Emmett is 8 months old today!

Emmett is a growing boy! Last time I documented his doings he was 5 months. I can't believe it's been 3 more months!

Emmett is continuing to enjoy his time home with Daddy. He's been a good napper getting about 3.5 hours total a day between the hours of 9-11 and 1-3. During that time Kevin tries to get as much work done as he can.

Emmett's continuing to eat well. We tried to slowly introduce formula (to lighten the load on mommy), but discovered after a little while that something disagreed with him. He even started to flat out reject it - I don't blame him if it is what was making him sick. I thankfully could still provide for him and put in just a little more effort to increase my supply. (4 more months!!!! I can do this!) He takes about 25oz of my milk and we've introduced solids. He looooooves his food. At 6 months he started on veggies/fruits after he got the hang of cereal. I've been steaming and pureeing all kinds of food from broccoli to beets (16 different foods so far) and of course the standards. He seems to like green beans, beets, sweet potatoes, and peaches the best.

His nights are ok. He still is great about staying in his crib for about 11 hours (no eating or having to take him out) He's done a handful more nights of 11.5 hrs straight since 5 months, but the rest of the time he wakes a few times a night. He usually cries or yells out and I sleep walk to his room, find his pacifier and plug him! He's had a couple head colds in the past 3 months and that has been the main cause of the disturbed sleep.

He now has 3 teeth that are fully grown in on the bottom. He's drooling A LOT so I wouldn't be surprised if we see that 4th soon. He goes through a million bibs a day.

Shortly after starting the solids, we got solid poos! YAY. This is exciting because using cloth diapers becomes sooooo much easier. We're using them about 60% of the time. We're sticking with disposables at night.

Emmett is officially a roller. He's rolling every which way and back. This just happened 1.5 weeks ago! It took him a little while, but that just seems his style. He's laid back and in no rush. He's getting more sturdy sitting up everyday. He can sit op for 5 minutes, but will eventually flop over. You have to be there to catch him because he doesn't do it slowly!

Emmett loves to make noises. He is constantly making happy grunts and groans. He also started a new trick of pursing his lips and blowing. Kevin noticed he did it yesterday (probably by accident), but he's worked with him since to continue to do it. Emmett might be able to blow out his 1 year b-day candle!

Overall he's a pretty happy boy. He loves being tickled on his collar bone and he laughs when he feels Daddy's spiky hair on his little hands! He is still entertained by watching his big sister. She has to just stand there and do nothing to get a smile. He's just such a fun addition to our family :-)