8 MONTHS

Hunter Cole,

...you are 8 months old.

...you weigh a little over 16 lbs, but I'm still not sure how tall you are.  You spent the better part of this month sick and so I'm hoping you will gain a little more weight soon!

...you are in 6-9 month clothes.  3-6 month jeans are too short but 6-9 are too big around the waist.

...size 3 diapers

...like I mentioned, you were sick for most of this month.  It started on December 3rd with wheezing and I took you to the doctor.  We were back on a weekly basis (sometimes twice a week) until the Saturday before Christmas.  You had 5 different abx, 2 different respiratory treatments, and one does of an oral steroid before you finally got better.  You had a checkup on Jan 2nd to make sure everything had cleared up.  Doctor said you were good to go!  You had to go to the ENT on January 9th.  They didn't feel like you need tubes yet...yah!

...you cut your 3rd and 4th tooth this month...your top middle ones.

...exactly on your 8 month birthday you started officially crawling and pulling up!  You had been scooting around some and had pulled up a couple of times, but you are now doing it consistently.  The 1st time I got you to craw, you were trying to get my phone.  I actually managed to get it on video with the video camera!!!

...we started CIO on the 10th.  You had been getting up every hour at night and since the doctor said you were healthy we decided to go ahead and give it a try.  The 2nd night you slept great!  Hopefully the trend will continue.  This is when you learned to pull up.  When we put you in the bed, you will pull up and stand.  You still haven't figured out how to sit down and you have fallen a couple of times and have some little bruises on your head :(

...you are eating everything....EXCEPT baby food.  We basically give you whatever we are eating in small pieces and you eat it up.  But you do not like baby food and basically refuse to eat it.

...I think you have some separation anxiety going on.  Every time I leave the room, you will wine and cry until I come back.  If someone else is carrying you and I'm around you will lean and wine until I get you.

...I'm not sure if I have mentioned this before, but you have eczema.  It had gotten pretty bad and I was going to ask to see a dermatoligist at your 9 month check up, but your Aunt Cole found something that worked for you.  We are putting aquaphor on you with baby powder over top of it at night.  Your skin is MUCH better!

...you enjoyed Christmas.  We spent lots of time with family and everyone spoiled you rotten!  I think your favorite gift so far has been your leap frog table from your Aunt Cole. You also enjoy your dvd player from Nana and Poppy.

...you are still nursing but getting more formula these days.  Hopefully I can get my supply back up since I am off work for the next week, but if not you had breast milk for 8 months!

....you had a couple of visits from Hames this month and one from Mylee.  You guys are starting to notice one another and sometimes you take toys from one another.  It's quite entertaining.

...Yesterday (on your 8 month bday we met Kels and Hames at the park.  It was 70 degrees outside so we went for a long walk and then took you guys to swing.  I can't help but think it won't be long and we will be taking ya'll to the park and you will be running everywhere.

This month

...you spent the night with Tess for the 1st time on NYE, while we had a night out.

...Brit kept you for about an hour, while I went to the doctor.

...We spent the night with your Pa Wayne for the 1st time.

...We spent a couple of nights at Nana and Poppys.

...Daddy took you riding on the creek in the jeep.  He put your car seat in the front seat and said you loved it.

...you were back at the mx tracks.  The dirt bikes don't seem to both you at all.

...you went of your 1st dirt bike ride with Uncle Micheal.  He put you in your carrier and away ya'll went.  You seemed to like it.

...you LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my phone.  If you are upset, I can usually get you to calm down with it.