Holy Cow...time is flying by. When I think that in just 4 months Brooks will be 1 year old, I seriously cannot believe it. We are having so much fun these days. Brooks is really moving now. He is crawling pretty fast all over the house. It's fun to watch him crawl over to his toys and entertain himself. It's less fun to look up and see him trying to pull the speakers over. He loves crawling on mommy and daddy's legs when we lay on the floor, and he is starting to pull up and climb all over us and all over the furniture. My favorite is when I go to get him out of his crib and he's crawling around in a circle. Speaking of crawling around in his crib; The other night, Chad and I went in to watch our son sleep before we headed to bed. Brooks was laying there so sweetly. Chad and I hugged at the thought that we made that little baby. But Chad couldn't keep his mouth shut and he said, "Can you believe he's our son?" (or something sweet and cheesy like that). Brooks opened his eyes and Chad and I hit the deck. Brooks immediately started grunting and moving around. We didn't want him to see us of course, because then he would really wake up. I ducked down on the chair and Chad ducked down on the floor. When I dared to peek up behind the chair, all I could see was the top of a little head bobbing around the crib, so I didn't move, and tried really hard not to just crack up laughing. Then Chad tapped me and motioned to the door, so we quietly crawled (literally) out the door.
(That's just a fun story that has nothing to do with Brooks being 8 months old.)
Other than the crawling, Brooks' vocabulary is growing...he now says "mama", "dada", "bababababa", "up", and a farting noise with his mouth that I don't know how to put in words. Of course, none of the words are really associated when meaning - but we pretend that they are when we hear him say "mama" and "dada". My favorite is when it sounds like this: "dadadaDA
DADAda", sometimes he can get really loud. He is also getting one more tooth, which takes the grand total to 2 teeth. Hopefully now that we've started that process the rest will come in quicker and with less pain. These two have made Brooks quite cranky at times.
I don't know his measurements, but we go in next month so I guess it'll have to wait. I really love knowing his measurements because it shows me for sure that he is growing. He seems really tall to me, and still skinny of course...I'm guessing 15 or so pounds and 29 inches tall right now. He's definitely eating like a champ, but because he is also crawling then that also means that he is burning calories. He just looks tall and handsome to me. Gosh - I love this kid!
As you can see, all Brooks wants to do is crawl.
