8 Months Old!

Ok, Mr. Bear....here we go.  Just sit right here by me and Mom and Dad will get our 8 month pictures really fast.

Svea!  You are 8 months old today and we are loving this stage with you.  You are quickly becoming more mobile and it's only a matter of days or weeks that you'll be tearing around the house.  You've become much more vocal this month and you babble the sounds ba, ya, da, and ga. You're not as smiley for you 8 month pictures as you've just been overall a little subdued this last week because we think your teeth are coming in.  We thought for sure you had an ear infection because you woke up screaming for two hours one night and we couldn't console you.  The grabbing at your ears threw us off, but nope, you're just fine.  A little numbing medicine on your gums is usually all you need to send those crabbies away.

 

 -You are wearing some size 3-6 month clothes and some 6-9 months.
-When we brought you in for your ears you weight 16 lbs. and 15 ounces, but I'm not sure what percentile that is
-You have milk five times a day at 8, 11, 2, 5, and at 8 right before bed.  In between you eat solids twice a day of rice cereal, veggies and fruit.  You love the yellow and orange veggies and are ok with the green ones.  Pears, apples, and bananas would be your favorite fruits.  You drink from your sippy cup really well, but only if you are propped up on a pillow on the floor.  Otherwise you haven't mastered tipping your head back to get the water out.
-You take about 2 naps a day with one being short (half hour) and a longer one (hour to two hours a day).  You like to switch things up though and we never know if the morning or the afternoon nap will be the long one or not.
-You are wearning size 3 diapers and we change them often....you make the funniest face when you are filling up those diapers.
-Your favorite toys would be "Sophie" the giraffe, your toy car that lets you drive, your rings, and you love the book "Ten in the Bed".  We read it every night before bed and no matter how tired you are you give a little smile and sit and listen intently to it.
-For naps and bedtime you sleep with a paci and your "bunny"  Yes, your Mom and Dad are very clever when it comes to naming your favorite things.  "Bunny" took a lot of thinking as to what to name her!

-You wake up happy every morning and Mom and Dad listen to you talk to yourself for about 20 minutes before we finally wake up to come and greet you.  You always have a huge smile on your face.
-We started putting you in your stroller facing forward and you LOVE this.  Riker is always right there by you so you can see him better and every once in awhile you let out this cute little laugh.  You are so observant and most people notice this about you. 
-You continue to be so good around people.  You can be hours overdue for a nap and hungry and you are still pretty content if there are enough people around to watch.
-You biggest milestones this month would be learning how to sit all by yourself and being able to get up on all fours and rocking back and forth. 
-We love watching you think.  You'll see a toy across the way and we can see your wheels turn before you take off rolling to get it. 
-You still love your baths and like to play with your duckies in the water. You pooped in the bathtub the other morning....ew, Mommy had to clean it up!
-You are such a good baby.....you are so happy, love to play, smile, and laugh and we couldn't be anymore proud to be your parents.  We still talk about you after you go to bed at night remembering all of the fun things you did over the day.  We thank God everyday!  We love you so very much!