Eight Months Old!

I can't believe my little man is 8 months (this past Sunday) already! 

Here are few things I want to remember about Cooper's 8 months of life!

• You are wearing size 3 diapers - we prefer Pampers Swaddlers
• You're wearing 9 to 12 month clothes.
• No teeth yet! We sure are waiting though..we make the excuse when you're crabby that you must be teething.
• You are still one of the happiest baby's I've ever known. There is not much you don't like.
• You are still exclusively breastfed, however it's not as easy as it was in the past. Only when you're starving do you just lay there and eat, most times you pop on and off, look around, smile then hop back on. This makes mommy very tired and sore! You are almost biting mommy, but really you're just playing, but mommy doesn't like it one bit. It hurts!
• We have a crawler! You have finally figured out how to get moving and you haven't stopped.
• You love to pull yourself up, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this. We were in Grandma's van stretching our legs on our shopping weekend and all of a sudden there you were standing right next to me. Crazy!! And you've been doing it non-stop! See pics below, this was taken yesterday.

This was on his actually day, the 18th!

• One other thing you do that just cracks me up, when you pout or get mad at something, and I wish I could get a picture, but you will sit with your head tilted down, then look up to see if we are looking, then take your arms up and down along with your head. I know I'm not explaining it good, but it's so darn cute. We will sit there and watch you pout and cry and start laughing, then you just get more mad at us. Sorry sweet boy!
• Your hair is so crazy! I think you're starting to get curls, it's so darn cute, but there's really no point in combing it, but you love to have your hair combed. After bath, I will comb it and you'll stop whatever it is your doing and just sit there for momma, it's so sweet.
• Speaking of baths - you love your bath. We really need to get you some bath toys, we have one rubber duck that tells us if the water is too hot and a few little frogs from Aunt Stephanie's parents, that's it. You'll get a wash cloth to play with and you seem content with just that. You love splashing and lately, all you want to do is swim, heck you wanted to be on your belly the other day. This scares momma! One other thing while in the tub, when I pour water over your head to get your hair wet, you love watching the water drip over your face, you don't mind the water running over your face at all, it's so cute watching your little eyelashed get wet!
• You are eating at least twice a day, breakfast and dinner. Plus breast milk at least 5 times a day. There is nothing we have given you that don't like, maybe carrots, but you still ate them. You can't really figure out who to pick up Puffs, you'll get it in your hand and just play with them, they all usually end up in your lap or on the floor. You even love table food. Aunt Kristi fed you green beans and mashed potatoes the other night and she said you couldn't get enough of the green beans. You  must take after momma because I love green beans.

• Recently, you've been crying for me when I leave you at school. This makes momma so so sad but I know you're in good hands and you always seem happy when I come up to feed you at lunch time. I usually do this twice a week, it's so special to me and I think you love it too. The other day you were sleeping when I got there and I picked you up and you just cuddled right up on me because you knew it was me. So so sweet.
• You love to snuggle but not at much as you used to, you'd rather be moving, or doing something else, unless you're tired then you don't mind.
• You don't like going to bed awake, I need to change this, but I love just the two of us in your room listening to your lullaby's and watching you look around, it's so sweet and its something I look forward to every night. I love watching your eyes get heavy and I love when your hands start exploring my face, you love sticking your fingers up my nose, this drives momma crazy, but I love it too!
• When you are eating, you grab my boob like it's a bottle, thank God it doesn't hurt because I can see your fingers grabbing at my skin, but again it's so sweet.
• You still take about 3 naps a day, when you don't have an afternoon nap, you're usually in bed by 7:30 otherwise your normal bed time is usually around 8 to 8:30. You usually wake up once in the middle of the night for your pacifier then drift off back to sleep, then you're up at 430 to eat! This is my favorite time because I bring you in bed with me to snuggle. I think we both love this and that's why you always wake up at this time. Thankfully you go back to sleep. But again, you're usually up by 6am!
• You love your brother and sister, you just light up every time you see them.
• You love your daddy too, he just says you don't. He picks you up from school then takes you home and plays with you until I get home. Once I get home, you start whining for me to come play with you.
• You are definitely a momma's boy!
• You love playing with cords and getting into things you shouldn't, you are beginning to know what the word "NO" means and you don't like it. We yell at you all the time when you're trying to get to the speakers and the TV equipment.
• Changing you has become somewhat of a challenge, holy cow. I have to make you play with your butt lotion or something to keep your mind of what I'm doing because all you want to do is flip over and start crawling right off your changing table. I usually have to wrestle you to get lotion on and your diaper after bath time. Once I get that on, we do to the floor to put your clothes or jammies on. 
• You have started to play the game - dropsies, not really a game but while changing you, you'll drop whatever I gave you so you can flip around, but I've caught on....LOL
• Your Grandparents and Great-Grandparents love you so so much, you are one spoiled boy!

I did not get near as many pictures this month as I would have liked but these will have to do. And I know there is so much more to document but this will have to do for today.

Cooper, you are just the best boy in the whole wide world, I just love every minute of every day when I'm with you. I can't wait to see what the next month holds in store for us, we have Thanksgiving coming up and you can't wait to spend time with your cousin's.