Eight Months Old!

That's right folks, Luke is now eight months old! As I say every month, I'm amazed at how quickly time has passed and fast Luke has learned new things. He is now an expert crawler, and he loves moving all around the house. Soon after figuring out how to crawl, he also figured out how to pull himself up onto the furniture. So he pretty much doesn't stay in one place anymore. Leave him alone for a minute, and he'll be on the other side of the room! I don't know if this is typical or not, but all of a sudden he hates getting his diaper or clothes changed. He screams as though we're torturing him! I'm really hoping that it's a phase that he'll grow out of quickly. Actually, that's pretty much why I don't have his monthly picture taken yet - I'd have to change him into a white onesie and didn't want to get him all upset if I didn't have to! I'll try to take it sometime tomorrow..... Another big development this month has been Luke's teeth! He now has two teeth on the bottom. With both teeth he's had a bit of fussiness, but it hasn't lasted long. And finally, he seems to have settled into a good sleeping routine (fingers crossed!). We put him to bed between 8:30pm and 9:00pm, and he'll usually sleep until Drew has to wake him up around 7:00am. He does wake up once or twice in the night, but it's just because he can't find his pacifier. One of us will go in and put it back in his mouth, and he goes right back to sleep. This weekend was particularly good for sleep - last night he slept from 9:00pm until 8:30am, woke up for a bottle, then went back to sleep for another hour and a half!! Drew and I are both so excited to be getting a decent night's sleep again.

So we shall see what this next month brings! I'm feeling pretty sure that Luke will be walking somesooner rather than later. We'll see if I'm right!

Okay, here's his 8-month photo!

11-20-11
Eight months old