Happy 8 months Baby boy!

I can't believe my baby is already 8 months old! Time has went so fast and it has been an amazing 8 months. He stood all by himself today and looked at me like, "what am I doing?" and then promptly fell down:-)! He is Mr. Mobile these days, army crawling all over the place and he has gotten pretty fast! Going after electric cords is a favorite past time, as well as door stoppers! He is learning that mama's new favorite word is "no, no". Sometimes when I say it he pauses, looks at me and then goes faster....trouble already! He is doing pretty well with his solids, somedays are better than others. I make all of his food which gives me peace of mind knowing exactly what is going into him. We did just start doing stonyfield organic yobaby, yogurt a week ago and so far he likes it pretty well. He is having 2 meals a day right now, I try 3 every so often but he just isn't ready yet. Right now he has lunch around noon which is usually yogurt and a fruit and then for dinner he has a cube of veggies (his favorite is sweet potatoes), 2 tbsp of oatmeal and 1 cube of fruit for dessert. He really likes his finger foods too! He gets rice puffs, gerber puffs and we just added Cheerios (by surprise! we were at our friend Christa's house on Thursday 2-21-08 and he was in Tula's walker and when I looked over at him he was shoving a handful of cheerios in his mouth.....but he did okay with them so it was a good push for mom to get him the cheerios!), we also added Mum mums and little pieces of banana and avocado for other finger foods. He likes getting messy, a true boy! And his favorite meal is still his "mama's milk", he knows the sign for milk and whenever I do it he goes in for some num nums! He is a little blabber mouth and loves to "talk" all day! He wakes me up with his little morning conversation to himself and whoever will listen and it always starts my day with a smile. 6:30 is his wakeup time, on the dot-even on the weekends when daddy thinks he should get to sleep in. He also has a very standard bedtime that he has set for himself at 7:30 and he doesn't like it when we adjust it! He isn't sleeping through the night yet, but it doesn't really bother me, he wakes to nurse and then is asleep instantly so as long as he doesn't decide it is wakeup time at 2am we are good to go. He has so much personality already and is the true definition of a mama's boy! And of course I like it like that, daddy always tells me to enjoy it now because soon he'll be leaving me for fishing trips with daddy....we'll see about that! We keep busy during the week with Gymboree, story time and our playdates. He has a little group of girlfriends that he gravitates towards...it is crazy seeing their little friendships developing and that they already know "those are my friends". It can be a room full of babies and the 4 of them will find eachother and go off in a corner to "play". They have started fighting over toys and it is the cutest thing to watch, they pull it back and forth and sometimes get mad at each other for stealing whatever is the desired object.

Kayden-we love you so much! These have been the best 8 months of our lives so far and I know every day with you will get better and better. You have brought so much meaning to our lives and make everything we do mean so much more. Watching you discover the world is the most amazing thing I've seen so far, we are so lucky to get to be your parents! We love you baby boy with all our heart!!! Muahhhh! XOXOXOXO

Kayden's 1st Valentine's Day

Kayden celebrated his first Valentine's day yesterday. We woke up early with daddy and gave him his gifts and his package from grandma and grandpa Westerbuhr and then got him ready for his Valentine's party at Danica's. He had to help me write his valentine's and get the flowers ready for the girls and the treat bags ready for the boys. At his party he wore himself out so bad that he took a nap there and one when we got home! He is definetely the ladies man and has fun with all the girls! Wow has Valentine's day changed quickly from mommy and daddy escaping on a weekend trip to staying home eating takeout! Babies definetely change your lifestyle but in such an amazingly great way! I wouldn't change it for anything! Happy Love day baby boy! We love you so much!!!

Gymbo

On Monday Kayden's friend Danica joined us at Gymboree. He was excited to have his friend with us and they wore themselves out playing! He is trying to convince Danica's mommy that she needs to be a regular at Gymboree! He loves Gymboree and really loves bubble time! He reaches to pop the bubbles and his legs start kicking when the teacher gets close to him to blow the bubbles for him (of course mommy bought him some bubbles for home too and he lights up when we get them out!)

Weekend fun!

This weekend Kayden's 2nd tooth popped through! Our baby now has 2 teeth! I can't believe it, he is growing up way too fast. He is mastering the army crawl and getting up on all 4s more and more but so far he is happy with rolling or armying to get where he wants to go. On Sunday we went to a park and had a picnic and went for a walk. It was 79 degrees and it is only February 10th! We all thought it was pretty warm! Kayden played with his soccer ball and ate rice puffs while mommy and daddy ate Oregano's pizza..........soon enough he'll get the good stuff!

"Good, Good"

Kayden's newest "word" is "good, good, good". Daddy swears he knows what it means because he says it when he is eating.......but then he says it when he is laying in bed too or on the floor. He does recognize our excitement when he says it though so it is being reinforced;-) Now I'm just patiently awaiting "mamamama" to come, so far I'm still waiting. "Bababa" is a favorite sound too, but since he has never had a bottle we can't really teach the meaning of "baba" in our house. It is so amazing watching him acquire and play with new sounds. He has mastered the "give it back to me sound!" he loves my cell phone, I think because grandma talks to him on it so when I take it from him he lets me have it!

Toofie!!

We have a toofie! This morning I woke up and did my tooth check and today I actually felt something! His left tooth has popped through, you can feel it and barely see it. I can't believe my baby has a tooth and his gummy smile is all gone:( Makes me wanna cry, what a big milestone to reach. Okay, I better stop now or I'll cry again.

Standing tall!

My new favorite thing to do is stand up at my activity table! I am so proud of myself! I first started standing by myself in my crib where I had a soft place to fall. Then I started pulling myself up to stand all by myself in my crib and now I can stand at my table and play w/o mommy or daddy "spotting" me and I love it! Sometimes when I'm in my crib I even "cruise" from one corner to the next. I'm growing so fast, mommy always tells me to stop!

Teething??

We think our little man might be teething because he has been a hand full these past few days and we miss our happy boy! Still no teeth, but we do feel a bump on the left side (have for a few weeks though??)......hoping they come through soon so we can all smile! I will miss his gummy smile though when he finally does have teeth!