8 Months!!

Happy little man!

'I see you..."

Almost standing in his crib!

This hat didn't stay on long!

First time on a big boy swing! He loved it :)

Enjoying some turkey meatballs, spaghetti and asparagus

Still loves his jolly jumper! Almost too big for it :(

We've had lots of fun this month, and there are big changes with this little fella. He has 4 teeth now! They have all come in with little fuss from him. Hopefully it stays that way! He started drinking from a straw cup too! I picked up a cookie monster cup and tried it out, and he took to it right away. He has it every day with his meals. He's really trying to crawl, but for now just rolls around to wherever he wants to be. He's super strong, and is trying to pull himself up on things. He can do it in his crib, and tries on our headboard and on his toy zebra. He loves trying new foods. We give him 1-2 meals a day. His favourites are broccoli, roasted peppers, asparagus, banana and egg pancakes, meatballs and cantaloupe. We've done lots this month! We are in sign language class. We are practicing lots, and I'm sure he'll start signing back soon :). We are also in mother goose and swimming class. We had our last swimming class today, but we'll still go once a week together. He LOVES swimming. He laughs and splashes and kicks everywhere! We had thanksgiving, went to the corn maze and spent the day at fish creek with daddy. We also get together once a week with the ladies from the baby class and have a potluck lunch. Aaron loves to hang out and play with all his little friends, and I enjoy relaxing and chatting with the ladies. Aaron is still such a happy little man. he loves to babble, yell, sing and laugh. I love spending my days laughing and playing with him!

8 Months
- 22 pounds, 3 ounces
- Mostly size 9-12 month clothes
- Size 4 diapers
- Favorite things: still loves his jolly jumper and excersaucer, playing "where's Aaron", playing on the floor with his toys, driving in the car, walks in the stroller, grocery shopping, babbling to and imitating mommy and daddy, being tickled, drinking water, trying to pet Mya, swimming, being in the carrier with mommy, baths in the big bath tub!
- Not much he doesn't like. He doesn't care to get dressed in his PJ's at night, but I think he's just super tired and ready to go to bed at that point. He also doesn't like when I leave the room sometimes, but that's ok!
- Sleep is always up and down. Some nights he's up 3 times, sometimes only once. Last night he went to bed at 8 and didn't wake up until 530! We are trying to get ready for the time change by putting him to bed later, and he's sleeping in past 7. Naps are getting better too! I have been trying everything to get them to be longer than 30 minutes (lots of car rides and naps in the swing). Fingers crossed it seems to be working. He has lots of 1.5 - 2 hour naps now! Yesterday he had a 3 hour one!

First Thanksgiving & Fall Pictures

We celebrated Thanksgiving this year at our house on Sunday, October 12th. We had Cara, Ross, Michael, Christal and all the kids here. It was a great dinner and fun times. Aaron had some turkey and broccoli :). A few weeks before we went down to Fish Creek and took some pictures in the beautiful fall setting. It's been a great fall and we've gotten out lots to enjoy it!

7 Months!!

SO EXCITED!

Family Picture

Love this little man so much

Handsome boy

SO happy!

I love this picture so much. You can see how much they love each other

Happy times camping

Enjoying this nightly massage

Look at those legs!

Playing with his duckie in the bath

Not impressed with his first cold

7 Months!!

This month has been great with our little man. The biggest thing is he now has 2 teeth! His 2 bottom ones came in at the end of August. I didn't even know that it was coming through, but then one day I was giving him water out of a glass and I heard it scratching on the glass! Sure enough there was 1 tooth sticking up. A few days later the other one made an appearance. We also went camping this month for 4 days, which was lots of fun. Aaron didn't have the best time sleeping, as he was going through some teething and I think a growth spurt. So we were up lots at night, and went for lots of drives during the day for naps. But when he was awake he was super happy and we had lots of fun!! We have lots planned for the next few months. We are in swimming classes, mother goose at the library and baby sign language classes. We love to get out and do things together. He's still having fun playing with food. He's had lots of different stuff, from veggies, fruit, chicken, salmon and pasta. He seems to really enjoy it! Right now he loves to sit on the floor and play with his toys, and of course still loves his jolly jumper! He finally likes to be in his Ergo carrier! I love it, it's so handy to pop him in there while grocery shopping or going to the park with the dogs. Hopefully he just learns to love it more and more! Unfortunately he got his first cold this month. He has the sniffles, runny nose and a cough. But he seems to be getting over it quickly! He's still just the happiest little man. His smile just brightens our day!

6 Months
- 21 pounds
- Size 4 diapers
- Clothes are mostly 9-12 months
- Favorite things: jumping in his jolly jumper, singing with mommy (especially the Itsy Bitsy Spider), daddy (he LOVES it when daddy comes home, he just gets so happy), baths with daddy, playing with his toys on the floor, car rides, stroller walks, people watching and trying to pet Mya!
- He doesn't much care to get changed any more, and kicks up a bit of a fuss sometimes, which can be really fun, lol. But other than that, there's not a lot that he doesn't like!
- His sleeping is getting better and can be worse (as is normal with babies!). Since he started getting his teeth he seems to be waking anywhere from 1-4 times a night. He usually just nurses for a bit and falls right back to sleep. He is getting better at going to sleep on his own, which is awesome! And naps have there moments. Some are long, but many are just 30 minutes. But it'll just get better (hopefully, LOL).