Lincoln is 8 months old!

The Stats:

• 18 pounds 5 oz ( that is 3+ pounds in one month!) 

• size 3 diapers,  squeezing into some leftover size 2s during the day 

• 9 month PJs, wearing a variety of 3-6month onesies to 9 month pants 

• 6 visible teeth in your mouth! 

Likes:

• dada! loves when he makes drum noises or puts you on his shoulders

• mama holding you, always. 

• pulling mama's hair

• giving kisses

• music

• Facetime, any "beeps" the phone makes

• the button to the lamp in your room

Dislikes: 

• strangers, you do not like to be held by someone you don't know unless it is on your terms or you've been formally introduced

• green vegetables like broccoli, green beans and peas

• loud noises when you are sleepy 

• getting teeth 

Schedule:

• wake from 6-7am nurse, breakfast, bottle at 9am before nap, nap, play after nap until bottle at 12, lunch, play, down for nap at 1-1:30, nap, bottle around 3pm,  play until dada comes home, play while we make dinner, dinner, bottle and bed between 6-7pm. We love having some predictability to our days these days! 

Personality and new tricks: 

• sitting up like a champ, downward dog to get from belly to sitting sometimes 

• crawling!

• pulling up on any and everything, crib, oven, mama's legs, doorways... 

• cruising in your crib

• screeching/squealing still, when super happy and when super sad

• stranger danger to the max! even when mama is in sight you'd rather she hold you

• loves to walk when we hold your hands, will crawl to us and use our hands to pull up to walk 

We're so excited because:

• we have a date night swap with our friend Sarah and she loves to babysit you!

• Maria comes on Tuesdays to play with you while mama works

• we think you are going to walk soon! 

• you are growing so much, it is a joy to watch!