Henry is 8 Months Old!

Henry grew up into an "older baby" overnight. This past Wednesday he woke up crazy about solids (before then he could have cared less) and is now eating so much! He likes sweet potatoes, avocados, apples and chicken the best. If you hand him an apple skinned, he will eat about half of it with a big smile on his face. He is also started what Jason calls "mad dashes" where he sees something he wants and then crawls towards it as fast as he can. The boy can really move. He also loves to cruise furniture and tries to stand up by himself for a second or two. My favorite thing about his age is his body posture when he plays. He will be laying on the floor, the will twist up to sit on his knees, then will lower himself into a jazz split, then lay back on the floor, etc. He is so busy!

He is also falling more and more in love with his Papa. When Jason comes home, he gets sooo excited, squeals, bounces his arms up and down and either crawls to Jason, or throws himself out of my arms into his. It is really sweet. Jason and the kids have started a new post-work wrestle routine where they go to our bed and wrestle before supper. Well, Henry thinks this is the funniest thing in the world and rolls around all over the bed, on top of his sister, off the bed, with them. (I have to brag on MM for a second. Henry always pulls her hair and I know it really hurts her, but she never responds with violence. She just stares at me to come help with a painful expression on her face. We are so thankful!).

Henry is also starting to show frustration, for example, he gets upset when when you try to take a toy away from him that he wants to play with. Today Henry shocked me with how upset he got when Jason and MM left the room. The poor guy was so upset he hit my chest with his hand and then LOST it. When i took him into the room Jason was in he immediately perked up. Today, I also noticed Henry crawling by our patio door fussing. Thinking he was trying to get to the blinds, I moved him and gave him a toy to play with. Within minutes he was back in front of the door crying. After several times of doing this I opened up the patio door to put something outside and Henry got soo excited and tried to crawl through my legs to the patio. He was trying to tell me he wanted to go outside! Amazing! Once on the patio he had a blast spinning the stroller wheels, pulling up on the railing and crawling on his hands and feet (he only does this outside, we think because the pavement hurts his knees). I can't believe how much Henry is beginning to communicate with us! This is going to take me a while to get used to; I'm used to just lugging Henry around while we do what MM wants to do. Hopefully Henry will remain a good sport!