8 MONTHS OLD

I haven't taken any fun pictures of you the past week so I will get on that!  I do have some from playtime Sunday am in the cloud dough... again. You just ate it and squeezed it over and over. My camera died after I snapped a few pictures so here is what I got.

At 8 months you

1. pull up on your own and stand with one hand supporting you (video below)
2. still on 2 naps
3. hate getting in the car seat, I have to give you a cracker to get the tears to stop at times.
4. Started climbing the stairs
5. Stand up in your crib.

You just started a mommy separation mode but still are independent as they come. In our recent class you crawled everywhere only to return to me at the end of class. I sat there watching you explore as the rest of the mommies had their babies relaxing in their laps. You are comfortable with other people holding you and give smiles out so frequently. Teeth still aren't on the horizon. I think i might have jumped the gun on that one. I was excited to see a bit of white, but haven't seen it since! I know you will get them in good time.

Sunday morning

After a day with maga and papa we came home and crashed. The next morning we went to eat at rutt's. Ash gobbled up rice while miles actually ate pancakes, rice and bacon.

Stacking jelly and turning them over to play your own make shift memory game was the highlight of the meal.

Life

Life as a little brother can be hard. Learning some skills early

Standing!

Snack after music together

on the move

you are on the move. Insane to say but you are. Quickly you have gone from sitting up to crawling and pulling on my pants. You are now taking to pulling up and trying to stand. Just this morning you pulled your brother's breakfast off the table and onto the floor. 15 minutes later you pulled yourself up using my arm (i was sitting down) and stood up giggling at daddy. Once you fell you weren't happy. Motivation to try again? I will be posting a few videos soon of these attempts.

Photos below are from about a week or two ago.

Sleeping Sweetness

The other day you were still knocked out when it was time to go get Miles from school. I went in and tried to wake you. Wasn't happening. So grabbed my camera and took a few shots. I am never this bold when you are actually sleeping as I really try to protect your sleep. Glad I was able to snag a few of this afternoon nap.

You always wake up with the warmest face. You snuggle your little head into my shoulder and then want to sit on my lap and stare out the window at the trees while you slowly wake up. Sometimes the cat comes in to say hi and you gently pull at her.The big smiles creep onto your face and you start to coo a bit as you wake up to the day.

And someone helped make them!!

First tooth

I saw a speck of white on your guns today!! Your first tooth:) celebrated with some homemade teething biscuits.

Also found you standing in your crib today. Really? One milestone at a time buddy.

Wiggly but cute

This am play!

More happy boy

Monday running around and at dinner

Cloud Dough

Another Pinterest recipe. Miles loved it, ash ate it. It was everywhere but everyone was happy. Miles asked to play again first thing today.