8 Months!

You are 8 months old already! Time still continues to fly and you are so much FUN!

We didn't have a doctors appointment this month, so we don't have official height and weight stats. My guess is 18 lbs and 27 inches. People comment to me fairly often that you seem very tall. Finding clothes for you is going to be a challenge. Your waist is tiny and is probably 3 month sized, but you need 9 month size clothes for length.

For the most part you wear 6-9 month clothes and you still wear a size 3 diaper.

So, what were you up to this last month?

You cut your first two teeth. Little cuties on the bottom. I thought I would be sad when you lost your gummy baby smile, but you're 2 little teeth are pretty cute too.

You did a lot of rocking back and forth on your knees and scooting backwards, but no official crawling in the 8th month.

You are a funny little dude and you love to laugh - your personality continues to show the older you get. You're pretty happy most of the time. You like to play on the floor with your toys, banging them together, scooching them around, and studying them. You don't spend as much time in your jumperoo now that you're a little more mobile. You still like it, but we try to let you practice crawling as much as possible.

You also love to read your books. You get a huge smile on your face when you see your favorites and you love to sit and listen to them.

You still love to go for strolls in the Bob. I think you like the quiet time and you love to look around.

You really like your "brother" Dexter and smile when he walks by. Dexter puts up with you because he has to :) I think you like him more than he likes you at this point. Soon you will be best friends.

You still love bath time and I'm usually soaked by time you are done. You love to spash the water and play with you little bath cups. I think its time for some Mommy and Me swim lessons!

Your routine hasn't changed much since last month. You eat at 7, 11, 3 and 7 and have "breakfast", "lunch" and dinner in between. Thankfully, you aren't a picky eater and you like most everything we give you. We still disguise the peas a little bit with apples or sweet potatoes. You are a great night sleeper and a decent napper. You sleep from 7pm to 6am (sometimes 6:30 or 7) and nap around 9am and 1/1:30pm. You don't always take long naps, but we try, and we are just glad that you sleep well at night!

It was a great month and, as always, we are looking forward to the next. It is so fun to watch you grow and learn. Stay sweet, my little man!