8 Months Old!

What's new?...

Landon had a lot of firsts happen between 7 and 8 months old!

*First time sitting in a shopping cart!

*First time wearing little blue jeans (so cute)

*First time crawling

*First time sitting himself up on his own

*First time taking formula (we're supplementing now-just not making much anymore)

*First time sitting in a restaurant high chair

*First time 'talking' - consonant and vowel together! (Baba.. papapa) Proud teacher ;)

So many more firsts to come!

*He's working on feeding himself little gerber puffs or yogurt melts - getting that pincher grasp (thumb and pointer finger) is pretty tough! He'll evetually get the puff on his hand somewhere and then shove all his fingers in his mouth to get the puff in.. haha He's working hard!

*He sleeps about 10 - 11 hours still... down around 7pm and wakes up between 5-6am. Teething is starting to make this tough - crying in his sleep :(

*Speaking of teething - NO teeth yet! It's just crazy! I know they say "the longer they stay in the gums the better" but I can't wait to see what his little teeth will look like in that gummy smile of his.

*He loves to 'mountain climb' - baby gate up at the sitter's house or ours and he like to pull up on it and try to climb (just with his hands not with his feet). Eventually he gets stuck and wants help to get back to the floor.

*We have officially retired the baby swing, bouncy seat and Mama Roo. I just never thought it would happen this fast! He loves his jumperoo and his walker still.

*We are now in 9m or 12m clothes - just depends on the outfit. It's unbelieveable how quickly they grow. We are also in size 3 diapers (this is really for me to remember - if you don't have kids this little fact probably means nothing to you) He's been in size 3s for a while.

*Landon is about 22lbs... he went for a dr visit earlier this week (got his first flu shot.. Oh I should add that to the firsts list!) we normally wouldn't have another check up until 9 months old, but he was coming down wiht something and they were checking his weight. Kind of leveled out because he's so mobile. Around 20 lbs at 6 months (If I remember correctly) so he's gained just a little more.

*SUCH a fun age right now! His personality is starting to emerge and he is showing love, affection, silliness and grumpy moments of course.

*I'm already thinking of ideas for his 1st birthday party. Am I crazy? Love thinking up fun theme ideas - but I'm just not ready for him to be 1 yet! Stay my little baby!!

*A lot of these 'firsts' are very welcome! (Just like when he started holding his head on his own... so nice when he could finally do that) Just cannot believe how quickly time has gone by... it's like he was born and I BLINKED and it's almost February.

It's funny going back and reading my posts right before he was born. Feels so long ago. I was not sure if I'd be an adequate mom. Was I really cut out for the job? Would I be able to give all of myself to this little baby? How would I deal with my life being forever changed? Wondering how Ryan and I would be jumping into our new role as parents. God has just amazed me (us) at how He prepared us for parenthood. I do not miss my old life. I do not wish things had happened differently. I am so in live with this little life and want to do everything and more that I can for him. This first year has been such a precious time for us. Crazy to think next month Landon will have been on this earth as long as I had carried him.

"No one else will ever know the strength of my love for you...after all you're the only one who knows what my heart sounds like from the inside."

It's a wonderful life!