Playing around at WEM

Here's Aerya playing on some rides at WEM. We had a great time visiting with cousins Sam & Cody.

Aerya Walks and Talks!

Hi all, here's an exciting update! At 8 1/2 months Aerya took her first steps and said her first word. It was Mom, which of course is so very exciting for me. Aerya babbles all the time and everything is dada or mama, but when she wants my attention she'll come up to me and say Mom. She also can now do the sign for milk when she wants some and waves bye-bye really well. One of her favorite things is to mimic you when you cough or blow raspberries, which is really cute to see.
As for the walking, Aerya avoids it whenever possible. Crawling is just so much faster for her. She'll take a couple unassisted steps each day, and scoot around holding onto absolutely everything, but mostly she just crawls.

Swimming with Mommy

Aerya and I go to Baby Weights each Tues. & Thurs. at Fountain Park in St. Albert. We both have a blast!

Crawling the stairs

Thanks to Autie Amber for teaching Aerya how to crawl up stairs. It sure keeps us hopping!

Aerya at Eight Months

Boy oh boy, have we ever kept Aerya busy this month! On Mondays and Fridays, Mommy & Aerya have strollersize, and then on Tuesdays and Thursdays it’s aquasize. With Daddy it’s Babes in Water on Saturdays, a great class where they swim and play games and sing songs, it’s almost exactly like the class Aerya & Mommy go to on Fridays at the library, except of course, that one’s on land! Aerya has a great time hanging out and watching all the other babies. Sometimes she interacts with them by touching and grabbing at them, which is very fun to watch.

Aerya is crawling like crazy! She’s super fast and can 4x4 it over almost anything. She also crawls up anything she can and then stands or walking around the room holding onto the furniture.

Our food adventure hit a bump when Aerya had a stomach bug for 3+ weeks and had to go off solid food. That made things a little tough for Mommy, but Aerya was pretty unaffected by it. Thankfully everything's back on track again.

Riding Tigger

Thankfully we mean the stuffed Tigger and not the cat... though Aerya would love to try that as well.

Been so long...

Sorry one and all for my lack of blogging. Aerya has kept me hopping with all her new activities. Here's some cute pics to keep you happy!