8 months

 Drew is officially 8 months old and growing so fast.  He is a mover.  I have to say that these past few weeks have been a lot of fun and exploring.  I think he's pulled up on everything in the house and when he does he just laughs and hits his hand on the flat surface smiling. 

What's New - He started riding in shopping carts last month but this month we have made more shopping trips and get out more frequently.  This makes getting out a lot easier and Drew enjoys sitting and looking around.  He's a people watcher :).  He is really good at pulling up and grabbing things.  He enjoys being able to stand with support on his own.  He's also a talker.  He says mamamama and babababa and then other random sounds.  He loves to make a happy scream for you to look over at him and then he just smiles.  He is also taking baths sitting and playing in the water which he loves.  He was recently sick and putting him in the bathtub was one of the only times I would see him smile and play when he felt so bad.  I love watching him just playing by himself and being so content and happy. 

Interests - He's still exploring everything!  He loves the bathtub and making the water splash.  He loves crawling around the house.  He has found leaves and thinks they are fun.  I have to say he has tasted a few which did not turn out to well.  You would think after three attempts he would learn.  Maybe one day.  He loves tags on anything.  He will go to a stuffed animal and find it's tag to try to chew on.  We have noticed his interest in dogs.  He loves Sadie and Sutton but any stuffed animal or picture he loves too.  He was given a touch and feel book for Valentine's Day from my sweet co-worker and he loves it.  I bought him another one of just dogs and of course it's another favorite.  He still loves remotes and has changed the channels a few times and put the TV on settings that I have no idea how he got there.

Food - He has added squash and kiwi to his list of foods.  I also made him apples and pears combined and he liked them as well.  He has little snacks that he eats during snack time.  Yes, we sit together on the floor and we both have a snack together in the afternoon!  He loves them and gets upset when I put the lid on them and put them up.  He likes feeding himself, always has. 

Sleep - Sleep is still good!  He did go back to three naps a day when he was sick and he needed the rest.  He usually takes one nap in the morning and then one in the late afternoon.  He wakes up between 7:30 - 8:30 but usually around 7:30.  He wakes up happy and pulls up on his crib waiting looking at the door for us to come in.  I love walking in and seeing his big smile.

Sizes - He is wearing size 3 diapers and 6-9 month clothes.  He still can fit into some 3-6 month tops. 

What I Love - I love how this past month he's been exploring and enjoying the new adventures.  I love how he lays his head down on my shoulder, so sweet.  I think he's going to like to cuddle.  I love how content he is going to other people.  This was a fear I had, that he would only want Jason or I.  I know he will possibly go through a time when that does happen but at the moment he's still content going to anybody.  I love how he holds his arms out when I go to pick him up.  I love how he waits at the end of his crib, standing up, when he wakes up, smiling, waiting on us to come get him.  I love how happy he is most of the time.  I love how when you are holding him and he gets happy, he moves his legs up and down.  I love how he's my sweet little boy, even though he's growing so fast, I'm trying to take each day in and make memories that last.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Feeling "a little" better

Poor Drew has felt awful since Monday evening.  I took him to the doctor and of course there is nothing we can do for him.  We wanted to take him just in case something else was wrong or there was something else we could do to ease him misery.  He still has an awful cough and bad cold but is feeling more himself.  You can tell in his eyes, how red they are.  The kid loves pillows so I made him some pillow tunnels to crawl under.  As soon as it was set up, he looked over at me and lit up with a big smile.  It took some time getting him comfortable to actually crawl through it because it was something different.  Once he did it, he liked it.  Here are a few pictures I was able to get. 

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Pulling Up

For a couple of weeks now, Drew has been consistently pulling up on EVERYTHING! As soon as he learned how to crawl, he moved to trying to pull up. I can say now he has conquered this.

This was his first time to pull up on the fire place.  Notice our cute barrier from him hitting the brick (my leopard body pillow from high school).  I put that there when he was not sitting up so steady because I was afraid he would hit his head. 

This was the first time he stood up in his crib.  He thought it was funny.  He now stands up at the end of his crib (the end facing his door) and waits for us to come get him when he's up.  The first night that he had learned to stand up, Jason put him down to go to sleep and he crawled over to the end and stood up and starting laughing. 

 He got a toy for Christmas that you can take off the legs and he can play on the floor and when he was ready to stand you could add the legs and he could stand and play.  I added the legs yesterday and he thought it was the coolest thing.  This is he current favorite toy. 

He enjoys pulling up on the bathtub and hitting the side of it laughing.  Anything that he can pull up on and stand is fun to him.  We can't keep our eye off of him anymore!

Valentine's Playdate

We have a few friends over for our monthly play date that we are starting this year. I had signed up for February and made it a small Valentine's party too. Everybody had the option of bringing a Valentine to share with their friends. We had 9 kids show up and boy was our house crowded. There were kids everywhere. Some of the kids are a little older then Drew and I worried that they wouldn't have enough toys and things to do to entertain them. I think they had fun because everything is different from what they have at home.

This is Drew excited that his friends are coming over to play!  I didn't get many pictures once everybody showed up.  I wanted to get a group picture but totally forgot once everybody showed up.

This is Drew and Calvin (they are 13 days apart) playing.  Calvin was the first one to arrive so I did get one picture!  Drew got some cute Valentine gifts from his friends (which he has no clue what they are)!  Drew gave away bubbles with a little note that says "You Blow Me Away".  It's kind of hard to come up with gifts for little ones. 

Happy Early Valentines!

Best Friends

 Drew absolutely loves Sutton.  When Sutton is in the mood or distracted he let's Drew play with him.  Here are some pictures from the past two nights.  I have a feeling these two are going to be "Best Friends" one day. 

Tonight Drew found Sutton's tail and couldn't stop playing with it.  It was hitting him in the face and he was just laughing.  Of course we gave Drew a good washing after this!

7 months!

 

Drew is 7 months old!  Yes, this is four days late and this is the first time that I didn't take his picture on the actual date.  I kept telling myself that it didn't really matter but deep down it bugs me.  Anyways, we have been busy chasing Drew around and keeping our eye on him at all times.  I have to say the end of 6 months and moving into 7 months has been fun. 



What's New: Drew is crawling and pulling up.  He just started this a few days before he turned 7 months old.  He has been moving his knee three times and then sitting but now he keeps moving.  He is also sitting up very well.  I love how I can just put him in the floor and quickly run to another room for something and come back and he's content, playing, and hasn't fallen over.  He's also twisting.  He has always been a twister but now when I go to change his diaper, he twists.  He would rather look at the picture on his wall, which he has taken off a few times, so he twists.  I have told him a few times "when you are ready to have your diaper back on just let me know".  :)  He has no clue what I am saying but I can't put it on when he's in a crawling motion just smiling at me. He also has two bottom teeth!  I decided to check his gums  (I do that every now and then to see if anything is there) on New Year's day and sure enough there were two bottom teeth coming in. Thankfully he hadn't been giving off any signs that he was teething that I have heard about.  He has just been his happy self.

Interests:  I could just say EVERYTHING and that would cover it!  He is curious as any little one.  He loves cords.  I know, not good.  We have hid all the ones we know about but he seems to find more.  He also loves my cell phone.  I gave him an old cell phone of mine but that wasn't the same thing and he knew it.  Jason said he has been staring at yours for 6 months and now he wants it.  He gets excited about a remote control too.  He has changed a channel or two with his mouth.  He also loves our dog's paws.  Of course they don't love this but at times tolerates it.  He just smiles real big and puts his hand on it.  He goes for anything that looks interesting and tries to get it.  His favorite activity is his wagon.  Sometimes I just put him in it to sit.  We go for walks when the weather is nice.  When the wagon stops, he bounces to keep going!

Food: He has tried many new foods and has his opinion on some.  He currently eats rice cereal, oatmeal, bananas, prunes, carrots, pears, apples, sweet potatoes, peas, green beans, avocado, and  snacks.  His favorite I think are sweet potatoes only because every time he eats them he makes a "YUM" sound. 

Sleep: He is currently taking two naps ranging from 1 hr to 2.5 hrs a day and sleeping through the night!  He usually wakes up between 7:30 - 8:30am daily.  He did sleep until 9am last Friday.  Now, that would be nice to have daily.  :)

Sizes:  He is slowly moving into 6-9 months clothes.  He still can wear 3-6 month tops but everything else is 6-9 months.  He is also wearing size 3 diapers. 



He saw me taking a picture and went for the camera.  After I took his picture I showed him what it looked like and he looked at it.  It was funny.  He already knows what to do after a picture!

What I love:  I love how he is so happy.  I just told him this the other day.  I love how he makes loud noises for us to just look at him and then smiles really big.  I love how he flaps his arms when you are carrying him.  I feel like he wants to fly away and go somewhere.  I love how he plays with his feet.  He will start getting grumpy and then once he finds his feet he turns into a happy baby again.  His new thing is to go from crying to a grunting.  It cracks me up.  I have asked him "how can you go from upset to happy within a second"?  I'm still waiting for his answer!  I love how he gives big kisses.  He grabs both sides of my hair and pulls my face in to kiss me.  I love how he reaches for me sometimes for me to hold him and love on him.  I love how he loves on me.  He is such a sweet boy and I love it!

6 months

7 months

Happy 7 Months Drew Boy!