8 Months

I can't believe my little boy is 8 months old! He is such a joy to have in our family. P1 is definitely a handful and keeps me very busy. Even though he's not walking yet, I am already chasing him all over the place! And walking is definitely just around the corner for this little guy. 

One of my favorite things about this stage is that P1 has decided he likes to dance. He is constantly moving his head and body to any music he hears. And sometimes, he dances without any music (it makes me wonder what song is stuck in his head!). When P1 first started doing this, it would just make me laugh and laugh. Now he does it so often, that I don't laugh as much, but it still makes me smile every time.

Probably my least favorite part of this stage is all the bumps and bruises. But that just comes with the territory of mobility I guess. P1 is already good at his fake crying though. When he barely bumps his head, he'll look and if he sees you watching then he'll start crying.

Here are some pictures of our favorite little boy:

P1 was a big help wrapping and unwrapping our gift to PE for Father's Day:

 

P1 loves to be outside! He enjoys just sitting in the grass and picking dandelions.

Some neighborhood friends invited us over to swim in their little pool. P1 wasn't too sure about it at first, but ended up enjoying it. He especially loves his little fish toy!

P1 and I on my birthday! It was fun to have P1 with me this birthday, last year he was just kicking around in my belly!

P1 getting ready to go to work with Daddy's laptop!

Our silly kid likes to play with the doorstop:

There's that crazy tongue again!

 P1 is getting more and more stable on his feet. He can actually stand all by himself for a few seconds!

Helping with laundry again!

Dancing

My 7 month old son is awesome! Boy does he make me laugh! Here he is dancing to Yo-Yo Ma:

Note: He does dance to other classical music, but he is most consistent with Yo-Yo Ma.

Pictures

Our little Hawaiian boy reading:

Enjoying the outdoors on Memorial Day:

  

Look Mom, I can stand up!

I'm glad he prefers to pull out the books instead of the Xbox controllers!

Look Mom, I can fit my mouth around this!

Why are you taking so many pictures Mom?

P1 loves to pound the coffee table:

Okay Mom, I'm ready to go! Let's get out of here!

7 Months

At 7 months P1 is all over the place and keeping me on my toes! He can pull himself up on just about anything, and loves to be standing. He is getting faster at crawling, and his new favorite place to crawl towards are the bunnies cages. P1 is always trying to get somewhere, and doesn't like to sit still very often.

P1 is getting better at sleeping through the night. We put him to bed at 8 pm, and he gets up around 6 am. He often wakes up once in the night, but half of the time he will go back to sleep on his own. He usually takes a couple morning naps, and at least one afternoon nap. He still usually takes short naps (< 30 mins.), but the other day he took a 2 hour nap and I had to keep checking on him to make sure he was okay.

P1 had his first fever the other day. It was a mild fever, but he didn't want to eat any solids and he slept almost the entire day (and was very sad most of the day). I ended up taking him to the doctor just to be sure, and the doctor checked him out and thought it might be a little stomach bug, and just to make sure he was at least breast-feeding (which was all he wanted to do!). I ended up holding him most of that day.

 P1 also got his first goose-egg. His love for climbing on things and standing up also leads to a lot of falling down and bumping his head. Usually it just startles him and so he cries, but sometimes he gets a pretty good bump to go with it.

I still can't believe how quickly these 7 months have gone by. This kid will be walking before I know it! (And then I'm really in trouble!!!) P1 is such a great baby, and we love having him in our family!

Anniversary

 Five years ago I married this guy:

In this temple:

 So that this family:

Could be sealed together forever.

Best decision I've every made. It has brought me incredible happiness and joy, and it keeps getting better.

We celebrated our anniversary on Friday and Saturday. PE was a sweetheart and gave me roses, a card, and a triple chocolate cake, yum! (Although he did eat more than half of said cake)

We went to the Living Traditions Festival in SLC on Friday and Saturday. We brought P1 with us, and really enjoyed the festival together. We mainly went so we good try a bunch of different food. They had 21 food booths, each representing a different culture. We tried Nepalese, Lebanese, Bosnian, Salvadoran, and Laotian food. I would have loved to taste all of the food, but sadly, our stomachs were not big enough and our wallets were not deep enough. I guess we'll just have to go back next year! They also had free entertainment that consisted of over 47 groups performing music and dance from the various cultures. And they had craft demonstrations and crafts for sale from different cultures.

All in all, I think this was our best anniversary yet!

Mobile P1

So, P1 is officially crawling now. He loves to get all over the place! He especially loves getting to the cords by the computer and TV. I suppose we ought to start baby-proofing the house now!

P1 is also great at standing up by himself if he has something to hold onto. When I have him on the couch with me, he will hold onto the back of the couch and make his way to the lamp. This lamp is one of his favorite toys now! He loves to try to turn it on and off, and has actually succeeded a few times!

We love our little mobile boy! He definitely keeps me busy!

P1 and the Bunnies

P1 loves the bunnies! And for the most part, they don't seem to mind him. Sancho seems to be a little more curious about P1 than Quijote. P1 gets really excited when he touches them, and then when they run/hop away.

P1 and Sancho: 

P1 and Quijote: