We brushed your teeth for the first time yesterday. You actually didn't mind it...as you can tell from the big smile on your face! But you more wanted to chew on my finger rather than letting me brush your teeth. You didn't mind the stuff we put on the brush either!
Last weekend daddy went out of town with his buddies so I thought it'd be a perfect weekend to take you to Spokane and do some shopping. We went over Friday night with Jenneca and Jesse and stayed with Jesse's brother. On Saturday, we started out by going to a local bakery and having coffee and breakfast. Then Jenn and I took you shopping...ALL day! You did really well!! Especially since I forgot your stroller so I had to pack you around in the front loader instead. But you really like to people watch so I think you liked this better. The only thing was you couldn't take a nap! So by mid afternoon you started to get a little fussy. We decided we were done shopping and we went to lunch at the Olive Garden. Our favorite place!! We didn't know how you'd handle this since you were already tired and fussy but you were a rock star. You did great at lunch and even had a little bit of my ravioli and bread sticks. You loved the break sticks, just like your momma! Then later that night (after you got a nap in) we got all dressed up in neon for Megan's birthday (Jenn's friend) and went out to dinner at a popular Sushi restaurant called The Wave. You were really tired so we stayed long enough to have dinner and then I brought you back to the house and put you to bed. The rest of the group stayed out a little longer. It was a great trip!
Your top two front teeth have popped through so now you have four teeth. The top teeth haven't been very much fun for you though. You haven't been your normal happy self! You've been clenching your teeth almost like your trying to grind your teeth to try and make the pain go away. We've been giving you a lot of teething tablets and those seem to help. Thank goodness!!
Daddy's first father's day was a busy one! I was out of town all weekend at a bachelorette party so you and him had a boys weekend. I got back this afternoon just in time to give daddy a break. You were sleeping when I got home so I got all unpacked and waited for you to wake up. I couldn't wait to see you!! Later we went over to Grandpa Mike and Nana B's house for a BBQ. It was a fun evening with family, great food, and horseshoes.
You are now eight months old and let me tell you it's been one fun and exciting month. This month you've hit a couple big milestones, you're trying a lot of new things, and you love to explore. You're also getting more of a personality. You smile all the time but now you have a few different smiles. We've even named one of your smiles the "go-cart smile". Daddy and his friends came up with this name when they all smile really big for photos which is what you do so we thought it fit perfectly. You also love to stick your tongue out now. You do it more when you're busy doing something whether it's trying to stand up or crawl. It cracks us up. Daddy plays a game with you where he tries to grab your tongue and as he reaches to grab it you laugh. It is to cute!
"Go-Cart smile"
You said your first word this month which
was momma. I was so happy to hear you say it and even more excited that it was
your first word. You're still learning the meaning of the word and haven't said
it directly to me but when we say the word to you, you will repeat it back to us. You're talking more and more but no other words yet. You say a lot of bababa's, papapa's, and mamama's so not sure what you're next word will be. Daddy is hoping for dadda. You've also started to wave. Not at anyone particular but more to yourself. You open and close your hand like your waving but you usually have your hand right in front of your face and then you just stare as you're doing it. I don't think you realize what you're doing because you just seem to be so intrigued by the movement of your fingers and nothing else. We'll get you to wave soon enough though! Another cute thing you do is you move your head side to side like you're saying "no" but really it's not no. At first we thought you'd only move your head side to side when you were dancing but now you just do it out of the blue. Sometimes we'll be talking to you and all of sudden you'll move your head side to side. We'll laugh and you'll do it again. I think you know we enjoy watching you do this so you just keep doing it. When I picked you up from daycare the other day you were moving your head side to side as one of the ladies was picking you up. When she handed you off to me I asked you, "Are you dancing?" and you moved your head right on cue. The ladies sure got a kick out of it and we all got a good laugh in.
You're really cruising around the house now! No more army crawling, instead you full out crawl. We had to baby proof the house this month because you want to crawl everywhere. So we put the outlet covers in and a couple locks on the cabinets. You've tried to get into the cat food, actually almost ate some, but I got to you in time and moved you far away from it. You also got your first lesson on "hot" surfaces. You crawled into the kitchen when we were cooking stuff in the oven. You started to reach for the front of the oven to help you stand up and we had to stop you and tell you "hot" and not to touch. Daddy and I sat with you touching the oven numerous times and saying "hot" each time we touched it. You haven't tried to touch it since. Now that you're crawling all over the place, you'll stand up using any kind of furniture or object that you can pull yourself up with. You now know how to gracefully get back down to the ground too. Before you would just fall onto your butt, sometimes falling really hard.
You still love
bath time but it's become more of a challenge! Instead of just playing in the
water, you spend most of your time trying to stand up or grab the water faucet.
At first I tried to fight you trying to make you sit down but every time I sat
you down you'd just stand up again. So I decided it wasn't worth it and I'd
just keep an eye on you and make sure you didn't slip and fall back into the
bath tub. Now bath time has become a quick process where we'll do the scrubbing and cleaning first. Then you'll play for a little while and eventually stand up. When you do stand up, you are really proud of yourself and will give us a big smile. It's to cute too!
Happy eight month birthday sweet little boy! We love you very much and love watching you grow.
This weekend we took you to Glacier Park. We also got to visit and stay with Uncle Keith, Aunt Cari, and cousin Ridge because they live so close to Glacier. Lucky dogs! Going to the Sun Road isn't open yet so we were somewhat limited on what we could do but we still had a lot fun. We stopped at a couple of the scenic overlooks to look at some waterfalls and the river. We also walked the Avalanche Lake Trail. We saw some mountain goats and even saw a bear as we driving out of the park. This caused a little bit of a traffic jam because everyone wanted to check out the bear!
North fork of the Flathead River
Avalanche Lake Trail
Avalanche Creek
The next day we were going to go back to Glacier and hike up to Avalanche Lake but the weather wasn't cooperating. So we decided to stay in town and go to the park with Aunt Cari & cousin Ridge, Uncle Keith had to work. There were lots of ducks and geese at the park but you didn't really care much for them. You were more intrigued watching Ridge chase after them and making them fly away. We also took you down the slide and put you in a swing. You loved to swing! You had a big smile and laughed the whole time.
