8 Months

One month ago Redfeather turned 8 months old! Here is his 8 month updates!

*He officially has green eyes. One day we looked at him and realized the blue was gone. I was a little sad, but his green eyes are the cutest things ever! He's also starting to grow more hair! He's got these little hair wings that flip up over his ears and it's just adorable.

*Red does great with eating. He actually would never stop if I didn't take the food away. He loves trying to feed himself and use his fine motor skills. He does great picking little Cheerios up, its just finding his mouth that's the hard part. Red also learned to use a straw! I didn't know he could even suck on a straw until I had him in one hand and a 44 oz soda in the other. Before I knew it he had leaned over and taken the biggest gulp. Yikes! Bad mom alert!

*He is still the calmest, sweetest little boy. I don't know how we got to lucky to have such a chill, happy dude!

*RJ has graduated from army crawling to full on belly-off-the-floor-big-boy crawling. He is SO FAST. I cannot keep up. He is getting so much stronger when pulling up on things too;  the coffee table, the couch...the dog. Toby is so patient and just lets RJ tumble all over him. Red won't use his walker yet but he will take a few steps if Mom and Dad are holding his hands.

*He is still in 12 month clothing but I can see that coming to an end soon. I wish this little boy would stop growing so fast sometimes! I'm buying clothes and packing them away like a crazy lady!

*When Sequoyah gets home from work he will sit down with Red and play the guitar. Its the only time RJ ever sits still and just listens. This is my *golden hour* to shower alone, heaven.

*"Dada" all day every day. No "mama," yet. Sometimes he will do the sign for dog (panting) or say "Tatatatatata" for Toby.

*We have gotten back into the swing of things when it comes to sleeping. Two naps a day, each an hour long. He goes to bed at 6pm, wakes up at midnight for a diaper change and goes back to bed until 8am. WAHOO!

I can't begin to express how thankful I am for Redfeather. He is our everything! I'm so happy he's mine and we get to teach him everything! Love you baby Red, happy 8 month birthday (a month ago, haha!)