Bumbo Growth Chart Month 8

I'm Eight Months Old!! Where has the time gone? Lets see here, what am I working on these days? My favorite thing by far is eating. I will eat anything in sight, including your finger if you don't remove it fast enough! I'm not crawling yet, but have no fear - I can get where I want to go by rolling and scooting. The other night I was sitting up and I fell over - and I was able to push myself back up to a sitting position. I'm lifting my arms up for you to pick me up (my other favorite thing). I'm "talking" more now... I say "mamamamamamam" and I just started to say "daddadadadada" and "babababababa" As much as my sister watches Shrek, you would think that might be my first real word. I love to stand up, but I only do this when an adult is close by... I "dance" myself over when standing. I'm posting two Bumbo photos... This first one was on Sunday morning. And since it was only about 7am and still pretty cold outside - I wasn't in the best mood for photos...

So on Monday (today) Mom took this photo. Yes, these photos were taken in consecutive days. High yesterday was only in the 30's and you can see there was snow. Today the bank sign said it was 73! What a difference a day makes! So here's the overall - Months 1-8...

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!! To help celebrate my friend Miss Samantha decorated me up a little bit... What do you think?

I Can't Beleive...

...she actually did it... A few weeks ago Mom posted on my blog an ambigram of my name that she had created in Photoshop. Well, she went and got it as a tattoo! She actually did it. Crazy that woman is... She tweaked it a little from the version that was posted on here, but it's very similar.

Guess I shouldn't be complaining, she got my name as a tattoo before she got Daphne's! Take that Daphne!

Good Morning!

Good Morning! One fine Saturday morning I was in wonderful spirits, so Mom took my photo. Even though it's slightly blurry, Mom said I was cute. Gosh darn it Mom, you better say I am cute no matter how bad the photo is! I just like how if you look close you can see all four of my teeth.

Joy Ride

March weather in Missouri is always so iffy... One day it will be in the 70's, sunny and like a touch of Heaven. Then the next day it's only 25 and snowing! (I'm not kidding...It's snowing today and earlier this week it was in the 70's!) So on those nice days, it's time to get out of the house we've been couped up in all winter and enjoy that sun! The subdivision across the street from us has a walking trail, so my family enjoys venturing out to that trail.

I Heart Aunt Kathy

During the graveside services (aren't they called Interment or something close to that), my Aunt Kathy held me the whole time. Mom was busy taking photos and chasing Daphne, my Dad was a pallbearer, and Grammy and Gramps were grieving in their own way. So I got to play with Aunt Kathy. My new thing is hair - I LOVE to grab people's hair while they are holding me - and I will either just grasp it in my hands or I'll suck on it. I know, I'm strange... But that's what I am trying to do to Aunt Kathy in both of these photos...

Landon and Jude

My Mom and her cousin Lydia have a strange connection - they are always pregnant at the same time! Daphne and Clayton were born about two weeks apart, and Landon and myself were born about two weeks apart! Crazy, huh? But it's fun to have cousins about the same age.

So while my family was down in Southern Missouri for my Great Grandpa's funeral, I got in lots of quality time to play with Landon. But he's more advanced than me - he can already crawl and pull up to a standing position! I learned a few tricks from him, and just waiting for the day to reveal them.