Our Musicalhouse: 8 months old!

Sunday, May 1, 2011

8 months old!

In 5 days Jack will be 8 months old! Time is flying by & he is changing so fast. Sooooo, here are some more bullets for your reading pleasure:

Jack is still a super happy boy & he loves to laugh & smile at people.
Jack has added peas, bananas, & prunes to the list of foods he eats. Green beans are up next!
Jack can also use a sippy cup & seemed to know exactly what to do the first time I handed him the thing. We've put mostly water with a little bit of pear or apple juice in there for him.
If you've talked to us lately, you've probably been involved in some sort of poop related conversation. Hence the newest food additions and fruit juice...gotta love parenthood.
Jacks favorite sound: mmmmmmm ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma
spit bubbles & splaty sounds are still a favorite.
Big development in the last month is that Jack sits up on his own now for extended periods of time. He is so cute! He is also gaining control so he can reach for toys & stuff without falling over every time. This also means he can use a high chair if we're at a restaurant & sit in the basket while we're shopping - such a big boy!
Tummy time is getting more & more productive. Jack does lots of baby push-ups, attempts to pull himself forward with his arms to reach toys, and now he's managing to pull his knees up under him on occasion. You can tell he's making progress toward becoming mobile, but he's not quite there yet...
He has a hilarious new laugh he uses when he's being silly. It's kind of sheep-like or something...I'll have to get a video of it.
Jack is so fun to play with! He likes throwing/rolling a ball back & forth.
He enjoys being up-side-down. I guess it's a new perspective for him...
He LOVES playing peek-a-boo. I don't know if he got this one from my mom, but if not, he just started doing it. Any time he has a blanket, clothing article, or anything he can cover his face with, he will play peek-a-boo.
He is a LOT more interactive when you play & I think he is starting to show a sense of humor (as mentioned with the silly laugh).
I'm still trying to figure out if he has been 'kissing' me lately. Today I realized when I kiss his cheek, he puts his slobbery wide-open mouth on my face in return. It's become a game and we both laugh hysterically...like, in the middle of Red Robin. (sorry to the rest of the people at our table!) Well, we had fun.

That's it for now! I'll try to post some pics soon...

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Verses from Philippians

1:21: For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
2:1-11: If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
2:14-15: Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe.
3:7-8: But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ.
3:12-14:Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.