Xander Update

Hello Everyone,

Well Xander is 8 months old tomorrow. Time flies. He has been so much fun. We have really enjoyed every moment with him. He is such a mellow kid. Just about 3 weeks ago he learned how to really cry. He has fussed here and there but not much real crying. Anyway he was standing against the chair in the living room and fell and hit his head against the table. He cried hard for 10 min. it was starting to scare me but he was ok. But since then it’s like he has discovered the power behind a good cry. I cry I get what I want! He especially likes to use his new discovery in church when it is nice and quiet. Church is getting more and more challenging. He is so wiggly, it is like a hour long wrestling match trying to keep him on my lap. He literally turns circles in my arms. It was so cute a couple Sundays ago Xander recognized Jason up on the stand and he kept squealing trying to get his attention, he was so excited to see his Daddy.

Xander is still on the small side but he is getting there. He weighs 15 lbs now I think. He is not very good about drinking formula, he wont let me hold him anymore while he drinks his bottle, drives me crazy. So I lay him on the floor and he drinks 2 oz maybe. In the morning when he wakes up is the best time to get him to drink it. But he eats enough solid food, I am surprised he’s not bigger with the amount of food he consumes.

We started calling Xander our little bulldozer. This is how he first learned to crawl. He literally put his little head down and started pushing with his legs. He figured out quickly that it wasn’t too fun on the carpet but he loved it on our bed. It was so cute. He did this for about a month but now he crawls like he’s in the army, once in awhile he will get up on his knees and go a little bit then he either face plants or flops on his bellie and starts to army crawl again. His favorite thing is to walk hanging onto someone’s hands. He really likes to cruise around that way. I think he will be an early waker like Susie was.

Xander loves his walker, he especially liked it when the garbage got set out for a second while dinner was being cleaned up, in seconds he had a mouthful of rice and rice all over the floor and the walker. YUCK!

Xander just loves his sister Katie. He hears her voice and he just starts giggling and wiggling and looking for her. I know once he starts walking there is going to be some serious chasing each other going on. They have so much fun together.

Last night we gave Xander some corn to chew on and at one point it fell and I went to grab it to give it back to him and he squawked at me. If he could talk he would have yelled “Don’t you touch my corn!”

Thanks for letting me share my sweet little boy with all of you!

Love,
Jamie