8 Months

Look at how big we are!

8 Months Old!!!

Fingers still taste delicious, even after all this time

Fingers are great for scratching things too

Cheesy tooth grin!

Could he be anymore perfect? I mean, seriously!

Look at them top teeth!!

So in love with this child

The back of his shirt deserves a photo op

Big Boy!

8 Month Olds have skills....

What we have learned in 8 Months:

• Isaac recognizes his name so well at this point, that if you say it from a couple rooms away, he'll look all over to see who said it. It's awesome
• He now independently turns pages when we are reading books. He LOVES books. He gets stuck on certain pages though, which makes the reading part a tad difficult. While we are ready to move onto the next page, Isaac will keep turning the page back to the previous one. :/ What can you do?
• As you can see above, and as we have mentioned in previous posts, Isaac can now feed himself. It's amazing that he picked up on it so quickly. When we started, maybe a week or two ago, he was so uncoordinated. Now he can do it successfully! He's pretty funny though, still needs a bit more practice. Sometimes he'll grab a puff with his right hand, then put his left hand to his mouth! He always opens his mouth as soon as he goes to grab one, as if the motion of touching a puff makes one magically appear in his mouth. It's so stinkin cute to watch!
• He LOVES Sesame Street! So far we only watch music videos from it off YouTube since we know he loves music so much. We have a couple of favorite videos in rotation: Jason Mraz, Adam Sandler, Feist, India Arie, and Will I Am. They're awesome, and we suggest you all watch them! Be forewarned though, you will be singing them ALL DAY LONG whether the baby's with you or not....
• We are able to stand for longer periods of time unassisted.
• We are now the proud owner of 4 teeth!
• We are still in the midst of our first terrible, no good, cold. That paired with our two top teeth, this month has been a douzy!!
• Isaac still has separation anxiety. It's to the point now where when we put him down to play by himself, he'll cry and grab your pant leg. :(
• He says "Mama" and "Daddy" now, but not yet to us. He babbles them a lot. Like mentioned previously, dada gets thrown around with smiles, and mama is brought out when he is not very happy about something..
• He has become much more vocal in the past couple weeks. He is making all kinds of new sounds.
• He's now graduated to sitting in high chair's at restaurants, which makes the experience a lot more enjoyable all around. :D
• We are pretty sure he realizes when he's pooped, and he really really doesn't like it. ;)