My goodness, time sure seems to be speeding up! Another month has gone by already!
At 8 months, Samuel...
* CRAWLS! Well...he gets around. He is very determined to move, but his method is a little unusual. He gets up on all fours, moves his knees forward a little, then flops on his belly. Somehow this moves him forward a few inches, and then he gets up and does it again and again until he gets where he wants to go. He is getting faster, but he's still got some work to do on his technique : )
* has a tooth! Just one on the bottom, so far. It kind of snuck out there without bothering him too much. Another one is trying to come through and it is much meaner. His mouth seems to really bug him, and sometimes it wakes him up or makes him a little whiney. I give him Teether Tablets, Tylenol, and frozen apple slices to bite on that he seems to love!
* still eats pureed fruits and vegetables twice a day with some rice cereal. Just this week I started giving him some tasteless rice cracker things to practice finger foods a little.
* still likes to squeal at the top of his lungs when he's excited. He has also started making these deep, growly noises that tickle his throat and make him cough, which he think is funny.
* has SO much fun in his bath. He has learned to SPLASH, so he doesn't use his little tub at all anymore. Now he gets to sit all by myself in the big tub and make a mess flapping his arms in the water. He really likes the acoustics in there, too, so he does a lot of squealing!
* loves to ride in the stroller for walks in the evening. Any time he goes outside he is content and so peaceful!
* has figured out how to JUMP! He jumps in his exersaucer, in the johnny jump-up, and on any surface someone helps him stand on. He loves to bounce : )
Here's some photos from the last month...
Samuel LOVES the computer. Skype, emailing, blogging, facebook....
We took Samuel for his first hike up Stone Mountain. He enjoyed his ride!
This is how we usually find him when he wakes up, usually with his hands reaching through, too. If he could just figure out how to squeeze his head through, he'd be free!
I tried to get some sweet pictures of him at the park, but he was in a serious mood.
Very serious!
...at least until we got to the swings : )
8 month photos
Determined crawler!
See him in motion!
