Thomas, Eight Months Old

Yep, another month has passed us by! Time is just zipping by. Thomas is as cute and as fun as ever and he has learned an grown so much this month. Here are some highlights and some cute pictures of darling little Thomas.

Thomas is crawling, climbing and getting into everything! He is walking along the edges of the coffee table, couch etc and just the other day he stood for about three seconds! This boy is so curious. He loves to explore and play and play. Currently, his favorite games are: chase and attack mom, knock over dad's tower of blocks, pull all the books off the book shelf and explore forbidden and dangerous areas (i.e. the kitchen and the bathroom and anywhere with electrical cords...) He loves the bathroom so much in fact that when he wakes up really angry from a nap taking him into the bathroom soothes him as much as nursing him does. Silly guy!

And of course he just loves books. He is starting to have strong preferences for certain books. He LOVES Dr. Seuss's ABC book. He loves it so much, in fact, that he can be screaming his head off and if he hears Clint begin to read it, he will turn his head and calm right down and listen. He loves to sit in your lap and listen to stories. His other favorites are Beep! Beep!, Choo Choo, and Curious George's What Do See. Ha ha! Now that I think of it, they are all library books that I keep renewing. I need to just buy those ones.

Thomas has proven to be quite a picky little eater. I think I may have jinxed myself, because when I was pregnant I made up my mind that I was going to do everything in my power to make sure my baby was a good eater. Well turns out nothing is in my power when it comes to this little guy! I was so naive! I'll keep trying, but for now pretty much all he will eat is apples, peaches or pears mixed with rice cereal or oatmeal. He is getting better, it was quite the struggle for a while.

Thomas is so sweet and handsome and just loves life! He is a very social and friendly little guy. He is actually quite the little party animal. Whenever we take him to other peoples houses he is just as pleasant and as happy as can be. He saves his melt downs for mom and dad and puts on quite the good face. The other night we kept him up way past his bedtime because we were visiting with some friends from out of town. Normally Thomas would not do well with staying up past 7:30. In fact, at home, he freaks out. But he was just having such a great time playing with the other babies. Well around 9:00 Thomas just burrowed his head into his friend's giant stuffed bear, like he was about to pass out. It was the cutest thing! He just didn't inherit the nightowl gene from either of his parents.




Silly Thomas! He likes to put everything in his mouth, as long as you can't eat it!
I love this picture of Thomas! He currently has 4 teeth: two on the bottom and his upper fangs! They are so cute. He is starting to get his upper front teeth in, so his fanged days are numbered.
I love when Thomas just plays himself tired. He'll be crawling around like mad and then just have to stop for a mini nap on the floor, and then of course he keeps going!!!

We love this little boy!