Anyway, I am FAR behind on posts concerning the little guy. And since he just turned 10 months yesterday, I figured now was as good a time as any to try to catch up and at least share pics from his 8th month. We start with some photos from early February (just after our Italy trip). We had a few unusually warm days and Oliver and I decided to take advantage and visit our park at the end of the street. Although we went several times in the fall, this was a whole new experience for Oliver now that he's mobile. He was seriously interested:
And was determined to leave the blanket at explore the unknown, of course:
When it occurred to me that this was my child's first time to actually play in grass (does that make me a bad mom?), I decided to let him go and enjoy:
I even let him taste some leaves (again with the bad mom??):
A couple of days later, we had another playgroup (we love our playgroup friends!). Oliver and Stephanie are always holding hands... Is there something there?
And then Oliver showed off his new-found love of sitting up on his own. He's been able to do so since about 5 months, but he was so uninterested in it that I couldn't ever leave him alone. He would quickly get distracted and flop down onto his head... But at 8.5 months (yes, a full month after he became mobile), he's finally decided that sitting up is ok.
And he even gave himself a round of applause:
Around that time I also decided that Oliver should try feeding himself a little. Me and my OCD had not let my poor child feed himself before because I didn't want to clean up the mess... But we stripped him down to his diaper and gave it a go.
He had more trouble actually getting the apples into his mouth, though, than I had hoped:
But he seemed to have fun, at least!
And he showed off his sippy-cup skills. Long drink:
Pause to breathe:
Even more fun than food is playing with daddy:
His most fun thing is watching himself walk in the mirror (he's facing a floor-length mirror in these pictures):
Does life get any better?
And one more thing he was doing around 9 months is playing hide and seek with his books. Before bed each night we read at least one book and when we finish, we hand it to Oliver to hold for a bit. He started playing peek-a-boo with us around Christmas time. Although he usually stops if I go for the camera, I managed to kind of capture the process here:
At least I tried! Truly, though, I think each month gets better. He's playing, laughing, crawling, eating, sleeping (praise God!) and smiling all over the place. Love him so much!!
How is that there are no comments on this post? I believe the 3rd to last of the shots w/ the brown striped shirt is my favorite for some reason. If he gets any cuter I may end up missing him more than you!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Megan. Let's get the discussion going on this post. Potential topics:
ReplyDelete1) how tough Oli looks in his black adidas track suit and his skull cap.
2) the merits of baby sleepwear that opens from the back (as in the green rabbit gear in the final three pictures)
3) What is Oli trying to communicate in the third no-shirt-wearing-at-dinnertime picture?
More important than how tough Oli looks is how fast he is when he wears his black track suit. He tells me often that he wants to wear it so he can run fast... Can't you tell from the pictures?
ReplyDeleteDerek LOVES Justin in his Adidas track suit - it's fun to see it in a smaller version. Love the naked dinner photos.
ReplyDeleteBeen so behind on the blogs...great post to come back into the real world with!