8 month post (a few days late!)

Lincoln is now 8 months old. It is crazy how much he has changed over the last month. I know most moms that blog would insert the "I can't believe it was 8 months ago today....it is sad they are changing to fast....my baby is gone.....blah, blah, blah" (sorry if this is you) but I am not that way. I love how much Lincoln is changing. Sometimes I do wish I had my snugly, cuddly baby but when I see him discovering something new he can do, I am thrilled! We are blessed to have a boy that is developing "normally" and I am thankful for that since so many people wish to see their babies doing the things that Lincoln is now. He is so fun right now (except the teething) and I can't wait to see how he changes this month.

In this last month, Lincoln is.....

• Lincoln is still an eating champ. He has the same amount of milk but he have increased his baby food to 2 jars at night. I have yet to discover something that he doesn't like. He gets really excited when he knows he is about eat. He lets you know when he is ready for another bite by pounding on the tray (it is cute now but someday we will discourage it!) He loves to eat the Gerber Puffs and they are a good distraction in a restaurant. We still thicken his milk to 1/2 nectar but weaning him off completely is my goal this summer.
• Lincoln is still sleeping great. He went a few days this last month with little sleep and we felt it was teething. He sometimes goes for a day with no naps but he is not too terrible. Weekends are hard him since we are usually out and about but he picks back up on his schedule on Monday.
• He is still wearing size 2 diapers (but we are on the verge of 3s), 6-9 month clothing (but some are getting too small), and some of his pants are 3-6 months. He is "chunking" up in the face the most.
• Lincoln has FINALLY starting to get a tooth in. He spent many days (and nights) wishing for a tooth to come in so we had some reason for the fussiness but nothing ever showed. Yesterday (May 30th) we finally felt a little tooth starting to break through. You can't see it but you can feel it so I am hoping in a day or two we will see it.
• Lincoln is ALWAYS moving. Seriously some part of his body is always moving, it is usually his hands (he twirls them at his wrist) or his feet. When he is gets excited then he really starts moving. It is pretty cute but I am afraid that means he will be active little boy.
• Lincoln still babbles quite a lot, especially in the morning in bed. He is talks a lot at home or in a small crowd but is very quiet and serious in large crowds of people. He will usually grin and smile in public but doesn't make too much noise. He will go to anyone (especially if food is involved) except in large crowds he will either want Shane or I.
• Lincoln has had a bad month of rashes and sicknesses. When a rash appears we have to go through anything new in the last 24 hours he has come in contact with. This can be a little difficult since he is with a sitter during the week. His eczema gets worse in heat (good thing we will live in TX!) but he have cream to help with that. We discovered that he might be allergic to food dye (like in Cheetos), he broke out in a rash after giving him some Gerber cheese puffs. We are hoping the sensitive skin gets better as he gets older.
• Lincoln is VERY close to crawling. He is rocking on all fours so we think he will be crawling sometime this week! Super excited about this!
• I think (and many others too) Lincoln is starting to look more like me than he did at birth. Shane disagrees with me.

We are blessed to have this smiley, talkative, drooley, and loveable boy with us everyday! I can't wait to spend the summer with him!

This is his new grin

Everything goes in the mouth!

Always concentrated when he is on the floor

Maybe I can get some new pictures of Lincoln in the pool up but probably not until after school is out! 4 days and counting!