8 months

Ian is 8 months old today. He's still my toothless little guy and I love it. Ian is my biggest fan. All I have to do is walk into the room and he gives me the biggest, most wonderful smile. Okay, so he's everybody's biggest fan. But I still enjoy it, because I probably get the most smiles. My favorite smiles are when I go to get him once he's woken up from a nap. He just smiles and kicks and is so excited to see me! 

Our little guy is doing well. Not sure on weight and size. Although we were at a museum last week and we utlized the scale to measure pet animals. According to that scale he's 18.3 pounds. So, probably by his 9-months check-up he'll be around 19 pounds. Ian has decided that he really likes Mommy to make his baby food. So, a good portion of the freezer is baby food right now. We introduced him to cheerios this past month and he loves them! Every once in awhile he's even lucky enough to get one from his own fingers to his mouth. He can grasp them, he just has a hard time letting go...

Ian is still immobile, which I love. I'm kind of dreading the day that he figures out how to crawl. Right now he's pretty content sitting on the floor or in my lap. He also loves his high chair and the stroller. So, we are loving this stage right now. When Ian really wants to get to something he'll roll and squirm, but overall he's usually pretty content just chilling. He is down to 2 naps a day now, which is really nice. He has a pretty good schedule going right now - 2 naps, 4 nursing sessions, 3 solid food sessions, and sleeping through the night. I can't complain! 

Anything and everything still goes into Ian's mouth. If toys aren't accessible, he's quite entertained with his feet and hands. He loves watching his sisters and other people as well. He is always good during Sunday School, because the teacher is a pacer. :) Today we saw "Cinderella" at the Miller Outdoor Theater and he was pretty happy just watching the actors on the stage. Ian can say mama and dada and lots of other sounds. He has no idea that he's addressing his parents, but we still like hearing it. We love this little guy to pieces. Here are a few pictures that we've taken in September of Mr. Ian.

Ian at the park waving his bag of cheerios around (check out those thighs!):

 

Chilling in his stroller at the Children's Museum last week:

Chewing on his sister's goggles at the swimming pool last Saturday: