be easier.

I think she might start pulling herself up to things before too long be because she likes to stand up against the couch, the table and our legs and has started to reach up to the coffee table and pulling up on it. We will really have to make some changes if she figures out how to pull herself up to things.

Oh Curt was not offered the job in Rexburg, but he is the new young men’s presidents so I guess the lord had a different plan for us.

I am Just enjoying being a stay at home mom and playing with Aleana and my friends who are stay at home moms.  Life is great!  

Sunday June 23^rd 2013

Today was a big day! We went to Church and were reminded of the World Wide Missionary Broadcast: The Work of Salvation.  The Stake and Ward Leaders made a big deal about it, they said it was going to be Huge!  So we wanted to watch it to see what new thing was going to be announced about missions and missionary work.

We had a barbeque over at the Atkinson’s house we had delicious pulled elk burritos, visited and watched the missionary broadcast.  I was kind of shocked when they announced that missionaries could use facebook, but missionary work is alive a well on Facebook and other internet devices and it will help quicken the pass of missionary work.  I think it will be a great resource for missionaries.  

After the broadcast we were visiting and letting the girls play and Aleana started to crawl.  It was her first time crawling.  It is a big new step for my little girl.  Now she is going to be getting into everything.  My job is going to get harder.