Jacob @ 8 Months

Poor little buddy hasn't been feeling too well the past week or so-- either teeth coming in or a cold-- so his 8 month pictures look a little rough. He's still cute as can be, though! He's started going through a phase where he screams every time I leave the room, and screams himself to sleep most times. I think mostly he's just bored with laying on the ground, but he hasn't quite mastered sitting up on his own (although he can sit up in a shopping cart or high chair), and hasn't quite gotten to crawling. He's bored of plain old baby toys and would rather investigate things he shouldn't have. He's still okay with me leaving him in the nursery, he just likes to have attention if I'm gone.

He's slowed down a little on his weight gain, although there's still plenty of meat on his chunky little thighs. He's probably about 23 lbs. and wears 12 month clothes. He still eats just 2 meals of solid foods a day. He may actually be one of the pickiest babies I've had-- he seems to prefer fruits over any other baby foods. He'll eat anything, just not as MUCH of the veggies, and definitely not anything with rice cereal in it. He's also started to enjoy these little dissolvable banana rice rusks.

Now that it's getting warmer, he's starting to enjoy being outdoors. He loves to play in the grass or sit with me in the sun. He just does not like the wind or cold. He still doesn't care much for the swing outside, either.

Jacob is well-loved everywhere he goes-- always smiling and happy (unless I'm not holding him at home, of course). His sisters adore him.