Eighth Month

I’m almost caught up!!



This month has been FULL of milestones!!
G is still in a size 3 diaper, but in 12 month clothes. Actually, there are some 18 month pjs he can wear. For example:

Name brand clothes always seem to run smaller.
I believe Griffin is around 21 pounds and 30ish inches. His 9 month check up is at the end of this month, so I’m excited to see his stats. I already know that he is a big guy!
Griffin has learned how to play peekaboo, blow air with his mouth, clap his hands, and today he started to cruise! Wow! I’m not ready for all of this!! He has been army crawling for a couple of months now, but he’s not up on all fours just yet. I’m just not ready for him to be cruising yet because that means he will probably be walking in a few months. He is already in to everything! He loves to play with wires. I hide them all, and he knows exactly where they are. I think he’s learning the meaning of “no” but he definitely doesn’t mind it yet!







I just die of the cuteness! My mom is getting to be an AMAZING photographer! I’m so grateful that she is catching all of the fun moments! For Griffin’s first Halloween, he dressed up as a lion! It was adorable. We didn’t go trick-or-treating though because we were at church. We did make a stop at Bran’s parents though. Maybe next year we will be able to go!

Griffin can pretty much go where ever he wants and gets into everything. This is how he uses his bouncer these days. I really need to pack it up with the rest of his baby things, but it’s nice to strap him in when we are trying to get ready in the morning. He will take his bottle while sitting there and watch Baby TV.
Griffin eats a container of baby food in the morning, afternoon, and sometimes two for dinner. He takes four to five 6 ounce bottles a day. We have started to give him more of our food. I can’t wait for the day I can stop buying baby food and formula!!
Personally, October has been much better! I’ve had a better attitude about my job and have learned how to juggle all of my different responsibilities. It’s not easy and there are a lot of things that don’t get done. But as long as Griffin is happy and taken care of and my husband feels loved and appreciated, then everything else will fall into place. My lesson plans are never written early. My house is never clean. There is always laundry to be done. But for now, that’s okay with me!
    
He’s my ray of sunshine!