Sunday, August 8, 2010

Ash-Man - 8 Months


I feel like this month was a big one for changes.

He is eating his pureed veggies for lunch and dinner and loves them. He sits in his chair kicking wildly as he watches me get it ready.

He did a real crawl for the first time last week.

He pulls up on things; not to a standing position, just on his knees. He love to hang out on the bottom step of the stairs.

He is thrilled to see members of his family walk into the room (especially daddy) and again, that excitement is evident by kicking legs.

He gets giddy when he gets to look in the mirror at himself.

He takes 2 to 2 1/2 naps a day. Lately has been going to bed around 9pm and waking up around 7am.

The past couple weeks, his nickname has been "booger boy" because he had a persistent runny nose.

He can now go from sitting to the crawling position.

He wanders around the house making a funny noise, best described as a Donald Duck sound.

It really hit me this month that he is no longer a newborn (I've been reluctant to let that go). The excitement of the stages to come is tempered with sadness of saying good-bye to the little baby one I've enjoyed so much. Love you Asher. You are a big blessing to this family!



2 comments:

Anonymous said...

And, he is adorable! Can't believe he's eight months old!
Gran

The Hvass Family said...

I agree, Asher is adorabel...esp. with the big grin! Natalie LOVES to hang out at the bottom step too :-) and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your new family pic at the top o' the blog!