John-8.5 months

Oh sweet, sweet, John. I am so sorry. I really have every intention of posting more about you. But you and your sister keep me so busy.

Here are some updates:

-you (as of about 7.5 months) now have TWO bottom teeth. They just popped up one day, no real fuss.

-you have had a LOT of colds/runny noses. I don't know what's going on with it, but I am ready for it to stop, and I am sure you are too. When you see me coming toward you with the nose sucker thing, you are not happy.

-But that really is the only time you are not happy. You are a delightful, squishy little human. People seem to be drawn to you, particularly in the grocery store, where your ample thighs are grabbed and cheeks are pinched by complete strangers. This might account for some of the colds you are always getting.

-You are eating "real" foods now. You seem to prefer veggies over super sweet things, and make a face like you are eating a lemon when you tried watermelon for the first time. All hilariously adorable.

-You are in size three diapers, but you could probably go up to a four. You are not small. You have been out of your pumpkin seat for about a month now because you exceeded the 22 pound weight limit. To think I was once worried about you gaining weight makes me chuckle now.

You adore your big sister and she adores you. The other night you were fussing at bedtime and I heard her start to sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to you. You stopped immediately. Heart.Busted.

You are such a sweet little man. You love playing with toys and are content to just sit between my legs and roll things around. Your absolute favorite thing is my keys and then my cell phone. Again, could be why you constantly have colds. Poor, neglected second children. At least we are building your immune system!

You love riding in the stroller. I took you for a 45 minute walk on Sunday. I was convinced you were asleep because I didn't hear a peep from you. But no, you were awake the whole time, just being a really good boy. This is a huge change for us, since big sister did NOT like the stroller.

You are great at sitting up and are making moves to get into a crawling position, but no official crawling yet. I am guessing that will start within the next month or so. I am not in any hurry for that nonsense.

You are my sweet, snugly, smiley boy. I don't ever want to forget how you place your hand on the side of my face when I hold you before bed, or how you laugh when I rub your tummy when I am giving you a bottle, or how you are so proud of yourself when you clap, or how you look around the room for your sister first thing in the morning and smile really big when you find her, or how excited you get when you get a good bounce going in your exersaucer. Thank you for making our family complete.

I love you to pieces, sweet boy.

~mom