Happy 8 month Birthday!!!

Happy 8 month birthday (yesterday) Brooks!!!

At 8 months you
* are more fun then ever
* keep mommy very busy- I don't get to blog nearly as much but we have fun
* take 2 naps a day (90 min morning nap, 75 min afternoon on a great day)
* still wake up twice a night at great peril to Mommy's sanity
* sit fantastically on your own, then plunge into a stomach position
* push up on your hands (not just your arms)- getting ready to crawl maybe?
* get very frustrated/angry at your lack of mobility and let us know
* say 'Hey' to Mommy and Daddy as a way of greeting us
* think the dog's tail is a toy much to her horror
* love everything that you can't have- USB cords, laptop, telephone, remote, etc
* are eating a variety of finger foods in addition to baby food. You are still hit or miss on how much you eat per day- some days I can barely get a jar of baby food in you, some days you down 4 jars
* find yourself in the mirror to be fantastically amusing, and give yourself slobbery kisses
* love hanging upside down- love, love, love it.
* really like to make things rattle/jingle/etc in your hand
* stand on your own holding onto a table or the couch (without mommy or daddy's help)
* fall asleep on your own in your crib
* are still nursing (go us!)
* are in your big boy carseat (mommy misses the infant carrier b/c now she can't bring you in the house still asleep)
* sit in high chairs and shopping carts when we go out
* laugh like a loon at everything
*are very ticklish- especially in your pits and on your feet
*shriek- all.the.time. You are a crazy man with shrieking- i LOVE it
* are starting to try to pull yourself up on things. You have not mastered it, but you are getting there. Gymboree sure will help with that!
*are a complete wiggle worm. You can no longer be propped up sitting on the couch, a chair, your changing table, anywhere- you will head dive forward from wherever you are.
*are impossible to get dressed (see above)


How much have you grown? AKA- the case of the shrinking chair & monkey
5 days old


8 months:



1 Month:





And of course- this month's chair picture (above) was not easily obtained- although it may be my fave one yet because of how happy he looks to be 8 months and how he is showing us how big he is. It did take a lot of picture taking to get it.

Brooks was more interested in eating the monkey.


Was laughing so hard he was falling over


You can tell I take a lot of pics of him- he hams it up for the camera!



Many shots had the monkey fallen over b/c he kept grabbing it... while cute, not good for comparison!



And- as stated before- he tries to forward climb out of everything. Picture taking was difficult b/c he kept trying to get off the chair.