8 months

Updates on Liam's 8th month of life! Although it looks like he's trying to strangle him in the picture, Liam is actually really growing on Lincoln. ;) He wants to be wherever Lincoln is, and tries to get his attention by grunting at him. He laughs as soon as big brother gets near.

Liam is really turning into big Pete. Still 12-18 month clothing, still size 4 diaper. He did manage to sprout through two new teeth (upper right dec 25, upper left jan 1) this month! The two upper lateral incisors are trying their best to come through, too! It's a good thing, cause this child will eat anything - teeth or no teeth! If you want him to eat babyfood, you better not have anything else in sight - he will yell and yell till he gets the good stuff! He really loves pretzel sticks, cheerios, toast (ate a piece and a half for breakfast the other morning!), yogurt, and lil crunchies. He hardly ever takes a whole bottle anymore because he eats so much other stuff. Mim-mim says he's a bottomless pit. I've been giving him his formula in a sippy cup with his food lately just to get him used to it, and he actually caught on really quick! Our main problem is slowing down long enough to get some air back into the cup!! :)

He will give you a high (or rather low) five now when you ask, and he'll give you a big ole openmouth kiss too. He's a lot more of a cuddler than Lincoln ever was. Sometimes when you pick him up, he'll just squeeze and squeeze you! So sweet!

He has figured out that his tongue does some pretty funny stuff and is forever sticking it out and rolling it around (see above) - I have the funniest video if I could only figure out how to make it smaller!

Liam loves, LOVES bathtime. He splashes like a madman and chases toys around the tub like crazy.

And I'll tell you what, I shouldn't even say it, but this child is so easy to get to sleep! Lay him in his crib, turn on his lullaby puppy, and he is out. I guess I should see it as a blessing in disguise, because if I had to get two Lincoln-like (who is SOOOOOO time consuming at bedtime) children to sleep, I might pull my hair out! He is currently going to bed at 830, and getting up around 7. He takes two naps a day, a long one in the morning, a short one in the afternoon.

We aren't technically crawling yet (I don't know, do you count army crawling as real crawling?), but he doesn't really have any trouble getting to wherever he wants to go. And he is trying his best to pull up to stuff, but we're just a tad short of the strength he needs. If you stand him up against something, he's pretty good to go though. He really likes to be standing up. And lately he REALLY likes to be jumping (see below)!! Currently one of his favorite toys. I swear it sounds like he is going to break that thing into a million pieces he jumps so hard!

We did just experience our first little illness. According to the Dr, Liam had a mild case of croup. He woke up with a barky cough, we (read: mom, as I was at work) got him into the Dr. and she gave him a steroid to take. He didn't seem to feel too bad, but that cough... oh, that cough... I guess we caught it pretty early, though, thank goodness! And, random thought, she weighed him while he was there and he is 23 lbs... What a chunk!

He's awfully friendly, and I bet if you see us out, he'll be the first one to grin at you!

Eight months of joy with this one!! Love him!