8 Months

My precious boy is 8 months old today. He's at that age where everyday he is learning something new or doing something different.  It is so much fun watching him do something for the first time:)

He is now wearing size 6-9 or 9 month clothes, and he is still in size 3 diapers.  He is still a great little eater.  He takes 5-6 ounces every 3-4 hours and eats baby food twice a day.  He loves ALL food, especially table food.  Everytime we sit down to eat, he thinks he should get something too.  He also got to taste his first sucker.  Needless to say, he loved it. 

He is doing great sleeping throught the night, but occasionally he will stir and start fussing.  We have to put his paci back in his month and he will go right back to sleep.  He wakes up between 5:30 and 6:30 for a bottle, but will fall back to sleep taking it and will sleep for another hour or so.  He still sleeps with is lovey.  He knows when you give it to him it is bedtime, and he will start rubbing his eyes with it.  It is the sweetest thing:)

He loves sitting on the floor playing with is toys.  He will still sometimes lose his balance and fall backwards, so we try to keep a pillow behind him.  This is getting really hard since now he has found a way to move around.  He will go from sitting up, to the crawling position, then laying on his belly, to pushing back up to sitting up.  Believe it or not, he can cover a lot of ground with this technique:)  He is getting closer and closer to crawling everyday.  He can easily get up on his hands and knees and rock back and forth.  He has recently started to move his hands and his knees, but just not at the same time.  He will get the hang of it really soon!

He loves to talk and make noise!  He still says "dada" a lot, but we are working on "mama".  He will scream at you to get your attention.  He likes to click his tongue and sticks it out at you.  He also likes to spit (stick his tongue between his lips and blow) and has just started making this pucker face where he scrunches his lips up to his nose. This is how he lets us know when he is done with his baby food. 

He still only has 2 teeth, but I think we might see another one really soon.  He can now clap his hands.  It is the sweetest thing.  Everytime we say "yay", he claps:)  Since this week is mommy's Spring Break, we have been able to take advantage of the beautiful weather.  He has a little car that Nana and Papa brought down for him, and he loves riding around in it.  He holds on to the steering wheel with both hands when it is moving.  He will also kick his feet up while he is riding around in it. 

Happy 8 Months Colin....Mommy and Daddy love you so much!