8 months

Jack turned 8 months yesterday. I know I say this every month, but the time sure is flying. Pretty soon we will be planning his first birthday party! He has changed so much this past month and has learned so many new tricks. He also no longer sits still for pictures. I am going to keep trying but so far, no such luck! I am sure we will get lots of pictures this coming week with Christmas.

Check out some of his stats for the month.

- I am guessing that he weighs about 19 lbs and is probably pretty close to being 29 inches long. We don't go to the doctor again until the end of January so I am not sure on the stats.

- He wears size 2 diapers

- He wears mostly 9 month clothes but still some 6 month things fit and he is beginning to wear 12 month things especially if they are one piece.

- He crawls FAST! We are having a hard time keeping up with him.

- He can pull himself up on things. Jack's philosophy is why sit when you can stand. His favorite thing is to stand in his bed so he doesn't have to take a nap!

- He is beginning to walk down the side of the couch while holding on. Occasionally he lets go but he only stands for a second.

- He now has 2 bottom teeth. They came in within a few days of each other the very beginning of December. He hates it when I try to look at them though.

- He eats 6 times a day. An 9 oz bottle at 6am when he wakes up. 3T of cereal and a fruit at 8:30 am. A vegetable and yogurt at 11:00 am. At 3:00 pm a 9 oz bottle. Dinner is at 5:30 and he has a fruit and a vegetable. Finally a 9 oz bottle at 7:30pm before bed. He likes to snack on puffs at random times. We have just started giving him a cereal bar and he likes that. We have also given him bites of other things and so far so good!

- He makes lots of noises in lots of different pitches! He says mamama and dadada but still doesn't know what they mean. I am just happy that he says both of them.

- He has really enjoyed having the train set up around the Christmas tree. He loves to watch it go around and likes to sit at the controls and "drive" it.

- He is becoming addicted to his pacifier. He needs it most of the time. He also needs his blanket to go to sleep.

We are looking forward to spending the holidays with our families. Kevin and I both have the week between Christmas and New Years off. We will be having people here and traveling as well. I can't wait to see Jack with his presents...I wonder if he will be interested in them? I hope so!

Our Christmas gift

We have been busy the past few weekends getting ready for Christmas. We now have all but one gift. But no matter what anyone gives us...this is our best gift this year. Our little guy! We are so lucky to have him. He brings such joy to our lives. I can't wait to watch him "open" gifts on Christmas. Christmas is so much more fun when kids are involved.

Feeling better

Well we have had quit a week here in our house. It all started the day after thanksgiving while we were driving to my parents. Kevin began to not feel so well. We chalked it up to bad food from Wendy's but after being sick for over 12 hours straight, he headed to the hospital because he was getting dehydrated. Turns out he was pretty sick. After being admitted and staying for 48 hours, he was finally sent home. I, too, got sick that night, but mine unfortunately only lasted about 24 hours. Thank goodness we were at my parents so they could take care of our little man.



After being delayed a little, we finally returned to Columbus Tuesday afternoon. We had our fingers crossed that Jack would not get sick, however, on Thursday afternoon, Jack's teachers came to me and said he had a fever. Turns out it was 102. I took him home and called the doctor. They didn't seem too concerned and told me to give him Tylenol and as long as it came down, it was probably a virus. Well it did, so we weren't too worried. By Friday night his fever was gone, or so we thought. After his nap on Saturday, we took his temperature again, to find out it was back and 102.5. We decided it was time to go to urgent care to find out what was going on. Turns out, Jack had his first ear infection and it wasn't just one ear but both. The doctor gave us a prescription and told us that it should help. Jack seems to be much better despite the fact that he absolutely hates his medicine and it takes Kevin and I all of our power to get him to take it! We also discovered that Jack now has 2 teeth! The first one came in last Friday and tonight at dinner I noticed that the other one came through. So he now has his 2 bottom front teeth!



We have been busy getting ready for Christmas. We have about half of our shopping done! We have decided to not go too crazy on presents for Jack this year. We know that being his first Christmas, everyone else will go crazy, so we have decided to go pretty simple. One thing we did buy is a train set for under our Christmas tree. Jack loves to sit by it and watch it. He also likes to be the conductor and tries to drive it. It is so cute to watch him!



A few weeks ago we had his Christmas pictures taken by the same girl that took his newborn pictures. I am so happy with them. I don't want to share too many, but I wanted to let everyone see a few. So I leave you with some of my favorite pictures...