eight months

just when i thought this little guy couldn't grow any faster, he's gone & aged another month.  he has changed so much in the last month, it's nuts.  p-ray is eight months old.  i know he's still a baby, but he feels so much like a little boy to me now.  he has so much personality & seems very kid-ish to me.  it's so crazy how much & how quickly they change.

here's my little baby all growed up to eight months.
{compare previous monthly pics here.}

parker seems to have lost a teeny bit of his baby chub this month, & it may or may not have been due to the development of his newest milestone: CRAWLING.  he is fully mobile now, people.  the kid gets up on his hands & knees & goes wherever the heck he wants to go.  if you're in his way, he pushes up on his feet & will crawl right over you.

he crawls from room to room & will crawl to your feet & pull on your leg to be picked up.  if you're holding him & he wants to go to someone else, he leans out of your arms & reaches for them.  he has shown a bit of fear for the first time, like when we use the paper shredder or vacuum.  he loves to ride in the shopping cart  & sits in high chairs at restaurants.  he still loves bath time & would stay in there all night if he could.  he gets so excited when he sees his mom or dad but still loves everyone he meets.  he's discovered his boy parts & reaches down there during diaper changes.  typical boy.

speaking of diaper changes, they have become an all out war.  i have no idea how someone who only weighs twenty pounds could be so hard to control, but he manages to squirm & wiggle his way onto his belly while we're trying to put on a new diaper or change his clothes.  he HATES being on his back & will roll over immediately if put down on it.  taking this eight month picture took lots of distraction & help from sam.

he's tried sweet potatoes, peas & brown rice, bananas, & apples & apricots now but doesn't really get the big deal about solid foods.  he is still 100% breastfed & i'm worried he'll never eat real food.  it's gonna make it pretty weird for the teenage years.

he has three teeth now {two bottoms, one top}.  he wears size four diapers, eighteen month onsies, & six to twelve month clothes.  he weighed twenty pounds at his last doctor appointment.

and he is still so dang cute.

love this kid.


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