8 Month Picture Walk

Ok, the teacher in me is coming out in this blog. This month instead of typing, I have decided we will just take a picture walk. E has been up to lots of no good good stuff this month:)

First Easter

 

Teething has been a nightmare! I would have to say this has been a pretty bad month in the fussy baby category. So here is teething at it's finest. FYI we still have no teeth ahhh!

**Fun fact for other mommies- for us, a frozen washcloth has worked the best.

This month we have tried all sorts of table foods. Everything from peaches, bananas, steamed broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots. He is not very good at feeding himself yet but practice makes perfect.

 



Saving these for later!



                                        Standing while holding onto something.

My favorite new thing he is doing is giving love!!

His first Popsicle. He also tried ice cream this month.

Some milestones that were not captured on camera are scooting around on his bottom(backwards only). He can go in a mean circle, but still no crawling, he is trying hard though. He will go over on his knees and as soon as he gets there he goes straight to the floor. He also loves to play peek-a-boo. His favorite word this month is Hi, that's all he says. The rest of the pictures are just random pics taken throughout the month.

Hope you enjoyed our picture walk!!!!

Fish & Signs

Look at me posting before E's monthly post. You know I must be excited about something.
Saturday we went out to eat at the Cajun Steamer. Well let me preface this story by saying I have never let E eat any table food that wasn't mushy. Ex: mashed potatoes, potato soup, and mashed up sweet potatoes. I am soo paranoid about him chocking especially since he has no teeth. I joined this group through an app that I have where everyone is parents of Aug 2011 babies. So everyone has around the same age kids and it seems like everyone has been giving there kids table food. So( back to my story) I finally got brave enough and let him try some fish at the steamer. He loves it and I was very proud of myself. He loved it so much that every time I stopped feeding him so that I could eat he started signing eat. At first we thought it was a fluke but he did it several more times. We were so excited. If u have been following my blog you know we started signing when he was 4 months and I'm not going to lie, I was getting defeated. I will say that he is a bit stubborn about it. Sunday he would not sign it for me at all. I think we found the key though. Josh was feeding him yesterday and josh was also eating. Anytime josh stopped feeding E and started eating himself e would sign eat. Even though he is not doing it all the time we are still ecstatic that he has made progress. Now if he would only get some teeth :)