8 months.

     Spencer turned 8 months old this month! Seriously, when did this happen? He is not a little baby anymore! He is on the move and into everything! We have to watch him constantly and he LOVES all the attention he gets! He is more and more fun every day!

     He has mastered the art of crawling and though it has made his life easier, it is not good enough and he wants to walk BADLY! He pulls himself up and walks holding onto anything he can! He is going to be toddling before we know it.

     Along with all this trying to walk business has come the always-a-bump-on-my-noggin stage. He faceplants or falls over quite often but it only seems to bother him about half the time. He's had a few good goose eggs already and I'm sure many more are to come.

     Spence has also started babbling waaaay more. His favorite sounds are ba-ba-ba or to put his hand over his mouth and make some Indian-esque call. Moaning while nursing has also become a new trend, especially while he's falling asleep. It's endearing but a little dramatic.

     This boy LOVES to eat! He wants a bite of anything you have and will grab at it himself if you're not fast enough. Or he'll grab your hand and shove it to his mouth. He tolerates baby food but would prefer to just eat what all the grown ups or big kids are eating, but he only has 2 teeth so that makes it hard to eat everything!

     Speaking of big kids, he loves to watch kids play. Specifically his cousins, he loves when they play with him (read, steal his toys) and he could watch them for hours. He thinks his dad is the funniest person in the world and will giggle and giggle for him and then is pretty serious to everyone else. He still likes his mom the best (she has the good stuff!).

    We have reached a good spot as far as sleeping goes. Spence nurses to sleep about 9pm and will sleep in his own bed until about 4am. When he wakes up I put him in bed with me and nurse him some more and then we both sleep till about 8am. It has worked for us for the last few weeks and I don't feel like a zombie so I am content with where we're at. He's even taking 2 good naps during the day so I am not going to be changing our routine anytime soon!

     He still loves the water even if its the freezing cold river or lake. He loves his Oma and Opa, loves to pick on their dog, still wants to eat grass any time he's sitting in it, loves to go on walks or runs, is starting to like the bike trailer more and more, and especially loves his new found freedom that crawling offers.
     We love our "baby fence" as Porter would say!

he hates to be in his car seat, but he loves to play on it and climb in it all by himself