8 Months!

Yet another month has flown by! We spent Zechariah's 8 month birthday at Pigeon Lake. He was such a trooper and didn't nap all day long. He simply had to much to see and do I guess. Well Zechariah at 8 months:

• Has 4 teeth. His top two incisors have come through and he has been and is still really miserable. I think these are supposed to be the most painful.


• Weighs 21 lbs and is 28 1/2 inches long.


• Is wearing 12 month and some 18 month clothing.


• May just start crawling. He gets up on his hands and knees and rocks and he can go backwards, but is still not really crawling.


• Rolls all over the place. Can roll from his tummy to his back, but still thinks he needs help sometimes. I think that he is just frustrated with the state that he is in. You can tell that he wants to go, go, go, but he just hasn't quite figured out how to yet.


• Absolutely loves books, loves chewing them, looking at them and loves being read to.


• Loves to babble and make noises all the time.


• Loves blowing raspberries and giving zerburks.


• Puts his arms out if he wants to be picked up or if he wants to go to someone.


• Eats all sorts of food now and we have started him on chunkier foods (which was hilarious as he pretended to gag) and finger foods.


• Loves Cherrios! I taught him one day in the car how to pick them up and eat them and now he is a pro and really loves them.


• Loves, loves, loves being outside.


• Gets super excited every time he sees a dog (we had to give his Rastus puppy away, so I think that he misses him).


• Is extremely impatient. If I do not have his food ready for him when he wants it, he screams, this is where the cherrios come in real handy!


• Goes through separation anxiety any time we leave the room or go where he can't see us.


• Cries now when we take away his toy or something that he shouldn't be playing with.


• Still really loves the water and his bath time. Although he wasn't too fond of the lake--too cold!


• Giggles and laughs a lot!


• Still sleeps through the night and takes at least two naps a day, sometimes three.