8 Months

Another month flew by! Looking at him today, its hard to believe that he was ever a little bundle that did nothing but eat and sleep. He is still very laid back and always happy, but quite a bit busier these days! Jeremy and I enjoyed each of those days with him when he just slept in his swaddle and now as explores and tests.

His newest move is trying to pull himself up. Yesterday, he found the bottom step and thought that it looked scalable, but he doesn't quite get his knees under himself. It won't be long!

Last week, I had my Kitchen Aid plugged into the island outlet that is reachable when he is in his walker. While I was standing there to guard it and try to prevent interest, it was inevitable that we would practice the meaning of 'No'. After several No's and removing him from the temptation, he continued to come right back... so I tried the little slap on his hand with a firm 'No No' which illicited a giggle. He is his father's son.

I had the joy of buying Cole some toys this month... a first for mommy! First, a ball, then another ball (because cousin Lydia ate our ball and I realized Cole would soon do the same), then his first real boy toy... a bull dozer! Its a cute mega blocks dozer with some blocks that he also loves.

He doesn't have a height and weight check this month... fortunately, he has slowed down on the weight gain which has given my back a break. He doesn't seem to have slowed in stretching taller though. Dad is proud! He definitely exceeds the limits for an infant car seat, so we have officially retired it this month.
A few favorites:

• Food - sweet potatoes (homemade please!)
• Song - The Lord's Army (with motions and extra animation)
• Book - it's a toss up between Puppy Love (with an extra mention of Madison) and his 'Who Loves Baby?' photo book which gets lots of screams and giggles!
• Babble - da da da