I should have titled this post Elijah's 8.5 Month Milestones because I am getting slower and slower at recording his life happenings!
This past month, he has continued to build on most of the milestones he hit last month. He can crawl, pull up, and even stand on his own now. He can also walk around the coffee table while he is holding on. He will be walking unassisted before I blink my eyes, but I am not wishing it to come any faster than it already will!
We have cut two more teeth this month, so we have a total of 4 now--2 on top and 2 on the bottom. This is what the cutest 8 month old grin ever looks like:
His Our new favorite game happens just before bedtime. He gets down to his skibbies and will crawl away from us while we attempt to put on his nighttime diaper and jammies. He will then flop over on his naked booty and flap his arms up an down squealing with delight. Maybe you have to be there...but trust me, it is THE cutest thing ever! We are such suckers for this kid and no jammies or diaper gets put on until we finish playing our little game 15 minutes later.
Let's see....he also started saying Ma-Ma this month! He says it a lot....and I love it a lot!! We are still working on Da-Da, but for now everything is Ma-Ma. Interested to see how his language development goes since Mom and Dad are learning a 2nd language and he is hearing both.
He sleep schedule is still hit or miss, but he did have this one awesome week this month where he slept like a champ! I am talking like the kid slept through the whole night one night this month. It only happened once, but It. Was. Awesome.
He is still putting E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G in his mouth, especially the dangerous things. It's the darn'dest thing. Insert how I am so thankful to have Ryan around because he is always the one preventing a hazardous situation in the making.
It has been so neat to see him develop into being totally uninterested in toys to being semi-interested to actually spotting a toy across the room, deciding he wants it, crawling over and getting it, and then manipulating the toy to actually do what it is supposed to do. The developmental process is fascinating.
He also has developed a sense of object permanence. Exhibit A. When you hide the cell phone under your leg, he knows it still exists and will make it his life's mission to retrieve it. He also gets really sad when either Ryan or I leave the room because he knows we still exist if we are not around and wants to be with us.
As far as interacting with strangers goes, he is still pretty social, but is now getting shy. He will grin at people and when they acknowledge him, he will bury his head in our chests or shoulder. I can't help but think this also is the cutest thing ever being on the receiving end of the head snuggles.
Here are a few fun things we did this past month and a half according to our iPhones:
