8 months

Fish-lips- he held this pose for a few minutes:

I can't believe 8 months has already passed since Jonah Bear joined our family. I am definitely enjoying each of his developmental stages more than I did with Cairo. I am not impatient for him to make his next step, rather I kind of dread him growing up. I miss that cute little snuggely Cairo I once had and I know I will miss the times I have with him as well. I won't miss, however, getting up every night to feed him. He started out a really good sleeper and then he decided to be like dad- "Sleep, who needs it!" Oh, to sleep a solid night's sleep again!

As expected with his age, Jonah plays and interacts with everything around him. He spends a lot of time talking. His favorite words are "Da-da" and "Gung-gung." In fact, he says "gung-gung" so much I just call him Gung-y. We are working on the "ma" sound, but haven't made much progress.


Jonah is making progress in other areas of his life. He is eating big boy food, he punched through his two top front teeth, and he is scooting and rolling everywhere. Jonah definitely knows who he knows and who he doesn't... and I am still the love of his life. He reaches for me and throws a little tantrum if I ignore him, which I can assure you doesn't happen often.

Here are a few other tid-bits:
-Erik and I are pretty sure that Jonah's future ambition is to be a ball (due to the fact that he's round and rolls everywhere), but we know that there is still plenty of time for him to decided for sure.
-No one makes Jonah smile or laugh faster than his sister. He especially gets a kick when she trips or gets stuck somewhere.
-He is still a grump and is suspicious of people around him.
-He HATES green beans, but chows down on everything else as long as it is warmed up.
-He drinks from a sippy cup like a champ, conquered it on the first try.
-He is starting to catch up in size with his Cousin Xander, only 10 months his senior... I think his head is already bigger.
-His hair is growing straight out (like his dad's) and is the same color as Cairo's.
-After much questioning about his flexibility (or lack thereof), we were pleasantly surprised to see that he could, indeed, get his feet into his mouth.
-Socks refuse to stay on his feet.
-At 8 months, he is starting to grow out of his 12 month clothing.
-He screeches like a woman and farts like a man :o)