8 months old (Luke)

Luke is 8 months old already!!

• He is the sweetest, happiest baby. He loves to smile and laugh. One of his favorite things to do is sit on the floor while mommy or daddy goes behind the couch and scares him...he laughs so hard! He also loves standing on the couch (with mommy or daddy) while someone plays peek-a-boo. He will try so hard to look over the edge of the couch!
• Another one of his favorite things is playing outside. He is so happy when he's outside taking a walk in the stroller, swinging, playing in the grass, or just sitting and watching his sister run around.
• He loves to blow raspberries on Mommy’s shoulder when she’s holding him. His favorite time to do this? During the quiet times in church!
• Luke climbs on everything. If we're not right next to him while he's playing he'll eventually climb on something he's not supposed to (the stairs, couch, into the fireplace, etc). Mrs. Ouida at daycare said she's never had a baby climb as much as Luke...and she's kept a lot of babies! He actually made it all the way up the stairs (with daddy behind him).
• We are definitely going to have to baby proof the house more than we did for Gwynn.  We have plug covers, a gate, and a lock on the cleaning supplies, but that’s about it.  Luke is much more destructive and active than his sister ever was, so we’ll be purchasing some more baby proofing items soon and putting all breakables out of Luke’s reach.  
• Luke has let go of the couch and stood by himself 2 or 3 times for a few seconds. We know he's trying to walk so he can keep up with his sister!
• It’s almost impossible to strap Luke into anything (especially the car seat).  Once he’s in, he’s ok…but getting him there is very difficult. It’s also getting very hard to change his diaper.  He flips around and crawls away the second the old diaper comes off!
• He is saying his first word...da-da!! If we say it to him he repeats it about 90% of the time.
• Luke still isn't sleeping through the night...he'd much prefer to eat rather than sleep (it's usually around 3 am too). We're hoping we can break him of this habit in the summer (when sleep isn't that important to us since we won't have to work).
• He's taking 4-8 oz of formula with each bottle (usually 4 oz each morning). He typically eats around 3 AM, 6 AM, 10 AM, 2 PM, 5 PM, and a late bottle that we give him right before we go to bed. He's also eating baby food at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. He eats all kinds of baby food and his favorite "real foods" are Cheerios, bananas, applesauce, bread, crackers, and veggie sticks (not real vegetables...they're sold with the potato chips).
• Luke is definitely a mama's boy! He's ok with mommy, Grandma, and Grammy holding him, but he has a fit when any other woman takes him. He's usually fine when men hold him, but he definitely prefers mommy over anyone! He loves daddy too, he’ll go crazy when he sees him at daycare.