Me and Freddy Teddy

Here I am, runny nose and all. My poor lip is red from all that darned nose blowing! I can't get away from it!!! I pulled the camera toward myself, but Mommy took it away...
This evening, Mommy and Daddy and I played on the floor of my room.
They let me play with Freddy Teddy!
And he tackled me!

When I woke up...

Today I decided to play when I woke up. I have a mobile in my cribby, and when Mommy came in to get me, I was sitting up and playing with it! I was so happy to see her!
When I was eating breakfast, Daddy made my mattress lower. Now it's a lot harder to play...

I had a fun day!

Today was a fun day. Mommy helped me to stand like this! I stood for a long time. She told me that she taught my Aunt Beth to stand like this, then to climb out of her cribby. I'm not allowed to do that, she said. Just wait, Mommy! I had to have a bath tonight because I smooshed my sweet potatoes into my hair.
After bath time, Mommy and Daddy play with me on my changing table. We have such a great time!
I really enjoyed this!

Look what I can do!

Here I am in my Exersaucer, just hanging out. Mommy and I were watching some sort of game on TV. I kept hearing a big kitty roaring in the background. I wanted to look for it so I could pet it, but Mommy said it was too far away. She said the place on TV is near Grammy and Pap's house, and that some day Pap will take me there for some really good ice cream. What's ice cream??? I'm crawling now!
Today I was leaning on my arm, and all of a sudden I sat up all by myself!
I'm so proud!
I found Daddy's shoe when I was crawling around. I thought I could fit in it, but I guess it's a little too big. Bummer. Maybe in a month or so, the way I'm growing!

Bath time at the zoo!

One thing I really enjoy is taking a bath. I splash water everywhere, and make a huge mess. I have a pink hippo that I hold, and a brown bear that washes me. Sometimes I hold the brown bear and the hippo washes me- it depends on my mood. You can see that I'm a very modest bather! Mommy wraps me in a towel when I get out, and it feels so good and snuggly!
Tonight, I sat in the chair in front of the TV just like my Pap. The only difference is that I held my bottle instead of the remote.
When do I get the remote?????

What I Do for Fun

I have some new hobbies!! I still like to sit outside with Mommy and Daddy before my nightnight bottle, and today I took the Twizzler Grammy got me at Chocolate World along. My new FAVORITE thing to do is to pull Mommy's hair. I can get 2 big handfuls of it, and boy, do I yank!
It's great! Her hair gets all drooly, and that makes this game even more fun.
I also like to roll over on my changing table. This drives Mommy and Daddy nuts when they try to put my fresh diders on. Ha ha, can't catch Conner T.!!!

I also like to get on my hands and knees and rock back and forth.
Today when Daddy took me swimming, Mommy brought my ducky out to swim with us!
Here I am splashing all the water out of the pool.
I didn't mean to get the water in Daddy's eyes, it just happens!

8 months old!

Now that I'm 8 months old, I can eat all kinds of yummy foods. Here I am eating my chicken and apples. This wasn't actually my first taste of meat, though. Before this, Mommy and Daddy gave me beef. I know I should have liked it becuase of my Pap and his cows, but I HATED it! I hated it so much that I threw it right back up after a few spoonsful. That'll teach them to give me something so gross ever again!

I may not have liked the first taste of chicken, but I'm a big fan now! See, I'm asking for more!
I can make a new noise, too. It sounds like Ba ba ba, and I make funny faces while I say it.
This afternoon, Mommy smashed up a bite of REAL banana for me! Daddy ate the rest of it, but he said when I get bigger he'll share more. Guess he needs to learn to share at school.
I love my bananas!