Gasp...he is 8 months!

This post may be slightly boring to you unless you want to hear about my sweet little man. Little G turned 8 months old on the 3rd. Of course things have been so crazy (stinky) and hectic around here I didn't have a time to stop and have a tantrum about it. I simply can not believe how much faster the months have flown by with him compared with Miss G. Its like I blinked and my newborn went from a limp noodle wobble head to a big strong toddling guy! The sad thing is I know how fast this will be gone too and he will be headed off to kindergarten before I can even catch my breath. Its such an emotional roller coaster to watch your kids grow and learn and some days I just want to throw myself to the floor and scream and cry my eyes out but I know that it wont slow down time or make any difference so I just suck it up and try to spend every single moment happy I have it with my kids and not trying to wish away the minutes even if its tantrum time.

So my little baby is 8 months old. A week before he turned 7 months he started crawling by either swimming like a fish or doing the army man. Here we are a month and a half later and he is still crawling the same way except he can make it from one place to another a whole lot quicker than a month ago. I really don't think he is going to get up on his knees and crawl the "right" way. The day he turned 8 months I was on the couch and happened to fall asleep for a minute when his little face popped up over the side of the couch and he began walking back and forth from one end to the other. Since that day he is pulling up on anything and every single thing he can practicing his new moves and I swear he will be walking at this rate by 10 months maybe earlier. He is so strong and steady. He still could care less about sitting up and I know he can but he just doesn't do it for very long before he goes over on his belly to crawl off somewhere. Who wants to sit around when you can explore the whole house?

He still only has two teeth on the bottom but he has been drooling like a St. Bernard for the last couple of weeks and he has never done that before so I am guessing the top teeth are on their way in. We are still not really on any kind of solid food schedule here. When Miss G was his age I know I had her on a food schedule but I realized that they really don't need the food at this age for anything other that experimentation so why waste the money on it and the time it takes to give it to him and clean it up when my breast milk has way more nutrients and calories that he needs anyways. We do give him oatmeal every night that has a scoop of formula powder and a jar of applesauce mixed in so thats I guess his only "real" meal of the day so far. We have given him some of those puff things and he seems to get a little choked on them so not going to rush those either. But, yeah for us that we are still nursing strong despite our troubles a few months ago. I never thought I would be fully nursing him again but i am so happy that I stuck to it and didn't give up even though it was hard work to get my supply back. I love the time we get together when he is nursing because its the only time now that he will sit still for longer than two seconds and let me cuddle him.

He goes to bed around 8:30 every night but we are still co-sleeping and he doesn't sleep through the night without nursing at least twice and sometimes much more. But its OK with me because I did the same thing with Miss G and when we stopped nursing she transitioned to her crib without too many tears. Plus, I just love watching his sweet little face sleeping next to me when I wake up in the middle of the night. Sometimes he will grab my hand and hold it or scoot his head over on my pillow and snuggle with me. The best is when he catches me watching him sleep and gives me that huge goofy sleepy grin. Now, I could care less for him waking up every morning at 5am. It is way to early but no matter what I can not get him to go back to sleep and he usually will not even go down for another nap til around 9am and then Miss G is awake and bouncing around and the day starts. So we are not getting much sleep around here these days. But I didn't when Miss G was a baby either and I just keep reminding myself how fast these days are gone and whats a little missed sleep anyways when I am missing watching him play and grow when I am just sleeping.

I guess thats about all there is to report. He has only said one real word so far and of course it would be Dada and not Mama. Sigh. But he loves to have screaming matches with his sister and Its so loud but so adorable I couldn't possibly tell them to stop. She will start screaming and then stop and he will pick up and they will do that back and forth for a long time. I know a few months from now I will be kicking myself for allowing them to be so loud. So, little G is just the most adorable perfect baby and I know already he will be the most amazing person in every way. I can already tell that he is very very smart and a little comedian. He is always smiling and laughing and is just a happy baby period. Everyone always comments on how content he is and how friendly he is. I never thought I could possibly love another child like Miss G but it really is true what everyone says your heart just grows bigger with each child and Its not even possible to tell you how much I love him. But its a lot. I know that for a fact.

Things I love about you:

When you are hungry you let me know by putting your open mouth on my face and pretend you are going to eat me.

When I walk in the room and you are in your jumperoo and you see me and suddenly start bouncing as fast and hard as you can to get my attention.

You also try to get my attention by taking your little hand and banging whatever is in front of you as hard as you can.

How you crawl behind me all over the house just because you cant stand for me to get out of your site crying the whole time until I stop and pick you up.

I love seeing how much you love your sister. When she wakes up in the morning and starts coming down the stairs you get so excited and crawl over to her with the biggest smile on your face and you guys will roll around on the floor together laughing.

I love how you play peek a boo all by yourself. When you want to play you will crawl over and grab your blankie and come to me and then lie on your back and put it over your face and I will say PEEKABOO and then you will pull it off and give me a huge laugh. SO cute.

I love seeing you with your daddy. You clearly know him and love him (almost) as much as you love me. When he comes home from work he has Miss G running towards him and you are very close behind scooting across the floor on your belly as fast as you can.

I love waking up to you in the morning. You never wake up in a bad mood and that means I can never wake up in a bad mood either. I love how you look when you wake up and you have your sleepy face and I love the way the back of your hair is totally frizzed up when you wake up.

I love watching you explore the house and chase the dog. You love the dog so much and are always looking for him. Then you will crawl up to him and get on all fours next to him and smile really big like you know you are trying to act like your a dog too.

I could go on for days and days. I just love every single second I spend with you it doesn't matter if you are screaming your head off or laughing. I wouldn't trade any of those seconds for any other moments in this world because then they wouldn't be with you and I would never want to live a second of my life without you in it.

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[Monica C.]

Ooooh, he is such a CUTIE! Time does fly, so enjoy every minute! :)