8 Month Update

Well, 8 months and a week.  ;)

I had to do an update on Landon, because he has changed SO MUCH in the past couple of months.

While my sister and mom were up here, Landon must have taken some serious lessons from my nephew Cruze, because he started army crawling while they were here (at almost exactly 7 months...give or take a day).  The army crawl didn't last long.  After only about two weeks of that, he started on his hands and knees and hasn't stopped since. 

Proud of himself for crawling over and sitting under my feet while I was doing dishes...

Coming to get me and the camera...

"You can't get away from me now, Mom!"

Along with crawling all over the place, Landon has also started pulling himself up on EVERYTHING!  Stools, chairs, his crib...but his favorite is definitely the TV stand.  This one is kind of frustrating, because he will pull himself up in his crib at night, and while he can get himself down, he just won't get down.  And if we try to go in and lie him down, he is back up two second later. 

We have a little toy cart / walker thing that is Landon's new favorite toy.  He will take a few unsteady steps while holding onto it, and will also test himself by taking his hands off for a second and standing on his own (nothing too stable yet, so I am not counting it as "official"!).  I have to say (and I hate to say it!) that I think this kid will be walking soon.  Miley walked just shortly after 10 months, so it will be interesting to see if Landon beats that.  I am a little worried if he does.  :) 

Last week Landon also got his first tooth (at 8 months and 3 days old - October 20th).  Part of the delay in posting this, is due to the fact that I have been trying to get a picture of that dang tooth for the past few days.  Let's just say it has pretty much been impossible.  But hopefully soon!  Of course, his first tooth had to come in conveniently while Cameron was out of town for work, and Landon has been having some rough nights.

Besides all of the physical changes, Landon is still the same sweet boy that he always has been!  It is so easy to make him smile and laugh, and he is overall just really content.

He was doing really great sleeping at night.  He would go to bed at about 6:30 or 7:00, wake up once sometime between 4:00 and 5:30, and then go back to sleep till around 7:00.  However, since the teething thing hit, this has been much worse.  I have been getting up around 3 times a night, and he has been waking up around 5 in the morning, and not wanting to go back to sleep.  We are hoping to get back to the great night sleeping soon!  As far as naps go, he is taking on3 in the morning at around 9:00 am, and that lasts between 1 1/2 hours and 2 hours.  He will also take a nap in the afternoon at the same time as Miley, around 12:30, and usually sleep for about an hour and a half.

We had a bit of a rough start getting Landon started on solids at 6 months, but now the kid is a bottomless pit!  I can already tell a difference between boys and girls.  :)  So far he has had squash, sweet potatoes, green beans, peas, peaches, bananas, avocado, apples, pears, rice cereal and oatmeal, yogurt, Cheerios, Gerber's Puffs, and Gerber's Yogurt Melts.  He loves all of it.  But he really likes feeding himself Cheerios and Puffs.

I still think Landon's favorite person in the world is Miley.  He just lights up when she is in the room, and she can ALWAYS get a smile and a laugh out of him.  I am sometimes worried that Miley is going to, quite literally, kill him with kindness.  She is always smothering him in hugs and kisses, and will often knock him over in the process.  

Landon is busy, busy, busy.  I can tell that when he starts walking he is going to be all over the place.  We are going to have to do some serious baby proofing here soon - baby gates, cabinet locks, etc.  We never had to do any of this with Miley, because she just didn't get into stuff.  Landon, on the other hand, is into everything.  And everything goes into his mouth.  

Although he is a busy kid, when he is tired and it is time to sleep, Landon is the best cuddler.  I love putting him to bed and just getting to hold him when everything is NOT chaotic.  These are definitely some of my favorite moments throughout the day.

I can't believe how fast the last 8 months have gone, and how fast Landon is outgrowing baby-hood.  I love seeing his little personality shine through, but I also love that we still have some of those sweet baby moments.  It will be interesting to see what the next couple of months bring!