8 months!

My little Spencer is 8 months old!  He is getting so big and learning to do so much.  A couple of days ago we took him to the doctor because he’s not feeling so well and he weighs about 19 lbs.  To me 19 lbs seems like a lot because Preston weighed about 17.5 lbs when he turned 1.   It’s not that he’s a chubby baby, he is just very long and slender.    

Spencer rocking on his hands and knees, he also looks quite tired.

Little Spencer is still not crawling but he is so close.  Well I feel like he’s been close for a month now.  He gets on his hands and knees and rocks and rocks. He then proceeds to scoot backwards.  This usually makes him a little unhappy because he gets further from the things he wants.  It seems like his little legs really want to move but he just doesn't seem to know what to do with his arms.  Lately he has been doing a move that resembles the downward dog position.

Spencer in his downward dog position.

Other 8 month stats and fun facts:

-He has 5 teeth.  I looked in his mouth yesterday and I couldn’t believe that he had another tooth on the bottom.  That makes 2 teeth on the top, and 3 on the bottom.

-He loves to be cuddled and to be around people.  He is a people watcher.  I think he is going to be one of those boys that sits and watches his older brother get into trouble.

-He still loves to eat.  It seems like he just can’t get enough of it.  We just starting giving him some finger foods (puffs and wheels), although he still isn’t very good and getting food into his mouth on his own.

-He is starting to sit on his own.  Every once and a while he’ll fall back while sitting, but he is sitting on his own quite well.

-He takes 2 naps a day for a total of about 3 – 4 hrs

-We've starting giving Preston and Spencer baths together and they love it.  I was a little nervous at first because Preston still doesn't like Spencer to play with his toys or be too close to him (hopefully that will change soon).

Pumpkins & Halloween!

I'm finally going to update my blog again.  Sometimes I feel like it is way easier just to post pictures on facebook. 

We have had some fun adventures this past October.  We took Preston and Spencer to a pumpkin patch and I think Preston really liked it.  He kept trying to pick up pumpkins larger than him. It didn't work too well.  

 We really thought that Preston would like riding in the wheel barrel but after a couple of minutes he kept signing "all done" because he really wanted out.

Carving pumpkins. We bought a bunch but only ended up carving this one. 

 

Preston loved every minute of carving it.

This year for Halloween I decided that we would dress up as characters from the movie Toy Story.  I decided that next year I am starting a whole lot sooner because they took forever to make. 

We went to our old ward's Halloween party.  It was really good to see everyone and we miss them.

Preston was woody for Halloween.  When I first bought his hat he hated wearing it.  One day we were watching his favorite show, Caillou, and he was wearing a fireman's hat.  All I had to do was point out that Caillou loves wearing his hat and he instantly like wearing it.  

Sam's Buzz Lightyear costume took forever to make.  I used while foam board that I found at the dollar store and I used some ideas from this website: http://mojoturbocostumes.wikispaces.com/Buzz+Lightyear+Costume.  One day I'm going to learn how to sew so I can make even better costumes, but I think they turned out pretty good.

Cute little Spencer as bullseye the horse.

My sister and her husband were Woody and Jessie a couple of years ago so I just borrowed hers.  It was so nice that I didn't have to make it.