After a few days of trying to get a shot of those tiny, pearly whites we finally got one today outside the Large Cats house at the Como Zoo, with our old Chicago pals, John Weaver and Cara Grib (and their son Jack).
Here you are, displaying all the hard work you went through these past few weeks chewing on everything you got your hands on.
You had your 8th month birthday on July 20th. You’ve not hit every milestone so far (the sitting up thing is still a little tough for you), but you’ve given us some pretty good ones.
This week you said “Ma”, very deliberately. Whether you associate it with your mother yet or not, we don’t know, but when I say “M”, you watch and delightfully repeat my consonant.
Also, your tiny front, left tooth has crested the gum. Today, your mother felt what she thinks is it’s sidekick. It’s been hard to get a pic, what with your tongue wagging and exploring the new bits in your mouth.
We did, however, get a shot today of your first time on a park swing. You didn’t swing more than a couple of inches back and forth (blame your overprotective daddy if you must), but you seemed very much to enjoy it.
Tonight when I was changing your diaper (yes, even daddy’s change diapers sometimes), you thought it was hilarious to make the highest pitch squeaks you could. I didn’t capture them all, but here’s a look at you wriggling around and squeaking to your little heart’s content.
Watching you chew on this toy puts fear into our heart. You’re at the early stages of teething and while it’s a little cute, your ferocity and intensity reminds us to watch our fingers sometime around Christmas.
Today we took you to the Dragon Boat Festival in St. Paul, Minnesota. Grandma Belinda and Grandpa Boyd are visiting and we all took turns passing you around. As each airhorn sounded for the race to begin, you twisted around to face the lake and watch the boats. Not sure if you really understood what was happening, but other than the heat, you seemed to enjoy the day a lot.
Here’s a couple of videos that show some great qualities of your personality.
In the first, you are giggling at mommy who entertains you off-screen.
Then show what a champion you are at eating your solid food. One of your favorites? Carrots!
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Tonight we did a little activity because you were moderately grumpy. After imitating me by screeching every time I made a “pfbbbt” sound, you were absolutely delighted to do a little (safe) bit of flying, superhero style.
Tonight, after your bath, you gave us a fine showing of your latest “skill”; you did this a lot this weekend and now, probably a lot more now that you know it’s funny.
This week you started a massive amount of kicking. In the midst of showing me your karate moves, you also started “squeaking” and “chirping” for the lack of better words. Pretty funny. And not only that, your dexterity is getting better as you roll, grab and touch things far away from you. You’re becoming a dangerous little dude.
(Best part of this video? The little “heh” that you exclaim at the end)
Missing you and your mommy a lot this week, since you’re off to a family reunion while I am working. Have fun and be safe!
You enjoy baths probably more than any other part of the day. Here you languish, giggle, entertain mommy and eat your fist with casual abandon. It’s become a part of your nightly routine and mommy does an awesome job of it. We just had to document it tonight, because you were being extra funny.
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