Austin | 8 Months

He is growing WAY TOO FAST!!!! (and I'm SUPER behind on this blog!)

I feel like on the exact day he turned 8 months, he started doing a ton of new stuff all at once!

NEW things he can do:

1. FIRST word: Dada...of course ;)  I think all of our kids's first word was 'dada'

2. Barrel rolling all over the floor!! Sometimes scooting backwards, but crawling is on the near horizon I am sure!

3. Loving sitting up with his bucket of toys and pulling out every toy inside the bucket!

4. Trying puffs but isn't too sure how to get them into his mouth once he picks them up!

5. Eating textured foods without the gagging reflex and doing awesome.

DISLIKES (not many)

He hates to be in the exersaucer more than 5 minutes!

LOVES (lots)

He absolutely ADORES his sisters! Him and Aubrey are 2 peas in a pod!!

"Hold my hand big sister, all the years through. Hold my hand little brother, for I will always love and protect you." 

Fruits are his thing!! He will eat pretty much anything, but he LOVES fruits!

Music! His favorite toys are Aubrey's pop-up baby piano toy and any toy that plays music!

He also LOVES his sleep! He usually wakes up between 7a and 8a, then wants to lay back down to take his 2.5-3 hour nap around 9-9:30a. Then he takes a 2.5-3 hour afternoon nap. He is usually in bed between 7p and 8p! He will sometimes wake up around 10 or 11p, take a bottle and then is asleep until morning! He has to have his lovie blanket and his crib light-up music player on and is good to go!  He's not a huge fan of being rocked, just likes to lay down and suck on his fingers, then drift off to sleep!

Austin is truly a sweetheart! We are so blessed to have 3 amazingly beautiful kids! I have a feeling he's going to be a heartbreaker one day!!