8 months old

I cannot believe our sweet bear is already 8 months old!!! He brings us so much joy every single day. I seriously cannot get enough of him and still try to kiss him about 500 times a day! He's just so yummy and sweet.

Height: about 28 inches

Weight: about 17 pounds

As you can see above, he is starting to eat a few table foods. He especially loves Mom A's (his great-grandmother's) green beans. Mom A, be sure to save us some yummy canned foods for Charlie! He has finally figured out how to put the food from the table into his mouth, yay!!! At first, he would discretely throw them on the floor but then he realized it was food and not toys. He likes green beans, pasta, little meat pieces, fruits, and those little puffs (see below). The peas were causing him to choke a little so maybe I'll try those again in a week or two. I just weaned him off breastmilk too. I was pretty sad thinking about him not being a little baby anymore and I've been a little emotional about it too. (but on a personal note, he started to bite so no more of that mister!)

This was his first "bobo". I think he hit his head on the media cabinet when he was Mr. Rolly-Polly on the the floor one day. Poor guy! He cried for about 30 seconds and then got over it.

As you probably saw from the video I posted a few days ago, he is not too interested in crawling. Some may consider this to be a little "delayed" but actually it's not at all. He's scooting on his tummy backwards, army crawls a little and then rolls everywhere else. If he sees a toy that he wants, it may take awhile, but he figures out a way to get to it. Like my friend Karie said the other day... "enjoy every minute that they aren't mobile"... so I am!! :) Pretty soon he's going to be into EVERYTHING! Yikes!
Can you say bed-head? :)
No it's not a growth, no it's not a tumor, it's a puff. I've heard its the latest fashion for little ones, available at your local grocery store. Ironic that he missed his mouth with it wide open like that...
He was feeding himself and missed.... he'll eventually figure it out.

Happy 8 month old birthday Charlie! We love you so much little bear!!!!