eight months old

staying true to my newfound routine of taking these a little late and posting them even later...here is the latest installment of monthly pictures. I decided to take advantage of the green grass one last time this year and we thought that the john deere stuff was only appropriate given the fact that grandpa and uncle clayt are working hard in the fields in the BIG tractors.

henry is already eight months old. I can't believe it either. he continues to be a very content and happy baby. his biggest news is that he's now mobile. he gets up and rocks on all fours, but prefers his own unique army crawl method. it gets him where he wants to go...quickly. he is finally getting over two back-to-back bouts of an ear infection. he took it in stride and tried so hard to not let us know how much it hurt. he's such a good baby.

he is eating two meals of solid foods a day and we are probably going to need to add in lunch soon. this boy loves his food! he's dabbling in finger foods, most recently trying cheese, puffs, and bananas. (yes please!) we've even had good luck with water in a sippy cup. he's babbling quite a bit and his vocab now includes ma-ma-ma, da-da-da, ot-ot-ot, n-ga-n-ga-n-ga, ba-ba-ba...the usual.

we still can't believe how tall and skinny he is; he's still in size 2 diapers and 6 month carters clothes. maybe the addition of lunch will take care of that. (he's sporting some 12-18 month overalls in these pictures. a might bit big if you ask me!).

mostly, we are amazed that he has been here for 2/3 of a year. I am always asking him, "what did you do with my tiny baby??" - to which he responds, "a-ba-ba-ba." typical.