8 months

Our little man is 8 months old! He is doing many of the same things that he was doing last month, such as sticking anything and everything into his mouth. Here, he is eating grass...

pink chalk...

and the television remote.

P has continued to climb like a little monkey all over everything. In fact, his dad thought he was being wise when he put all the electronic devices on the top shelf, thinking they would be out of reach. However, that just makes P climb even more, and he has no trouble reaching that top shelf.

P has been standing up on his own for a while now, but his balance is definitely improving. He has been working on balancing between two objects.

P is a great eater, enjoying pretty much whatever we give him. Now his mom just has to figure out how to not make such a mess while she is feeding him...

Recently P has started to suck on his fingers...and sometimes one hand just isn't enough.

P also got his third tooth this month...on the top. He has such a goofy smile now.

P also...

-weighs 20 lbs 1oz and is about 28 inches tall.

-throws tantrums when he doesn't get what he wants right when he wants it.
-sleeps like a champ. He usually goes to bed between 7pm and 8pm and wakes up around 6am. we have tried putting him to sleep later to see if he will sleep later into the morning, but that has not worked. Even if he goes to bed at 10pm, he is up by 6am.

-has little conversations with us every day and is starting to distinguish who responds to "ma ma ma" and who responds to "da da da". He is talking all the time, so it is difficult to say whether or not he has said his first words, and I don't know if we will ever be able to say that there has been a first word because it has been a gradual process...but when dad comes home from work, he says "da da da" and when he is reaching for me he says "ma ma ma".

-is a super fast crawler. He has been crawling on his knees for several months, and he keeps getting faster and faster... if I look away for just a second, he could be across the room from where he was.

-walks along furniture and walls, often using only one hand to balance himself.

-LOVES other kids and can not get enough of them.

-can walk across the room while holding on to our fingers.

-pulled himself up on a couch at the sitter's house (our couches are taller, so he hasn't done this at home yet, but it's only a matter of time...he has learned that he can put pillows on the ground and stand on them to reach everything on the couch).

-crawls up the stairs like he has been doing it his entire life.

We love our little guy! It seems like he is growing up so fast, I just want to stop him so he will be my baby forever.