Magic Eight!

You got it, Landon is EIGHT months old today!!

I'm not quite sure how this happened...how could eight months have flown by already? His one year birthday is very close on the horizon.

Our little eight month old is showing more and more signs of mischievousness. When he's laying in his crib, he likes to take the pacifier out of his mouth and scrape it along the sides of his crib. It reminds me of old cartoons when a prisoner would run their tin cup along the jail bars to be noisy. When he's feeling especially mischievous he drops the pacifier through the bars so Mom has to come pick it up from the floor.

Who Me? Just look at that ornery face!

Landon continues to love food and is an excellent eater. He thinks he was just made for solid foods! He's not quite crawling yet, but he can push himself in a full circle laying on his tummy to play with different toys. He just needs to channel that energy in the forward direction! I think it's finally dawning on him for the first time that crawling is a possibility - he's trying a little bit!

Nearly crawling off the edge of the couch!

Because we'll be in India when Landon turns 9 months old, we went this morning to the doctor for his 9 month checkup a month early. He had a clean bill of health, as usual, minus one very peculiar thing...Landon has LOST weight since his 6 months appt. At 6 months he was 18 lbs. 6 oz, and this morning he was only 18 lbs. 3 oz. He had only grown about 1/4 to 1/2 of an inch lengthwise as well. Given how much this boy likes to eat, I was really shocked! The doctor didn't seem overly concerned though; she just recommended increasing the amount of solid foods he's eating (I think Landon bribed her to say this), as well as offering him some formula after he nurses to see if he still acts hungry. We're supposed to go back in a few days before we leave just to get his weight checked to make sure he hasn't lost any more weight. Perhaps this explains why he has been waking up at night to eat again!

Turning into my skinny boy!

Our little eight month old still loves his vocal chords. He's constantly squealing, growling, squeaking, yelling, anything involving noise coming out of his mouth (no "Ma Ma" yet though). This is the newest sound he started making just yesterday - it's so funny! I was able to catch a little bit at the first part of this video:

Not quite sure what that sound is supposed to be, but I sure think it's hilarious.

Happy Eight Month Birthday My Sweet Boy!!