8 months old!

BIG SMILE!





Actually I am over 8 months old now....but mommy is just now getting to the post.
My accomplishments at 8 months include:
1. Standing, standing, standing! and trying to walk. I shuffle along holding onto anything - whether it is stable or not!
2. I have moved rooms in daycare to a room that has more room for me to crawl all around. I have been a little confused by this because I have new teachers and the other kids in here are bigger than me.....but I am starting to get used to it. In my new room we go outside everyday, which I enjoy!
3. I have eaten: Yogurt (my favorite), Oatmeal, Rice Cereal, Green Beans, Sweet Potatoes, Pears, Mangos, Raspberries, Carrots, and Peas. I am still on a diet that consists largely of breast milk....but we are trying moving away from that. Mommy weighed me on my scale and I am about 18 pounds!
4. I am saying " baba" and "dada" now and many other things mom and dad don't understand. But that doesn't stop me from talking constantly!
I spend my days exploring at daycare, smiling at everyone, and cuddling on mom and dad at night.
Today I get to dress up in a costume and trick or treat at daycare and Mommy's work....I can't wait! Pictures to come!

Fall Festival!

Hanging out with my best friend Jake

I am done with this picture stuff......time to crawl away!

This weekend we went to our neighborhood's fall festival. I had lots of fun snuggling on Aunt Michele's shoulder and watching the other kids. I also turned 8 months this weekend! Mommy will have to update what I am doing at 8 months later this week after she completes her presentation to the Board at work.

My new daycare friend

I have made a new friend at daycare....Mr S - the daycare cook :-) Apparently, I crawl over to him when he comes to bring Miss H and Miss N food. Everyday Mr. S picks me up and plays with me after delivering the food. I love him and throw a fit when he leaves. (Mom has even witnessed this on the daycare cameras). I can't wait for Mr S to come and visit me again today :-)
I have been having a good week this week at daycare....I spend most of my day standing and reaching for toys on the shelves they have built just for my height. I shuffle along the shelves and grab whatever I would like to play with.....I love being mobile.

I love Yogurt

Mommy finally found my sweet spot when it comes to solid food. Usually I am not that interested in solids, but today mommy introduced Yogurt for the first time and I LOVE it! She mixed it with my favorite fruit - pears....what a good meal!

My First Pumpkin and My BOB

Running with Mommy.
I have to hold on because she goes fast! ;-)


Picking out my very first pumpkin with grandma. Thank you for my pumpkin Grandma!
I loved the pumpkin patch....I wanted to crawl over all the pumpkins!
I had a great weekend with a visit from grandma and a visit from my Aunt Sandra. I also got to go and pick out my first pumpkin and took a ride with Mommy on her run. My running stroller FINALLY came in!! But that is ok because the instructions say I can't run with mommy until 8 months.....since I turn 8 months this week....I got to go! I had so much fun with the wind in my hair. I wanted to go again Sunday, but since my cough got worst, mommy said I will have to wait until I get a little better before going again. I had kinda a rough week last week at daycare with a fall on Wednesday....complete with bloody nose and I had to be sent home on Friday with a fever. I am feeling much better today after all the TLC I got this weekend.....so hopefully this week will be healthier! Oh - and I have a second tooth now!! and mommy thinks there is a 3rd about to pop through! These teeth cause lots of pain when they break through :-( How many more do I have to go?

Mommy found my....

TOOTH! And guess how she found it....yes, I bit her! I still have not learned what I can and what I cannot bite. There is a little shiny "chicklet" of a tooth poking through my gums right now and Mommy says that is her final motivation to really get on this weaning stuff. I am, after all, almost 8 months old! wow!
Sorry - no pictures....I only flash my pearly white for a few seconds at a time.

Getting ready for Halloween!

Standing on my own! ...but about to fall!

Modeling my new socks
I LOVE to sleep on daddy

Standing - What's next?

I LOVE my music table! I especially like standing at my table and playing! I pulled myself up on my own!
Yoga Pose: Downward facing Dog.....this helps keep me limber for all my standing!
PLAYIN'
But sometimes I fall!
And then I get right back up!
Playing with the giraffes on my bumper pads.

Unofficial Big Boy Weight - 7 1/2 months

Today Mommy decided to pull out the baby scale that I used to be weighed on everyday when I was tiny and didn't want to eat.....anyway - after much squirming (I HATE being on my back) the scale settled in at 17 pounds 10 ounces! WOW, I am a growing boy! I did have a onesie and diaper on for the "weight check," but onesies and diapers don't weigh that much! In a month and a half, I gained over a pound!! Yesterday I was able to finish my whole meal of solids.....I really liked it - I ate a whole jar of bananas (my favorite) mixed with rice cereal and breastmilk.....YUMMMY. Daddy was able to get me to eat it all...he is really good at feeding me solids - much better than mommy is.
This morning I had my second dose of the flu shot. So now I am all done with shots until my 9 month checkup! As a side note, I almost weigh as much as my mommy did when she was 1 year old!

My Trip to OK

Playing at a park in Hamilton, TX.
Standing up in my crib....looks like it needs to be lowered again!
YUMMMM - Carrots
Taking off to OK!

Playing in Hamilton, TX




On the road again!
Playing in Hobart, OK, where my grandpa Heller is from.

Town square in Hobart.

Sleeping with Momma.....this was just a nap, I prefered sleeping in the Pack N Play at night.
I was so tired, Mommy laid me down to change me and I just rolled over and fell asleep.

Walking with Daddy at Hefner Lake in OK City, OK
Visiting family. I fell asleep, so everyone had to gather around me for the picture,
Headed back home.

I went to OK this weekend for a family reunion of sorts and to see where my Grandpa Heller grew up. Mommy, Daddy, Abuela, Grandpa, and I left Friday early in the morning for the drive. We toured a bunch of small towns in OK and then stayed in OK City and visited family. Everyone loved me and I was an angel on the whole trip! My parents are SO lucky!! Mommy remembered everything for me, but forgot all her stuff,...she didn't even have a brush...