8 months and more updates

Thomas has this little giraffe that he likes to carry around. he likes to grab it right by the neck and use it to bash around other things around him. here he is being hypnotized by it :)

however he quickly recovered, grabbed it by the neck again and is looking for things to bash.


-----------8 months----------------

we went to the doctor's office measure him for 8 months. they told us that we could bring him in anytime to get his height/weight. so he is now 27.25 inches and 19 lbs, 2 oz. i was very happy because he actually grew this month! the last two months, he grew barely a 1/4 inch each month. this last month he grew 3/4 of an inch. yay! i know that they tend to switch off putting on weight vs. gaining height, but it is always nice to see them grow. although sometimes i wish his little razor sharp finger nails would not grow so fast - i feels like i have to clip them every 3-4 days and it is getting harder and harder every month to clip.

i also decided to start him on slightly chunkier foods. a while ago we tried those little star puffs to see if he could handle it. poor little guy gagged and threw up almost half his meal on the floor. so it has been about 3 weeks, and i was reading that about 8 months they should be able to handle slightly chunkier food (just very soft). so i very carefully tried giving him the star puff cereal again... and he was ok! he actually took 5 of them! this was after a 7 oz meal so i knew he was enjoying the new and exciting food experience. he definitely wasn't opening his mouth because he was hungry. btw, babies can keep their lips together really tightly when they want to. if they don't want to open, you can't even get a spoon in there if you wanted to.

------------almost crawling----------------

thomas is getting more and more mobile by the week. the last couple weeks he has become very adriot at spinning 360's on his tummy. a week ago, he demonstrated his excellent backwards crawling ability. he is so close to crawling... it is so amazing to watch. unfortunately, this amazing development also makes him more work to keep track of. it really was so nice when you could plunk them down anywhere and know that they weren't moving.

i almost had a heart-attack yesterday morning. thomas sleeps around 8pm. he wakes around 6am and i usually sleep with him after 6. but yesterday i was so tired i actually fell asleep while he was nursing. so when he was full, he was moving around and i didn't realize it. i woke up an hour later and FREAKED OUT when i realized that there was no baby in front of me! i got a wave of adrenaline as i bolted upright.
there was thomas, at the very foot of the bed, snoring away on his stomach... inches from falling off the bed. in fact one of his hands was slightly over the edge. i can not believe i fell asleep so deeply that he was able to drag himself down there before he fell asleep again. i am now going to be really REALLY serious about getting to bed by 11pm. he moves around way too much to be inattentive. i am not going to let him fall off the bed a second time if i can help it. william also mentioned that we are going to have to lower the crib soon. he can pull himself up above the railing now so it is only a matter of time before he will realize that he can pull him self over.

---------------mall walking-----------------

everyone was at the mall today! i went there at 3pm with Liz & Regina and we met up with Blanca. while we were at Pottery Barn Kids, we bumped into amber and her little boy, ryan. he was so funny, just tooling around pushing the little toy stroller they had there in bright pink. we also bumped into melissa on her hour away from home/toddler. she mentioned that she and another friend are looking into opening a clothing boutique in the new Ikea plaza when that opens in Dublin. how exciting is that! the other gal, elizabeth already owns a boutique in walnut creek and another in san francisco. that is so very hip sounding... but lots of your blood and sweat go into owning a business like that. have to get all of the babies into school first, then i'll have time to work on my fantabulous dream career. :)