Crazy 8!

Dear Reese,

Wow! You are 8 months old now! Sorry this is a little behind, but we were out of town when you turned 8 months old. We took your first trip to the beach. But more on that another time. You have grown and changed so much that I feel like I should do weekly updates just to keep up with you. You are growing too fast for Mommy and Daddy! But you are getting to a really fun age now where you are really curious about everything and trying so hard to learn and understand things. You are sleeping so great and typically sleep from about 7:30 until 6:45-7 the next morning. Sometimes you'll wake up in the night and talk a little while but then go back to sleep. You are usually taking two really good naps of at least an hour twice a day. Sometimes you take a good 1.5 hr morning nap and then two 30 minute catnaps later. You are such a happy baby all the time. We get comments on how sweet and happy you are and people wonder if you are like that all the time. The answer is YES!! You are such a sweet natured little boy with a streak of stubborn. But that streak only comes out when you're tired, hungry, or bored.

Your appetite is still as huge as ever. You can easily eat three containers of stage 1 food with a tablespoon of rice cereal three times a day. So far you are liking everything much more than you did at first, except for peas. I've tried to give them to you several times and you just aren't feeling it! You get four bottles a day and eat baby food three times a day. We also started giving you puffs on occasion, but you haven't quite figured those out yet.

You are crawling a little bit, but are still trying to get steady on your knees. You'll go a few "steps" and then sprawl out on the floor. You get where you wanna go, but mostly do it by scooting. Reese you are pulling up on things and have started pulling to standing a couple of weeks ago. You get so excited when you discover something new you can do. You really like climbing on people. If I sit down on the floor near you, you will scooch over and start pulling up on me. You are also getting really good at giving sugar. You don't do it every time you are asked, but you are doing it more often than not. It's very sweet!

Reese, you are getting so much hair and it looks like it's gonna be reddish/brown and wavy. Your eyes are brown (you get those and the wavy hair from Daddy...otherwise, you are still your Mama's child!). You have officially moved into Cruisers size 3 diapers and are mostly wearing 6-9 month clothes. You probably weigh about 20lbs, but we will get an official weight when you go to the doctor next month. As always, you continue to bring so much joy to our lives and we love you very much!!
Love,
Mommy and Daddy