My how I've grown!

Today I'm 8 months old! It's hard to believe there's only 4 more months until my first birthday! It's been a crazy week for us. Mommy was home with me all day Monday. We didn't do anything too exciting. It was a beautiful day, so I got to swing outside for a long time.

Yesterday, my crib broke. We're guessing it's a manufacturing flaw. The locking mechanisms that keep the drop side in place broke off. Luckily I didn't get hurt! So tonight Mommy and Grannie took me to Babies 'R Us to pick out a new crib. We ordered this crib - of course I had to try it out first!

I love my bathtime. Tonight, I really wanted to stay in the bathtub.

When it was time to get out, here's the face I made.

Uh-oh, Cherrios!

As mentioned in previous posts, I really like eating Cherrios. They keep me happy at the grocery store, keep me quiet in church, and sometimes are floating in milk for breakfast. But until now, someone had to put them in my mouth for me. I could pick them up and get my hand to my mouth, but I wasn't able to quite get the Cherrio into my mouth. Well.... Now I can! Watch me:

Sometimes when Mommy and Daddy need a free hand, they let me sit in my crib and play for a few minutes. This usually happens when they're getting things together to give me a bath, so they're walking between my bedroom and the bathroom. They put me in my crib because they know I'm safe, and cannot fall or anything like that. Well, this weekend, they walked back into my bedroom and here's what they found:

This weekend we went to eat lunch at Texas Roadhouse. Here's me with Daddy.

A lot of nights I eat dinner at the same time as Mommy & Daddy (and sometimes Grannie, too). But usually I have my food, and they have their food. Sometimes I get a little bit of their food, but usually I eat mostly my purees. But.... for the first time on Sunday, I had the exact same lunch as Mommy and Daddy -- homemade mac-n-cheese, chicken, and steamed broccoli. It was yummy!