8 months old!

Happy 8 month old birthday to my little Collin! He is getting so big!! At his last Dr. visit, he was 17lbs 12oz and 27in long! He can now stand while holding onto something with only 1 hand, pull up from an elevated sitting position, puts one foot in front of the other as if to walk when held upright, has been trying to pull his legs up under him to a crawling position and can hold the position and rock, picks up and eats puffs on his own, stood for a few seconds all on his own, and in addition to rolling all over the place, now scoots backwards like a reverse army crawl! He's unfortunately gotten more cranky lately too! I'm hoping a new tooth with pop through and all will be right with the world again, but he's also been battling one very persistent ear infection and possibly has had some sort of bug that's got him upset! We have been trying to work on getting him to sleep through the night again, which has been difficult considering he was doing SO well until he got sick! Another reason for some of his crankiness could be the fact that all he wants to do is stand like Luke did at the same age. He can't pull up to the position on his own and sometimes falls, so unless we hang out with him while he's standing all day, he gets frustrated!

As for Luke, we have taken these last few snow days as a potty training opportunity. He has been doing fairly well! It hasn't been a nightmare, but also not cake either! We've been taking him to the potty every 30 min and he has started recognizing when he's going and sometimes lets us know. It does make for a very sugar hyped up kid when he does what he's supposed to, but I'm ok with it if it means he's using the potty! His speech has also slowly been getting better. He talks more and more in sentences and isn't making up words as much, but his speech still isn't totally clear. We're working on it! He still doesn't have much interest in the alphabet or counting, although he can recognize some letters and can count to 5 on a good day. He does know his colors though and seems to have taken a liking to the color yellow! He can also recognize circles and squares and can draw a circle. He's not one who is much for sitting still long enough to actually learn these things! He's definitely our active one who loves to be an entertainer as well! He loves singing and dancing, go figure! He also loves looking at the "handsome boy" in the mirror! It's pretty cute!