8 Month Old Ethan

Ethan turned 8 months old on June 25th and we celebrated by having our photos taken during a break in the rain that day.  Our little man has changed so much in the past month and he's even on the last legs of using his infant carrier seat because he is getting too long for it.  Here are some milestones from the past month:

• He can roll just about anywhere he wants to get.  He has also started "moonwalking" a funny half-crawl/half-scoot backwards.
• He loves laughing at all of his stuffed animals.
• He is getting better at eating food from a spoon (not just frozen veggie and fruit "popscicles") and likes oatmeal, banana-flavored oatmeal, bananas, sweet potatoes, carrots, pears, and squash.
• He likes to try drinking water out of our water glasses -- he really lets us know that he wants a drink of them.  We've started putting a little bit of water in a sippy cup for him to get used to a new way to drink.
• He usually has 3 naps a day that can last anywhere from 30 minutes to 1hr45 min -- at around 9:00, 12:30, and 4:00.
• He wakes up around 7:00 each morning but some mornings he sleeps in until 8:00 or so (I love those mornings!). 
• His hair has really started to grow -- he looks like he has a little buzz cut instead of just fuzz.
• The only word he consistantly uses is "Dadadaaa" but he doesn't use it only for Cayne -- everything is "da".  He also has said words that sound like "baybay", "mah", "bah", and "hah" so he is getting some new consonants in there.
• His favorite book is Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? (when Daddy reads it and makes the sounds).
• Still no teeth!
• He went swimming for the first time and loves it.  
• He gives the best cuddles and has learned to wrap his arms around us for a hug. 
• He gets a real kick out of kicking the side panels of his crib.  He is a little karate master when lying down.  The sound spreads through the whole house to let us know he has woken up.  
• He gets contagious giggles watching balls bounce.  

I LOVE MY BALL!