Well, well, well, look who's growed himself up to 8 months old today!
Daddy and I had a hard time believing it when you turned 6 months, then 7 months. Now that you're 8 months old, I guess you could say we're flabbergasted. The time really is flying way too fast.
Not too many updates this month. You still prefer to sit in one place and play with what's surrounding you. A lot of people keep telling us that you'll be one of those kids that goes from sitting to walking without crawling in between and we think they're right as you refuse to spend any time on that belly of yours. You do like to hang onto the coffee table and balance for a little while, but haven't figured out how to pull yourself up there. I bet by your 9 month birthday you'll be an old pro at it.
You are such a GREAT eater, my love. I think peas will be your nemesis though. And homemade sweet potatoes, although you love the store-bought kind. Just yesterday you downed more hummus and it made me so excited to see you eating one of Mommy's favourite foods. I wonder if you're ready for Baba Ganoush yet. You've gotten so good at picking up the puffs with your little pincers and getting them in your mouth. I wonder if you're ready for little bits of food yet. Maybe not until those 2 bottom front teeth come in a little more.
Oh how you love raspberries, and not the kind you eat but the kind you make with your mouth. You will stop nursing or drinking your bottle JUST to do a raspberry. And then you'll pick right back up with eating just as quick as you stopped. You also take a break to say "Da-da" or "Ma-ma". I think you're figuring out the difference now between Dada and Mama too because you seem to say "da-da" when Daddy's not around and "ma-ma" when I'm absent. You're such a smart little boy.
You are still a pretty good sleeper, although lately you like to wake up around 5:00 every morning. Unfortunately that's too early for me and I make you stay in your crib until 6:00, but you always fall back to sleep again and wake up at more civilized time after 6:00. You continue to take 2 or 3 naps per day and that makes for a much happier little c. You love your bed just like I do.
Your current best friends are Orange Boy, Blah Blah, Sophie the giraffe, Whoosie, Hank and the zebra. Oh, and that basket that is wrapped in a plastic bag. You can't get enough of that. We haven't given it a name yet as we don't know how long you will play with it.
For some unknown reason, you do not like to get dressed or undressed lately. You put up a big fight and howl when we do either. You would much prefer to wear the same thing all day and all night and not have to change out of it for a week. And when I tell you that it's socially unacceptable for me to comply with your request, you shriek and bat my hands away from the snaps on your sleeper. Silly Cohey.
You and I are off on another adventure in a couple of days. We're going home to see your crazy Canadian relatives and to get Mommy's fix of Swiss Chalet, Tim Horton's and lots of games nights with the cousins. I'm thinking this flight is going to be a lot different then the last one when you were 9 weeks old. I'm sure you'll be just as entertaining!
Well my boy, you are the light of our lives and a delightful addition to our family. When I do "walk around the garden" with you, you anticipate the tickles and you squeal like crazy. And when I pick you up from "school", you make my day with your high-pitched hollering when you see me round the doorway.
Daddy and I can't wait to see what this month will bring with our little Cohey Bear.
Love,
Your biggest fan, Mommy xoxo
