8 Months

In all the excitement of the new house, I forgot to post for Finn's 8 month. It has been a very good month. I am finding this to be the cutest baby stage yet. As you have seen in the videos, Finn is on the move. He is not shy about moving throughout the apartment, especially if I or Lily go into another room. He has a love of anything he shouldn't have and I can't wait to move to the new place and baby-proof properly. He gets very bent out of shape if we take something away from him too. He is really enjoying food these days, but only if he can feed himself. I am obviously trying to poison him with the spoon and he has rightly refused to have anything to do with it, grabbing it and throwing it across the room if necessary. But he is quite proficient at self-feeding so that is what we go with. So far, he has had bananas, avocados, sweet potatoes, acorn squash, peaches, pears, prunes, apples, nectarines, cantaloupe, mango, blueberries, green beans, peas, zucchini, eggplant, rice, oats, millet and wheat germ and, of course his beloved cheerios and rice puffs. We are now getting into some proteins. He tried an egg yolk omelet yesterday and loved it and we are going to try some garbanzo beans in a couple of days. If anyone has any great finger food suggestions, let us know!

Finn still has an adorable toothless grin. No signs of teeth whatsoever. I am in no hurry to see them as I love this smile:

He is a pull up master these days. We lowered the mattress once, but may need to do it again:

He is interested in helping us pack (as is Lily):

He is also ever so helpful with laundry and loves it when I flip the basket over so he can stand:

He has also started using the basket as a walking device because it slides across the floor:
So, our days are filled with activity with our 8-month-old big boy and trying to pack and prep the house. We went and bought a ton of paint yesterday and we will be painting like crazy on Sunday. If interested, come on over!