Eight Months Old

Last week, I turned 8 months old. 3/4 of a year! Mom's getting into the swing of things at work and I'm getting used to our routine. We changed daycares this week, though. Now I'm closer to home so Mommy and Daddy can take turns picking me up and dropping me off. I started cruising around more this month. I like to move up and down the length of the couch. The couch is just the right height to hold on to. We celebrated Father's Day and I made a card for Daddy at daycare. I had a rough patch this month, with a double ear infection and a touch of pinkeye. I'm all better now, but it took awhile to get over everything. This month I tried green beans, watermelon, cantaloupe, tofu, egg yolk, puffed rice cereal, and a funky sweet potato that Mom got at the Farmer's Market. That's a funny story, actually. Mom, Dad and I went to the Farmer's Market at a local college here. Daddy was wearing me in my Beco and I had on my big pink floppy hat and my sunglasses. A couple of Japanese tourists stopped and asked if they could take pictures with me. Mommy and Daddy said yes and they snapped away. Very weird.

Next week my big sister and my Auntie Jeri are coming to visit. We'll be sure to take lots of pictures to show you at the next update!

Eight Months Old - Part One

Eight Months Old - Part Two

Seven Months Old

Today I turned 7 months old. It's been a really busy month. Daddy came back, so we all hung out a lot and reconnected as a family. I also started daycare this month. I like it! I get to play with new toys, hang out with my new friends and not take naps. I'm supposed to take naps, but there's just too much going on for me to spend all day laying around like that! Mom went back to work last week. It's been an adjustment getting up so early and only having a couple hours together on weeknights, but we make up for it on the weekends. I got a new carseat this month. I got too big for my old one. I got a new activity table this month, too. I like it because it gives me one more thing to use to help me stand. I really like standing. I'm just starting to take a few steps here and there while I'm holding on to the couch, but nothing major. I'm getting pretty good and getting down from standing without bashing my head on the floor. But the big news for this month is I HAVE TEETH! My two bottom teeth popped through about two weeks ago and they are getting taller everyday. Sometimes I forget about them and bite myself when I'm sucking my fingers. Mom won't let me chew on her fingers anymore either. She says it hurts, but that doesn't stop me from trying! This month I tried yogurt, carrots, mango, banana and squash. They're ok, but I really like my crackers. I hope you like my pictures below!

Seven Months - Part One

Seven Months - Part Two

Six Months Old

A week ago I turned six months old. Half a year! Man, time is flying! I weigh
18 pounds even and am 27 inches long. Daddy came home this month. I was a
little leery of him at first because it had been just me and Mom for so
long. A few days was all it took to get back into the swing of things. I'm
glad my Daddy is home!

I've changed a lot in the last month. I started crawling...real crawling!
At first I would belly crawl, but as the month went on, my arms started
coordinating with my legs. Now I am all over the place! I've also started
climbing on everything. Mom caught me pulling myself up to stand in my crib
a couple of times, so Dad lowered the mattress to keep me from falling out.
I also got really vocal this month. Lots of babbling and at high volume. I
also started teething in earnest. I have a couple of teeth nubs waiting to break through on the bottom and I chomp, chomp, chomp on anything...fingers, toys, the couch.

I started eating solid food this month. I'm not sure why they call it
solid...everything is really mushy. I tried applesauce at first. It was ok.
Then avocado. I really like avocado! Then sweet potato. It made me gag.
When I see that orange mess coming, I throw a fit! Pears were ok, too. Then
rice cereal. That was kinda gross, but Mom mixes it up with avocado and I
eat it all up!

I hope you like my six month pictures!

Six Months - Part 1

Six Months - Part 2

Six Months - Food (Part 3)

Six Months Old - Delayed

They say you can't keep them little forever, but Mom is trying to prove that wrong by not posting my six month photos and update until May 16th.

Not really. My six month doctor's appointment isn't until then and Mom would rather have the right stats on my update. So check back next week! Until then we leave you with a picture of me starting solid food. I believe this is avocado. Yummy!

Five Months Old

Yesterday I turned five months old. Almost a half a year! I weigh almost 15 pounds. This month, Mommy and I were busy going to playdates and parties. We had a lot of fun! I'm a super duper roller and I like to get up on all fours and rock back and forth. I want to crawl so bad, but I don't quite have the coordination yet. Mommy got my ears pierced this month. It wasn't so bad. I got a new toy...a Jumperoo. I hated it at first, but then I figured out what to do and now I jump even when I'm not in it! Mommy and I worked really hard on my naps this month and now I'm a good nap taker. I'm still waking up at night, though. I wore shoes for the first time this month. They taste good! I've started babbling more. Mom calls it babbling, I call it talking...she just doesn't know what I'm saying!

Five Months - Part 1

Five Months - Part 2

Five Months - Part 3