8 Months

Growth:  I don’t have any official numbers but you have to be at least 20 pounds, maybe even more! I tried to measure you the other day, but you are not a big fan of lying down, and you looked to be about 28-29 inches. You seem so long!

Sleep: You are taking much better naps! It is amazing what I can accomplish when you sleep even for just an hour! Sleep at night has been rough the last few nights with you waking up three-four times wanting to eat and just being so cranky. You still sleep in the bed with us and we all sleep pretty great that way! 

On the menu: You are doing great on solids and have had pretty much every fruit and vegetable allowed and some yogurt. We haven’t done any meats yet, but will work on that this month. You are eating twice a day on solids, drinking great out of a sippy cup and starting some puffs. You are chewing really well.  


What's happenin  YOU ARE ON THE MOVE!!! You started crawling last Sunday the the 12^th and you have perfected it. You are fast and you are pulling up on everything!  You have even pulled up in front of the mirror not holding on to anything but the glass. It is crazy! I cant believe you are so mobile now and watching you is a little bit tougher. Its so fun to watch you explore. You also have two teeth! The bottom two. I think you are on the verge of getting more though because you are chewing on everything.

Favorite things:  Water! You love taking a bath and playing. You crawled straight to the dogs water bowl and tried to dunk your pacifier like a little raccoon. You love your toy balls and will bat them around. You pick up everything by yourself. Water bottles and glasses are your favorite and you drank through a straw the other day and loved it!  We just have so much fun playing with you. You are so much more fun now. Your laugh is just the cutest thing ever. We start swimming lessons next week and then going on our first big trip so it’s going to be a big month for you. You love trying to catch the dogs and cats!
Not so favorite things: You hate lying down. Changing your diaper is just not fun now. You also hate having anything taken away from you . You don’t like it when we are drinking something and you can’t have it. I hate leaving you now because you notice when I am gone, but I think you are understanding that I always come back.

8 month photo shoot tonight when Dad comes home!

Getting Settled

We are finally getting settled in our new house. It is starting to feel like home. It was a really hard for me, because I missed 1455 Brittany Lane. I was surprised how homesick I was. But I do love our new house! We feel like we have so much room, and Jack can play on the carpet and I can see him from pretty much anywhere in the kitchen. He is so close to crawling, he moves backwards really fast and pulls up and he has two teeth!!  I dont know how he could possibly be any cuter and I just love him so much. Our house seems kinda of empty because we do not have enough furniture, but what a great problem to have.

Despite still not having Internet, which has been such a mess, everything is starting to look and feel like home. The neighborhood is quite and lots of kids. I LOVE having a space to work! I am so excited to have a place that is ours and Jack has plenty of room to run around (which I am sure will be soon)

We have had a multitude of visitors and are looking forward to a quite weekend!