Happy 8 month birthday, beautiful boy!
sorry for the dingus bangs...he had just woken up from a nap
Confession…I had to ask 3 times if I had eight
spelled correctly. Man, I hope that this
kid gets Bud’s spelling abilities.
Otherwise he is screwed. For the
record, it was spelled correctly. Maybe
I just hope that John gets Bud’s spelling confidence.
Anyway, spelling confusion aside, this has been a
great month for our little man. He is
officially a crawler which is equally adorable and exhausting (for both of us). Gone are the days when he’d happily sit and
play with toys. He is now on the move
every waking minute. It’s so cute
because it’s made him and Uma even closer friends. Uma’s favorite thing in the world is being
chased and now she has yet another person to chase her. Here’s a little video of what I watch all day
long. Notice that most of the time John
isn’t actually chasing Uma, nor does he want the rope her in mouth, but she’s
just so damn excited because she thinks he’s chasing her and desperate for the
rope.
Ok to watch on mute, but you'll miss some giggles and growls.
Don't worry, you won't miss the fat rolls.
This month John also started babbling…finally. Until now he was mainly just blowing raspberries
and saying “ahhhhhhhhhhhhh awwwwwwwwww ahhhhhhh,” but now we are hearing “la da
da da.” Bud is counting Dada as his
first word, but I’m not totally sure that counts until he says it on purpose.
Sleeping:
Night sleeping remains great and napping is
getting better. I think all this
crawling must be tiring because I’ve definitely seen a difference lately. John consistently naps in the morning around 9:00
which is wonderful because it gives me a time of the day to get some work
done. Most days I’ll also get an
afternoon nap, but some days it’s only 10 minutes which basically means I sit
down at my computer, open a project, and then have to click save and go back to
baby wrangling.
Eating:
Great! I’m happy to
say that John has put himself on a schedule so I can actually predict what my
day will look like. This started last
month, but is so consistent now that I can depend on it. He nurses when he wakes up, 9:00, 12:00,
3:00, 5:00, and bedtime. Sometimes we’ll
merge the 3:00 and 5:00 and I’ll feed him at 4:00ish instead.
He’s also become a much better eater. We feed him baby food when we eat dinner and
he’s doing so much better than he was last month. He will still make a sour face at first, but
once he realizes that it’s not a shot of tequila, he’ll clean his plate. We recently added meat into the mix…he add
something called Vegetable Turkey Dinner…and he liked it. He
seems to like everything we’ve given him lately except peas, but who the hell
actually likes peas. Blah.
Side note about food…we started out thinking that
we would make John food and also feed him jarred stuff, but he likes the jarred
stuff A LOT more so we’ve ditched the “we’ll make him food” plan for now. I buy him Earth’s Best which is at Publix and
Target. I like it because it’s organic
and has really diverse flavors. That
sounds really weird about baby food, but seriously check out the Dinner options. I’m hoping this will make him a good eater
(unlike his mama).
Likes and Dislikes:
Like: Crawling, crawling, crawling
Dislike:
Diaper changes. Holy shit…it
never bothered him before, but lately they are TORTURE. The second I put him down he tried to flip
onto his stomach. He was basically break
dancing in a dirty diaper at one point.
Awesome.
Like: Ignoring all his toys and shoving dog toys,
shoes, dog hair, etc. in his mouth
Dislike: Being
inside all day. I have to get him out of
the house at least once a day or he goes a little crazy.
Like: Uma
and Juno…he’s obsessed with them. Makes
my heart soar. When he sees them he
makes a weird “gee, gee, gee” sound. I
swear he’s trying to say “doggie,” but it’s possible I just think he’s a
genius.
Like:
Climbing whoever is holding him.
He doesn’t want to simply sit in your lap anymore he wants to climb you.
Size:
Safe to say he’s still a big boy, but I have no
clue how much he weighs. He’s wearing 9
and 12 month clothes and we just switched to Size 4 diapers. We took him to a friend’s beach house on
Labor Day weekend and a person there asked me how old he was. When I said 7 months, she said “Oh God. He’s
a ‘healthy’ boy. I would have guessed a
year old.” “Health” is such a funny adjective, but yes…he is “healthy.”
Me:
It’s been a busy, busy month, but I’m doing
great. I’ve been working a lot lately
(25-30 hours/week), but I kind of love it.
I don’t love it when I’m working until midnight and I don’t love it when
my house is a mess because my spare time (hahahah…spare time….hahaha) is mainly
spent working, showering, or sleeping.
But I do love it. My Chapter is hosting
10 Walks to End Alzheimer’s again this year.
We are now 4 down and 6 to go. I’m
taking care of all the back-end/admin stuff for the Chapter. I DO NOT miss getting up at 4 am and sweating
my ass off at the events, but I try to be as helpful as possible to my
coworkers who are out there.
Favorite Picture:
I mean...too much.
This is Labor Day at the beach when he was mistaken for a 1 year old. "Just so healthy."
Others:
just hanging with my friends Anderson and Woody...NBD
he'll cuddle when he thinks no one is watching
John has a lot of friends
We were pretty excited for opening day of the NFL season....0-3 is not what we were hoping for, but all that means is I get to teach John that we're not fairweather fans.
my favorite outtake from today
ahhhhhhhh....overalls!
Uma gets way too much attention.
Juno is finally coming out of hiding and getting in some pictures.
My dear girl needs a haircut, but I kind of like the shaggy dog look.
