8 months old?!?!

How in the world is our little boy 8 months old??
You will notice that this months "sign pictures" are missing something......
That's right!  The sign!  It turns out that Little Man is just too curious and on the go to worry about a little old sign.  :)
But, sign or not, here is his 8 month update:

Grayson is on the move!  He started full-blown crawling this month, and, now, there is no stopping him! He loves being able to go where he wants to when he wants to without having to wait on Mom and Dad to come pick him up.  And, he is into EVERYTHING!  He is the most curious little boy I have ever met!  

He has the BEST sense of humor.  He has learned things that he should and should not do, and he thinks it's absolutely hilarious to do things that he shouldn't.  Just yesterday, he found my phone on the floor.  He knows that he is not supposed to play with my phone, so he picked it up, rolled over to his back, and just held it.  When I went over to see what he was playing with, he started CRACKING UP!  Little Stinker!

He is definitely growing, and this boy can eat!  He eats 6oz bottles five times a day, along with oatmeal and fruit in the morning, a veggie at lunch time, and usually a meat/veggie combo in the evening.  He also loves to eat his Puffs, his NumNums, rolls from O'Charley's, ice cream, his baby cheetos, and his yogurt bites.  We have started giving him little bites of our dinner while we are eating, and, so far, he likes everything! :)  He is wearing size 4 diapers, and 6-12 month clothes (depending on the brand).  He has mastered drinking out of both a sippy cup and a regular cup, and he is sooooo close to feeding himself with a spoon.

He LOVES to play with his toys!  We moved his exersaucer in front of our big window in the living room, and he really enjoys playing in it while watching all the neighborhood kids playing out front.  He also loves his music table, his sports set, his drum, his musical books, and Scout (his doggie that talks to him).  He thinks it's so much fun to play basketball with Daddy, to chew on the remote, to bang the computer, and to roll the ball.  That's right...he can actually roll the ball back and forth with us!

He pulls himself up on anything that is within reach, and really loves to pull up on the couch when we are laying down.  He has bumped his head several times (but thankfully he has his daddy's hard head).  :)  He is 100% boy, that is for sure.  

He has 3 teeth, and another one or two on the way.  So, as a result, he drools ALL THE TIME!  As you can tell by the pictures, he is always smiling and showing off his pearly whites.  He continues to sleep through the night, and goes to bed around 7:30pm, waking up around 6:00am.  

He LOVES his daycare.  In fact, he yells and talks in the car on the way to school every morning.  His teachers, Mo, Helen, and Jennifer absolutely adore him, and the feeling is definitely mutual!  He also has made several friends at school.  In fact, he spends most of his time with his best buddy, Spencer.

He has outgrown his baby seat, and is now riding in style in his convertible car seat (still facing backwards of course).  He really likes the extra room.  That baby seat was just cramping his style!  :)

He loves to be on the go all the time, and he loves to stare at people no matter where we are.  He usually catches the attention of people everywhere he goes, just by staring at them and then smiling his huge smile.  He especially likes cute girls--we have taught him well!  :)

Grayson loves Cordi and Bailey and has started to want to play with them....or, just pull their fur.  :)

From the beginning, Grayson has loved to take baths, and that hasn't changed in the past 8 months.  He thinks it's super fun to splash in his ducky bathtub...and loves when he gets Mommy and Daddy all wet, too!

He is babbling and talking all the time, and can say 3 words: Dada, Mama, and hey.  He also gives high-fives, waves (most of the time), and loves to scream.  :)  Right now, his favorite thing to do is make raspberries with his mouth.  

Grayson loves his cousins, Ally and Jarrett.  He also thinks it's lots of fun to go to their house and pull on  all of the wires to Uncle Jason and Aunt Becky's speakers....no matter how many times Mama picks him up and moves him further away.  :)

Another month has come and gone, and we continue to fall in love with Grayson more and more each day.  He has the BEST personality, and makes us laugh constantly.  We just marvel sometimes at what a good kid he is!  He is so easy-going, and smiles almost all day long.  

Grayson, we love you so much and are so proud to be are parents.  We love watching you grow up....

...but could you slow it down just a little?  

As always, thanks for checking in on us.  We love you all!