8 month stats

Patrick

28" long
8" head circumference
20.5 pounds

7 almost 8 months

Well it's just after New Year's and the boys are seven months old soon to be eight months. Jamie started sitting in the beginning of December with his hands down in front of him. On Christmas Day he first sat with no hands touching the ground he was a very very proud of himself with a huge smile on his face. Since then he has not looked that he only sits with no hands. Jamie also a few days later started pulling himself up to stand. The first time he did it he pulled up on my knees as I sat on the ground next to him. He now pulls up on anything he can reach. Jamie also can completely crawl and I when I put him in the middle of the room the next time I turn around he's underneath the kitchen table or behind the brown chair. 

Patrick is starting to get himself onto all fours every once in a while.  He's weighing in at 20 pounds and I think it's a little more difficult for him to maneuver his body. He is more intellectual. Where Jamie's sole goal seems to be where can I get to and what can I climb on. Patch enjoys making eye contact and smiling at mama or anyone that will talk to him's voice. Hey truly is a sweetheart lovable and so cuddly. I'm still not sure what color his eyes will be they are mainly blue but a dark blue and the very center has some brownish green. Time will tell I suppose. 

Aria got a pretty Tinkerbell book for Christmas and I read it to her and Jamie on my lap and Jamie fell asleep. He really enjoyed looking at the pictures.

Patrick loves to grab things. He grabs the spoon at meal time. He's always down to grab my hair or earrings or any loose clothing. His little grubby hands are just always reaching out trying to get a hold of something. 

For their first Christmas they got clothes from uncle Steven and aunt Cara and grandma. Cute little jeans and hoodie sweatshirt collared shirts and bowties. Jamie loves arias little piano that she got from uncle Bee. He crawls over to it where ever it wherever it is, sits right in front of it and start hitting the keys. I had does get jealous and pushes him down sometimes. We are working on her sharing skills.

Yaya got both the boys but all many animal blankets. It's like a 1' x 1' square with an animal head in the middle. Patch loves to hold onto his and suck on it. Auntie Dobby got them squishable balls that have rattling beads in them.

Aria got a Samantha doll, a bouncing Tigger, a mini piano, a Tinkerbell doll, a Tinkerbell book, a safari book, two beautiful new coats, a dress, a sweater, little Tinkerbell fairy dolls. And of coarse she got Wrassle Junior. He's the same dog that I got on my Christmas when I was two years old he's just Way more fluffy than my Wrassle is now. I hope she grows to love him right now she still likes my Wrassle better.

New Year's Eve we went over to Gabby and Billy's apartment. Gabby made turkey and Amy brought lasagna and there was lots of cake and dessert. The boys took a nice long nap right when we got there around five or six. Then they were a little angels and stayed up all the way until 1 AM without so much as a cry. I was hilarious. She insisted on walking around with a football under her dress and asking everyone that would listen "where'd it go?". Then she would jump up and down three times and the football would slide out and she would laugh hysterically. Over and over and over again she did this trick.

Aunt Aggie gave Aria a basket of old toys. There were several little tea sets in the basket and Aria has been going around every day pretending to pour and drink miniature cups of tea. She insists that I drink the imaginary tea. Unfortunately two of the teapots have already met their demise. Luckily we still have two more. Next gift is going to be a PLASTIC tea set.

The boys are still horrible sleepers. They've taken to being up for 2 to 4 hours smack in the middle of the night. I'm going crazy. The other night I even tried to put Patrick out in the swing in the living room and get back in bed but he want squaked and whined until it became a cry and i had to go and get him. 

Jamie is getting two teeth on the bottom. Not helping with the sleep issues.

Happy 2014!

Until next time, xo Rosie