EIGHT MONTHS!

Little Evan is growing up! He's eight months old today... This month has been lots of fun... I'm so excited as he enters each new stage, but a little sentimental that he's growing out of the baby stages!! Luckily, he is becoming more and more snuggly each day which makes for some great mommy and daddy cuddle times! Here are some of his latest accomplishments....

*He is still rolling all over the place in order to reach his toys and books.. Now if only we could get him to start lifting that big belly up to start crawling!!
*He LOVES to be outside and take walks in his stroller. It's almost like he's in a trance- he just takes it all in....
*He is still loving every kind of baby food (meats, fruits and veggies) as well as nursing 2-3 times a day...
*He has 2 bottom teeth! We thought they'd never pop through, but they FINALLY did.. It sure made for a crabby baby!
*He has started to eat some finger foods (Gerber puffs) and drink from a sippy cup. Although he's still not real good at picking up his puffs, we're working on it... He is getting pretty good at holding his sippy cup though...
*I've been teaching him how to give kisses lately... He's actually gotten the hang of it pretty well... It just makes my heart smile when he comes at me with a big slobbery wet one!!
*He loves to sing with mommy during the day and read lots of books (well mostly he likes to eat and grab at the books, but at least we're trying!!)
*He loves to be bounced and "thrown" up in the air by daddy... Of course, daddies seem to play a little more rough, but Evan sure seems to love it.... I love Evan's expression when he sees Drew when he comes home from work... He usually lets out a little whimper until Drew picks him up.. It's so cute :)
*He's getting better at balancing himself when he stands. I bought him a new "stand-up" toy and I think it will definitely help him with standing by himself...
*We're guessing he's at least 26 pounds (we haven't had him weighed since his 6-month checkup and he doesn't go again until 9 months).. He's wearing both 12 and 18 month clothes already. We're getting ready to switch him to a bigger car seat.... My back definitely hurts at the end of each day from "lugging" him around... But I guess he's worth it :)

I guess that pretty much sums up the last month... Every day we thank God for the blessings that our little guy brings... We feel so lucky.... Thank you for sharing our life with us through our blog!!

The best and only picture I was able to get with Evan sitting still this month.. It continues to get harder and harder each month!!

And now it starts to go downhill... here he is touching and playing with the elephant...

And now he decides to eat the elephant....

And now he decides to eat the paper!! Picture session is over!!

Eating puffs in his highchair...

A good teeth shot... They're still working at coming all the way in, but they've popped through...

Holding his own sippy cup!

Playing outside one afternoon while mommy was working in the landscaping...

Don't you just wanna squeeze him???