timberrific

It's good to be the parent of an 8-month-old and probably even better to actually BE an 8-month-old.  The eighth month is the beginning of my VERY favorite stage.  Here's the deal--8-month-old babies are FINALLY able to move around on their own!  Timber is crawling and cruising and trying his best to figure out how to run with Flora and Scout.  He is entertained for long periods of time just crawling from area to area exploring toys and extension cords and eating paper.  Yeah, I guess there are some down sides to being on-the-move.  However, overall I think life takes a turn for the better once babies start crawling. 

And guess what else??  Today Timber got his first tooth!!  My kids were all late teethers but for some reason I thought Timber would be different.  I have been crying "Tooth!" for about six months now but today my cry was finally justified.  Of course, no one came running to see the new tooth since they all assumed I was exaggerating a small bump on his gums, but really, there's a tooth this time.

Tonight Timber spent about an hour in a small plastic pool at Poppy and Gigi's house while Flora and Scout were chased around the yard by Uncle Shane.  Shane was trying to throw water on them and they were shrieking and laughing while running away.  Flora was quite distressed that her hair was getting wet.  She's such a girl.  

Ohhh, and Timber LOVES to eat.  He is a very noisy eater.  He literally "nom nom noms" while he's eating his baby food.  His favorites are oatmeal cereal, mango, sweet peas, pears, and mixed vegetables.  Actually, now that I think about it I there isn't a food that Timber has rejected.  He's getting better with some simple finger foods.  It's all in preparation for that big piece of birthday cake that he will dig into in a little over three months.  It makes me a little bit sad that he's done being a baby but not too sad.  Babies are sweet but they just aren't much fun.  Timber is fun now.  Every smile is an open-mouthed smile.  He loves life!

Timber wants to be a big boy so badly.  Lately he and Scout have been wrestling....or at least rolling around nicely under my close supervision.  We call it wrestling -- it's more like gently hugging on the floor.  But I'm sure it's a taste of things to come.  I don't have any experience with brothers so I don't know how to expect Scout and Timber to interact.  It will be fun watching them grow up together -- with Flora keeping them in line of course.  Ok, I really just wanted to blog about Timber being 8-months-old so I could put all these cute pics on here.  Teeth are great but there's something SO cute about a big toothless grin!