8 Months Old Today

It is hard to believe that Graham is already 8 months old! Time does fly! He is so much fun and just lights up our world! We love watching him learn new things and see his personality emerge. He now crawls using both knees and hands. From the army crawl he had started to use one foot and one knee, but figured out hands and knees are much more efficient. Crawling is only useful to get him to something where he can stand. Today at the library the moms were impressed with how he cruised around. It seems inevitable that he will be an early walker. Daddy said he saw Graham take a step without holding on - his eagerness to reach a chair made him forget that he needed to have his hand on something.

Mommy and Daddy are really excited that Graham has started to babble. We have heard mama, papa, baba. He has always been vocal, but it is so much fun to see his language skills begin to develop. He continues to be very tactile - he loves to touch things and feel the different textures.

Graham seems to be a very social being. Over the weekend the Kantrowitz family was over. They have three kids that all wanted to play with Graham - he wasn't phased a bit. In fact, I think he was taking notes on what to do when he gets bigger! Ben and Jen Gebhart stopped on Sunday. Ben is one of Chris' college friends. Graham warmed right up to both of them and was more than happy to sit on their laps and to use their legs as leverage to stand and toddle around. Now that he can move around so much he likes to interact with the kids at the library. We just have to be careful that the curiosity doesn't turn into hair pulling or inadvertent eye gouging.

Daddy has been 'working' with Graham to get him to throw his little basketball. The crazy thing is it is working. Graham will pick it up and throw it. It might be a long way to the Majors, but Daddy is thrilled. Graham is as well. He giggles every time he throws it!

Graham is quick to smile for the camera. When he sees the camera he takes a quick interest in it. He will flash he two teeth and his gums and wrinkle his nose. The picture below is evidence of that.

The last big change was Graham moved into his new carseat. Last week at his ear recheck he weighed 22 pounds so time to ride in the bigger carseat.

"Boy that is a handsome baby. Friendly too!!"