Wiggle Worm

I was adventurous and attempted to take Cooper's 8 month old picture by myself.  And it was hard.  Since he is more mobile and unable to sit still for any length of time, I didn't get a good picture of him.  It didn't help that he was already grumpy because he really needed a nap.  

We also have a crappy camera.  Oh how I hate our camera.  It's really old and doesn't take very good pictures.  Our really nice digital SLR camera is still backordered and won't get it until March...arrrgh!  So, we broke down and bought a nicer point and shoot camera.  It is way better than our current one. Now we will have two nice cameras which is worth it because we take a lot A LOT of photos.  How could I not with such a cute baby!  And boy does he ham it up for the camera.  Once that red light goes off, he just smiles...most of the time.  It makes me laugh every time! 

Anyways,  Cooper has definitely kept me busy.  I can't keep my eyes off of him because he loves to stand.  He is always pulling himself to stand up.  He has been using the coffee table, sofa, bookcase, chair, toy box, his ride on toy, standing activity toy...you name it, he'll stand.  And he's cruising as well.  So, it is really time to baby proof!!!!  

Trying to get at the camera.

Hamming it up for the camera.

Always standing....his favorite!

Birthday...

Cooper turned 8 months yesterday!!  Picture pending and will be uploaded by tomorrow, I promise.  But it's the first birthday that is occupying my mind today.  I'm thinking of some ideas for a theme and boy, it's harder than a wedding one!  Well, just as hard.  Anyways, I still haven't made up my mind if we are going to throw a small, intimate one with family or have a big bash....I have plenty of time for planning as we have 4 more months until he turns one.

Fun Day

We took Cooper to a free introductory class at Gymboree Play + Music.  And boy, did we have a good time.  It was nice because it was small with only two other babies and their parents.  There was a boy who was only a day older than Cooper and they both got along really well.  I'm thinking of enrolling Cooper, but want to try out The Little Gym.  We are signed up for their intro class on Friday.  The only downside about The Little Gym is the class is only offered on every Friday whereas Gymboree has one on Saturday (as well as 2 other times during the week and open gym time 4 times a week).  But once he is 10 months, The Little Gym offers classes 4 times a week.  We'll see how they compare to Gymboree.  The Little Gym is more expensive, but not by much.

It's Time...

It's time to baby proof the house.  Cooper made the leap from commando crawling/creeping to crawling on hands and knees!  I believe I'll have my hands full and eyes open....

Growing Up Too Fast

I'm wishing time to slow down.  It feels like the weeks are just passing by too quickly and Cooper is growing too fast in such little time.  I can't believe in six days he'll be eight months and in four months a year old already!

I have loved watching him grow.  He is such a delightful baby boy and love him so much.  I can't get enough of hugging, kissing, smiling, playing and talking to him.  I am so fortunate that I am afforded the opportunity to work only one or two days a week and my job allows me to work weekends so that I can spend as much time with him.  I love work, but I love being with my baby boy more.  I don't think I'd be completely happy being a full-time mom though since I love working as a therapist!  It's just the right balance.

As I have said, baby boy has been doing so much.  A couple of weeks ago, he learned to pull himself up to stand.  He's getting around creeping though he has been able to do a few times crawling on hands and knees.  And he now has his pincer grasp and two bottom teeth!  I'm tempted to start finger foods, but I think I'll wait another month.  I'm terrified about him choking.  I did experiment and gave him a teething biscuit.  He did pretty good, but I got freaked out when a piece broke in his mouth.  I fished it out, yanked out the biscuit from his hand and gave him a few good whacks in the back for good measure...he  gave me a good wailing!  I felt pretty bad, but I was scared.  I'll need to get brave, but I'll wait for another month.

Visiting lolo and lola in Olympia.

Picking out a toy.

Using a pacifier as a teether.