8 months old

Autumn, another month gone by and you are now 2/3 of your way to 1 year old! It has been a busy month with a bunch of new milestones! The biggest one - you are on the move - crawling everywhere and trying to pull up on everything!

You are busy, busy, busy but still enjoy snuggles. Recently you fuss for a few seconds when we put you down - even though you love exploring! Your little personality continues to blossom and you seem to know what you want! You love to stand up and make yourself as stiff as a board if we try to put you down. You enjoy dumping your baskets of toys and sorting through all the toys. You enjoy being read to and holding your plastic books open. Just yesterday you lifted your blanket up over your eyes and dropped it and smiled as if to play peek-a-boo like mommy does with you. You continue to like to pet and pull on Ella. Last week she brought her toy to you and you kicked and giggled while she bumped it into your feet. She however has becoming less tolerant of the rough petting and moves away when you reach for her. So far you have pulled yourself to full standing position independently in the pack and play, on mommy and on your high chair to another chair. You try to stand everywhere - even in the middle of the floor with your little butt straight in the air. You also love to talk - the other day you made ahh, ohhh, aye and yeah all the way to DIA and it made your voice hoarse! This last week we flew to Montana for your great grandma Brown's funeral. You were such a sweetie during all the many hours in the car and you enjoyed all your relatives. You even got the nick name Autty from Uncle David!

This last month has been rough for sleeping. You got a little cold and were up more often and that hasn't really stopped. This month mommy plans to try to rub your back instead of feeding you when you wake up at night to see if you can fall back asleep without night feedings. Currently you are sleeping 8-10 hours total at night and are up 1-3 times. During the day you take 2-3 short naps. While mommy is writing this you fell asleep in the middle of the living room floor on your own!
This month we also publicly dedicated you to God at church. This means that we promised in front of all of our friends that we will raise you with the knowledge that Jesus loves you and died for your sins. We also asked all of our friends to hold us accountable to be Christian examples for you and to love you with unconditional love! You were dedicated with your friends Aaron and Elias.

Your milestones this month!

Pushed up onto your hands and feet
Crawling

Prone (belly) to Sitting
Pulling to standing
Saying La la, ella ella, yeah, yah, and mmmm when kissing
Got your 1st two teeth - bottom ones
Had your first really solid poop
Got your 2nd hair cut
Drank from a straw
Played the baby piano
Went to your first 2 funerals - for our dear friend Marie Hoch and for your great Grandma Vi
Foods you have eaten so far - quinoa, rice, oatmeal, spelt, barley, avocado, applesauce, apricot, applesauce, sweet potatoes, green beans, peas, carrots, banana, puffs, mangos, soy beans, pear, butternut squash, and acorn squash. Your cousin Camry offered you a piece of her cinnamon twist, this was so very nice of her, but I declined for you (-: you will have to wait a bit longer for sugary goodness!

We love you our little Autumn bug!
Mommy and Daddy