8 Months

Baby E,

You took 3 more plane rides this month, leaving you now in the double digits, and you're not even a year old yet. Too bad you cant earn mileage credits!! This month was another huge month of milestones. You waved for the first time to the nice man who sold us our new couch. You also stood on your own for the first time. Though it was just for a few seconds, we just had to count it. Now you did face plant after that, but luckily it was into a huge pile of pillows!! You also took your first step holding on, and have since turned into a wild man. You're absolutely everywhere! If we put you near the ottoman, or couch, or really anything you can reach you will pull yourself up and walk yourself the entire length of the item. You are also now very attached to me. I just told someone at Thanksgiving how you didnt care if mom was around or not...well all that changed this month. Now i cannot be out of your sight or you start crying. Thankfully you can see me from most anywhere in our house, but it is much harder to get things done carrying you around everywhere I go!!
We took our first family vacation this month to look at Christmas lights all over the state!! You stayed at your first hotel, and met Santa for the first time. You also went antique shopping for the first time...yipee!! Dad got us a huge 9 foot tree, and bought you your first plane ornament. Basically you have the bestest daddy in the whole world!! We took you to zoo lights, and winterhaven, and well pretty much spent all month Christmasing it up.
The most wonderful part about this month was that it was your first Christmas!! Your Mamaw, Papaw, Aunt C, and Mamaw Jean came out to share it with you. We took you to Christmas Eve service at church where you flirted like crazy with the ladies behind us, but were all in all quite well behaved. Daddy even got you your first candle for the candle light service. However, while holding you he could barely managed to keep his own candle out of your reach, so I held yours and mine. You spent the night in our room to ensure no peaking!! You woke up the next morning to a wagon that Santa brought you, filled with a huge santa bag full of toys...guess you were a good boy this year!! But wait wait...there was no opening presents until we read the Christmas story. So Papaw Sims read the Christmas story, and we all prayed, and then it was time to open presents. You lasted about 20 min. and then pooped out on us from all the excitement.
You also had your first new Years this month!! It was so much fun to start our new year with you!! And yes of course you were wide awake to watch the ball drop with us. You're prolly the only 8 month old around rockin it out into the new year. Lets just say you've yet to figure out when the sun sleeps you should too. In fact your new schedule seems to be sleeping from about midnight to 10am. But thats ok by me...I would much rather stay up late than get up early, so keep it up little man. All in all this month was a month of moving forward...literally...you're ALWAYS moving! Happy New Year baby E , we love you.

P.s. You got your first 2 baby teeth this month...the middle to bottom ones. So cute!!!