8 months... flew by and also went by so slowly it's hard to believe you can feel so differently about time passing all at once. I'm trying so hard to cherish every moment, I know this time is so fleeting.

Reed is cruising along furniture with better balance. There are times where he's not even really hanging on, but he keeps his balance without falling over. If he falls backwards, he manages to land it on his butt and kind of gracefully roll to a crawling position. For the longest time I wasn't sure if he could sit, because he never liked to try. He'd just get back to crawling immediately. But I think it's safe to say he can officially sit now without help, although he literally never sits for longer than maybe 10 seconds (in the bathtub he'll sit for the longest, maybe a minute).

He's getting into EVERYTHING. I finally moved a plant outside because I just couldn't keep on top of him, and he was constantly pulling the moss out of the plant and making a huge mess. Now he just crawls around the room pulling toys and books and for me to pick up... he keeps me busy! He's also using a walker really well, he'll crawl up to it on his own and just start pushing it across the room with the proudest beaming smile on his face.

He's babbling a ton. He says "mama" a lot, and I'm not 100% sure if he knows the meaning, but I think he might. Other sounds include "ba, da, ga" and raspberry noises. His top teeth started to come in, one is all the way through now. He loves food and is eating more and more and different kinds everyday. He's really into finger foods now and doesn't like to be spoon fed anymore at all. He loves meat, carrots, sweet potato, zucchini, pears, banana, avocado, smoothies... almost everything I offer him, really. It will be interesting to see how much he weighs at his 9 month appointment! I included way too many pictures below, but I just couldn't narrow them down, so here you go -