8 months!

Baby Taylor is 8 months old. We can't believe it! Where does the time go and why is it so fast? He's already getting wiggly and isn't as into snuggling as his mommy is. A few things about Taylor at 8 months: We had a rough go of starting solids at 6 months. He just wouldn't eat the rice cereal or the oatmeal cereal (even with applesauce it in). He just spit it out for the longest time. We thought he just couldn't figure out how to swallow. But after about a month of struggle we went to straight veggies, which he lapped right up. Apparently he just doesn't like rice cereal or oatmeal. He eats solids well now and loves to hold onto and chomp down Mum-Mum rice husks. He's crazy about Cheerios, but can't yet figure out how to get it from his fist into his mouth.

He's sitting up really well (except in the tub where he's all slippery), and he loves playing with toys while sitting. He has 5 teeth and quite a bite. I can see his 6th tooth bulging and it will be out any day.

Sleeps great at night and for his naps. He's a sweet boy. Enjoys being in the stroller. Church sets him off schedule because he fights going to sleep while we're there, and then it messes us up for the rest of the day. He refuses to take any shape or form of a bottle. So I'm going on 8 months of exclusive breastfeeding--never to be away from him for more than 3-4 hours. Some days (like on date night), it's a real drag that he won't take a bottle. What I wouldn't give for a free weekend...

He wants to crawl badly. He watches the kids move around and he wants to too. If he could just figure out how to get his big, heavy belly off the floor he'd be off...

He loves everyone in his family. He just beams at all of us. Here he's showing that he thinks Abby is quite a hoot.

He LOVES to pull hair. Kason lays down by him and lets him pull his short hair on purpose because he thinks it's funny. But when he does it to me at church with his vice-like death grip, it's not quite so funny. Now I remember why I cut my long hair short when Kason was a baby. Taylor also loves to pull my necklaces off at church and the occassionaly dangly earring.

Gives big, wet sloppy kisses that we love.

Can't get enough of this cute boy!