Wednesday, July 23, 2014

8 months, wow!

Dear Liam,

This year is flying by of course, and you have made some BIG changes this month!

You have starting eating quite a bit more solid food... pretty much whatever I put in front of you! You are quite the carb boy... I try to give you as many fruits and veggies as possible, but your favorites are rice cakes (called baby mum-mums) and toast!  I have recently been able to give you some purees which you have been resisting since you were about 6 months.  At first you just spit them back at me, but in the past couple of days you have eaten some pureed peaches and sweet potatoes.  You weren't too much of a fan of pureed carrots, although you did like cooked carrots that you could hold yourself! You much prefer to feed yourself, although I cannot get you to eat blueberries, strawberries, or cantaloupe.  Hmmmm.... are you going to be a picky eater?? We shall see!

You are moving ALL OVER THE PLACE now!  You are a champion army crawler, and you are starting to get your legs motoring too.  You can also get up on all fours and rock back and forth.  You are great at rolling all over the place and army crawling wherever you want to go! You also started pulling up on things this month... you can pull yourself to standing in your crib or on low surfaces... very scary for mommy! You already have received a couple of bruises here and there from being so active!
You LOOOOVE your big sister.  She loves to make you laugh and you really started playing together this month! She likes to give you toys and play peek a boo with you.  You giggle hysterically when she makes faces at you and she will do anything to try and make you laugh! She gets more laughs out of you than I do a lot of the time!

You also slept through the night a couple of times this month!! Mommy is SOOOOOO happy about this because she has more energy and is starting to feel more active!  Your sleeping has been pretty good for the most part this month, just waking up once or twice or not at all and then going right back to sleep.  Some mornings you even slept in until 7:00/7:30! WAHOOOO!!!! I know you don't care about this... but mommy does.... :-) :-) :-)

You are suuuuuuch a sweet cuddle bug.... just so snuggly and easy to love.  Everyone you come into contact with oooo's and ahhh's about how adorable you are.... everyone loves your cute whitish blonde hair and big blue eyes.... you are so easy to fall in love with!! Quite the charmer with your adorable little grin and chuckle!

You are still a big chubster weighing just 2 lbs less than your 2.5 year old sister!!  You are about 23 lbs now... BIG boy!! I love your chunky thighs, belly rolls, and I'm pretty sure that not one more oz of fat would fit on your fatty little feet!! You are so soft and squishy!! :-)

Here are some pictures from this month:

 Happy Father's Day!

 Trying some bananas

 Standing in the crib! Ahh!
 Good morning sweet boy!
 First time seeing in the ocean in Gold Beach, OR!

 Falling asleep on the beach in Gigi's arms! 
 Munching on some sand at the beach

 Getting a little too big for the swing!






 Ready for church!

 I love you sweet boy!! You are a greater blessing than I could have ever imagined.  When I nurse you and cuddle you, my heart just about explodes every time.  Happy 8 months!

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