8 Months New

8 Months~

Jacob has been on this earth for 240+ days this month. WOW! It feels like just yesterday we were in the hospital with our new "bundle of joy." This has been my favorite month by far. If I am away from Jake for even a few hours, I cannot wait to hurry home to see him, he is so much fun these days...I don't want to miss a thing! Well to start, Jacob has officially learned how to wave "Hello" or "Goodbye." I am very proud. We were out for dinner one night, Jake was in my arms, I turned around to see what he was looking at, and he was "waving" at everyone that walked by...it was so funny. Everyone was waving back...he was so happy. He is still on the "cusp" of crawling. Not quite there yet. He is making his way to objects on the floor though...he is dragging himself all over the floor. My mom said I did that too, and never quite learned how to crawl (I'm also not very athletic either, I hope there is no connection there, please don't let my son pick that up from me)...he is also standing while holding onto things. I'm shocked by this, I thought this new independence thing was going to be one day at a time, one thing at a time, crawling first, then lets focus on standing, nope...he is "getting a little taste of everything" at once. My baby is growing up. It's very exciting though. I love every minute of it. As far as teeth go, Jacob has 4 teeth and 3 more shining their happy heads through his tender little gums at the moment. Jacob has also learned a bad habit when it comes to his teeth, he has learned to grind his (2) top teeth and his (2) bottom teeth. It makes an awful sound, and a really funny face. I was told that it is a habit that some babies pick up as they explore their teeth a bit, it doesn't/shouldn't last long. All is well, we are now enjoying the nice weather and looking forward to moving into our new home. Happy 8-Months, Buddy! Love you the most in the whole world.