eight months

BENNETT, YOU ARE EIGHT MONTHS OLD!!

• you weigh 20 lbs.
• you are 27.5 inches long.
• you are in a size 3 diaper.
• you wear size 1 shoe.

• you are in 6-12 month clothes, or 9 month. you are about to move to 12 month footed pajamas. they are getting pretty tight on you.
• you aren't crawling yet, but i think it will be any day.  you want to soooo bad!
• you get where you want to go by rolling, or pushing with your feet to go backwards.
• you go to bed around 8pm and get up for the day at 7-7:30am.  you eat 2 or 3 times during the night too.

• you still don't have any teeth.  you drool so much that i think it will be soon.  i can tell when it's affecting you because you will be really fussy and put your fingers in your mouth.
• you love love love baths!!
• your favorite toy right now is the john deere combine
• you are not afraid of water at all.  i can pour it right over your head, and you will blink and keep playing.

• you are such a sweet boy.  you are still a snuggle bug, but you are starting to fight me.  when you do that, i lay you in your crib and you cry.
• you go to sleep around 8pm, and get up around 7:30.
• you are SO hot natured!
• your favorite foods are yogurt and zucchini.
• you have solid food 3 times a day.

• you are still nursing several times a night.  i am about to stop.  you are not gonna like it.  :(
• you go to sleep by rocking in the living room, and then we lay you in your crib.
• you breastfeed pretty much every 3 hours around the clock, but you have at least 1 formula bottle each day now.
• you apparently look exactly like your sister.  :)  at least that's what everyone says!  i think you look just like your daddy.

bennett & austin at eight months!