Gavin is 8 months.

I can't believe Gavin is already 8 months old. This year has flown by so fast. Gavin has grown so much and I really wish he would stop. I almost don't have a baby anymore and since he's my last it makes me sad : ( He hasn't really changed much from last month. He looks very tall to me and I'm curious to see at his next dr's appointment how much he has grown.



We have gone a little backwards as far as eating goes. He refuses to eat baby food and will barely eat a 6 ounce bottle. I think it has a lot to do with his teething. His top 2 teeth came in a couple weeks ago. So along with his barely eating during the day, he is now waking at night to eat as well. Thankfully J.R. is very helpful when it comes to that so we rotate feedings and on days I work and he doesn't he takes over the whole night. Things he will eat though are mashed potatoes, malt o meal, and melted marshmellow.



He's so silly, and such a happy baby. Still not crawling on all fours, he's done the army crawl thing for a while now and I don't think he realizes there are other ways of crawling. He does try to pull up on things but from your belly thats kind of hard so he doesn't achieve much and ends up frustrated. I've been trying to come up with ideas for his first birthday. I know I still have 4 months, but with the holidays coming around the corner I will barely have time to think about it. I can't wait to dig Jayden's old lion costume out for Gavin to wear. That costume was by far the most adorable costume ever made and I am so glad I get to use it again!



Oh, also a little update with our entire family. Our house is officially on the market! Yay, pray that it sells quickly and flawlessly. I'm so ready to start the next chapter of our lives and it finally seems to be changing. Hopefully when our lease runs up, which is in August of next year, we will be able to buy another house, and be debt free minus my car payment (which is my goal, fingers crossed). Oh, and J.R. bought a Jeep Wrangler, which I was completely against at first but he's agreed to sell his bike. Plus, we went mudding a week ago and it was soooo fun, so I've warmed up a little bit. I'm trading my car in soon, think I'm getting another Jeep Grand Cherokee but we'll see. Here is a pic to leave you with (another cell phone pic).

He loves playing in the laundry basket.