All About Jude: 8 Months Old

Dear Jude,

You are 8 months old!!!!!!  You are all over the place and are such a happy, sweet boy!  Every month, I continue to be amazed at how easy and wonderful you are!  You are making it way toooooo easy on us! I admit that you are causing much more of mess these days now that you can crawl, but we love seeing your new independence!

• You weigh around 18 pounds.  Maybe a bit more.  
• You are in size 3 diaper.
• You are wearing 6-9 month clothes... 6-12 month stuff is too big so I finally found you a ton of stuff at The Children's Place that was 6-9 months.  Believe it or not, you are easier to find cute clothes for right now than your sister!  
• You still have not developed any stranger anxiety.  You always get compliments at BSF and church with how great you do without us around.
• I think your spit up is actually getting better this month!  THANK GOODNESS! 
• You are still the best sleeper ever!  
• You are taking 5 bottles a day.  
• You are getting better at taking solids.  You like your veggies-- peas, green beans, squash, sweet potatoes, etc.  I still haven't gotten you in a good routine with solid foods.  You really should be taking them 3 times a day, but I'm having a hard time getting you up to that!  Bottles are so much easier! Ha!
• You still love eating Mum Mums and puffs!
• You are still taking two naps a day.  Catnaps are more scarce, but some days we still get those in.
• I'm still feeding you at your 10:30 p.m. bottle and I love our time rocking together.  I hold you and pray over you.
• Your eyes are still a mystery.  They aren't blue like your sisters were.  They look kind of grayish.  I still think they'll turn green, but we'll see.
• You have so much hair on the back of your head now!!!!  The hair on the top of your head is still taking awhile to come in.  It's cute and fuzzy right now.
• You are CRAWLING!  And you're all over the place!
• You are very good at sitting up by yourself!
• You still love to stand.
• You've started pulling up on stuff.  We caught you standing up in your crib for the first time this month!
• You've started playing "with" your sister more.  We are learning how to share!  It's been an interesting time now that you can go after what your sister is playing with.
• You love the tv despite the fact that I try not to let you watch it.
• You LOVE paper!!!!!  You want to play and eat it.  You will find paper if it is anywhere near you!  Now that you can crawl you seem to find paper EVERYWHERE!
• You've started using consonant sounds and may have said "Dada" this month.  I'm working on the MaMa with you!
• I call you Bam Bam because you like to bang stuff together!
• You have gotten A LOT better at picking up puffs by yourself!  It is still a bit of a struggle to get them in your mouth, but you're doing really well!
• You like to stand when I put you in your carseat and usually throw a fit when I force you to sit down.
• We are seeing more of your fits now that your sister takes things from you or now that we have to redirect your crawling away from things you want.
• You LOVE the dishwasher!  It's a great height for you to pull up on.
• You are getting SO big!  I can't hardly believe what a big boy you like like these days!  I love you soooooo much!

Love,

Mommy