All About 8 Month Old Me

I am 8 months old today. I am constantly learning new things, trying different things, investigating my world, and showing more and more of my personality. Here are just a few things about me:

1. I have started wrinkling up my nose and smiling really big. The pictures just don't give it justice, but maybe you'll get the idea.

2. I like to stand. I sometimes pull up but I am not doing it consistently yet.
3. I am a brave boy. When I do stand, it is not uncommon for me to only use one hand. It makes me a little unstable, but that's okay.
4. I already have bruises where I bump my head. I hit tables, chairs, and today at Mommy's school, a concrete wall.

5. I have a stubborn streak. This is not news - remember I cried myself to sleep for the first several weeks of my life. Now that I don't have my pacifier, I continue to cry. Some nights it is awful. Others - not so bad. Yesterday Daddy lowered my bed (because of the pulling up and standing thing), and I had a terrible time going to sleep. It was just weird being so much lower than before.

6. Along with #5, I am still quite enamored with plants. I get into trouble daily (sometimes several times a day) for sticking my hand in the plant. The tell me "no!" (can you imagine?), swat my hand, and move me away from my target. My feelings get hurt and I cry, but they don't seem to care. How rude!

7. I talk a lot. Sometimes I might actually might be talking about Mama when I say Mamamama, but no one really knows for sure.

8. I play well by myself, but I do like attention from others. Jillian is pretty good to play with me - at least for a little while.

9. I still like all my baby food, but I think I might have a texture problem down the road. Mommy gave me some smashed up banana over the weekend. I didn't care for that - at all. I gagged and spit that stuff out. I like my regular ol' pureed bananas. I did eat mashed potatoes at lunch yesterday and I liked those.

10. I drink out of a cup now, but I won't hold the cup. Mommy keeps saying that is going to have to change. I like apple juice a lot. I had some formula out of cup a few days ago. That was kind of weird. I will drink water from my cup but I seem to prefer it from a straw. Speaking of that, Jillian let me drink out of her cup at lunch yesterday and I drank from the straw all by myself. Mommy didn't put the straw in my mouth and let the stuff run in! Yea! Another trick I have learned.

So now you know all about 8 month old me. Hope you have enjoyed hearing and watching me as I grow.