Preston Alixander is 8 months old!!!

It's amazing how time flies by. 8 months ago our lives were so different with a brand new little baby who just was so content being in one place. Preston is now 8 months old and he is very active. He loves to crawl around and play with anything and everything. He also loves to pull himself to standing, then sit down and do that again and again. He is getting better at falling (thank goodness) so when he does let go he knows he need to lean forward to fall on his bottom so he doesn't hit his head. Since last month, Preston has gained so much speed. He still prefers to crawl on his hands and his feet, unless he is pushing a toy along. My grandparents came to visit last Sunday and brought him a truck and he loves to push the truck around as he crawls. Actually, he crawls with whatever he can hold on to. Carl gave him a golf club to play with the other day and he sat there for a while and he lifted it over his head and moved it around (and yes, his dad loves that he practices his "swing"), and the next time I looked over, there he was crawling with this huge golf club! Preston notices everything now and wants to explore and eat everything. We have pulled many things out of his mouth including a leaf and a small chunk of tile. He has started to babble now and he constantly says mama mama... It's fun to hear him starting to put syllables together! Preston has also been growing hair and although he doesn't have much, he does have some!!! As he gets tired he gets more and more active and squirmy. He is actually starting to eat more foods. At first he had no interest (he would grab at food but didn't like it once they were in his mouth). He weighed 20lbs 4 oz and is about 27.5 or 28 inches long (measuring is always so hard to tell, especially now that he moves so quickly). I still need to post our videos of him crawling. I will get these up soon!!! On his 8 month birthday, we also were able to go and watch my cousin David play football. Preston enjoyed his first football game! Okay, that is everything I can think of right now... enjoy the pictures. Reading his 8 month old sign!

He would only sit if we gave him his monster to chew on....

Hanging out in the little rocker

Off he goes...He has better things to do than sit for a picture

Taking his clothes off

He still love to chew or suck on his fingers

Preston and his aunt Mandy at the football game

20lbs 4 oz.

He likes sitting in this rocker that was mine

Another picture where he did not want to sit...hum....

At David's football game

Standing on the track

My cousin David

Ready to play (his is number 86)

Water break