Liam is 8 months!

Our little boy is eight months old and as you can see, very mobile. I have actually already starting having pangs and flash-forwards to the days when he doesn't want us around and get teary eyed. He still really wants to be with us and I know I need to store up these days to take back out when he pushes us away.

He is an absolute hoot! He's saying "mum", which is an improvement on "mmmmm" when he wants me. He has six big old teeth and one almost through and another on the way that we can see. We go in for a check up at nine months and can't wait to see how big our "hoss" really is.

We also started doing Gymboree once a week about a month ago and it's a blast. It's like a little gym and preschool for infants. His teacher is great about getting everyone to interact with each other and challenge the babies to try new things. The first day he was good for about the first 15 minutes and then he got overwhelmed and just wanted to hug Mom. Now he's enjoying playing with the other kids. One little girl screams happily almost the entire time which is hysterical. During the second class, Liam talked over the teacher during what is supposed to be "grown up" discussion. Too cute!

We're enjoying every minute (okay, not every minute) and looking forward to him being able to communicate with us. I say it every day and know I'll regret it soon, but I can't wait for him to talk!

We'll let you know how the check up goes...

Dede

Really late 7 month post

Sorry it's so late! We've spent the month of June trying to get Liam into a routine and sleeping in his crib, which doesn't allow much time for blogging. ; ) He is still sleeping only 2-3 hours at a stretch and eating every time he wakes. I'm pretty sure he has his father's metabolism and isn't just wanting to eat, he NEEDS to eat that often. Anyway, we're slugging along trying to help him figure out how to get himself back to sleep but not much luck so far. What I would do for about a six hour stretch of sleep...

Other than sleep challenges, he's great. He has six teeth as of today and is working on two more. He seems so young to have that many already, but who am I to say he can't have them. They just keep coming! He also made a new friend: Beasley the stuffed bee. He picked him out at the state park gift shop and he's the cutest. I'll add a pic of him to the slideshow!

Food loves: sweet potatoes, apples, pears, bananas, avocados

Food dislikes: squash, mangos

Apricots are still TBD as we just introduced those last night

We just got back from a trip to New Orleans but I'll write about that on the 8 month post (um, yeah, that's Sunday)!

Dede