8 months!

It feels like I just wrote Kellan's 7 month post and here we are again at 8 months! When they say time only goes faster when you get older and when you have kids believe them. It's 100% true.

Month 7-8 seems like it was a really big month for Kellan! It seems like he's doing all sorts of new things and just continuing to grow and develop. I know I say this every time, but it really is so much fun! I'm really loving this mom gig. 

To start the month off, we took a quick trip to Boston where we were able to have dinner and visit with Hunter's mom who was there on business. Here's a picture of our delirious baby at the harbor around 9 pm. Waaaaaayy past bedtime. haha.

We have visited the beach multiple times now. Kellan loves the sand but isn't sure how he feels about the water. I think it's the cold that causes him to scream bloody murder with even the slightest touch. After he gets used to it a little he does better but is still wary. We're working on that.

Despite his hesitation with the ocean (Long Island Sound to be specific), he LOVES the little pool! He'll sit in there and splash and play around for as long as I will let him. This is also true of the bathtub. 

Daddy had Kellan for the day a few times this month while I was was at work and one of those days took him shopping. Dad got a USA futbol (ha!) jersey and Kellan got a whole outfit complete with socks and a tiny World Cup Ball. 

Apparently when Mommy's away the boys will play!

He's really started to interact with everyone. Here he is with a couple kids from daycare. He loves playing with them and gets so excited to see them every morning when we get there. 

Kellan LOVES Kenobi! Ameya too, but it's just not the same as the love that Kellan and Kenobi share. Kenobi will literally let Kellan do whatever he wants - pull his fur, hold his tooth, touch his paw - and just sit there. Kellan laughs and smiles, flaps his arms and kicks his legs every time he sees Kenobi. It's the cutest.

He officially upgraded to a big boy carseat this month! We opted for the Britax Marathon and got a plush covered one. It's nice and soft and HUGE! I'm still adjusting to it and the large size and I can't imagine putting a newborn in it! I know that it's perfectly safe for 5-65 lbs but it's just so big! haha. I'm sure as we use it more and get more used to it instead of the bucket seat it will make more sense to me.

Side note: He's not super happy in this picture, obviously, haha. At the time he had a fever (from his first official named illness - Coxsackie Virus or Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease) and was also in the process of cutting his top left front tooth. He cut the second top front tooth the day before his 8 month mark so he does have both, one is just a week and a half behind. 

Disclaimer: this picture was taken immediately after removing the carseat from the box in our living room. No extra measures were taken to ensure his safety in this picture. 

 If you look closely in the picture below, you can see the one top tooth. He rocked the scraggle tooth, haha. The mess on his face is because he learned how to drink from a straw this month! I got straw sippy cups for him to try and after a couple days he got the hang of it. He thought he was sooooo cool the day he learned how to drink from the straw and has started drinking a lot more water than before - which is great news. This was taken the next day after I shared my frappachino with him. I was impressed that he was able to drink from that straw as well because it was so much different than the sippy cup straw but he didn't have any problem! Everytime I picked it up to have a drink after letting him try some he demanded that I share.

 We have been loving this perfect summer weather and spending as much time as possible outside!

Other fun facts from this month:

Kellan is officially crawling! He only army crawls, but he can sure pull himself around pretty quickly and is ALL over! His favorite things to crawl to: the dog's water dish, any vent, and any dog toy. 

He's started waving and clapping! He waves to pretty much everyone when we arrive or leave somewhere. His wave looks suspiciously like hail Hitler, haha, but he's starting to move his arm up and down a little. It's super cute. Clapping started right around the 8 month mark. He'll even mimic you if you clap at him, although that's still hit or miss. 

We will have whole conversations in lip smacking. I am loving this new type of interaction. It's so fun to see him respond to things we are doing as well as things in the environment.

Now that he's a big boy and can sit up, he HATES being on his back. Diaper changes, in the tub, or wherever - he is a big boy. Don't even think about making him lay down. haha.

His hair has really started to come in! He's working on a nice little baby mullet that we might have to cut sooner than I wanted. He's also starting to get little hairs on his arms and legs. 

Stranger danger is real. He is a little more hesitant on handing out smiles to people he doesn't know than he was in the past. 

He's such a momma's boy! I am loving it. No one is as cool as I am at this point. haha.

Food wise, he loves solid foods! We added more fruits and veggies to his repertoire this month as well as turkey, beef, and eggs. He's really started liking to feed himself. He's even started to try and grab the food off the spoon. Because of this and his ability to chew, I've started making his foods chunkier and trying to give him some sort of finger food at least once a day. For the most part, the dogs only get a little bit of food.