8 Months

Things We've Been Up To:

* showing interest in books (even trying to read like us)

* learning words, like 'banana' and 'water'

* repeating sounds

* saying "aaaah" when you want something

* waving hello

* fist-pumping to music

* filming a scene from Anlo's new documentary in the San Marcos river (you were cold!)

* dancing in your first rainstorm

* crawling all over the place

* getting over a cold

* fighting reflux- yet again

* being pretty uninterested in solids

* furniture walking

* playing chase with Rell

* playing instruments, enjoying rhythms, singing songs (you went to a music class and loved it!)

* meeting your dad's friends from Lubbock- you have a crush on Chad

* swinging in a hammock

* meeting 161 Golman's at the 100 year Golman Family Reunion in Dallas

* Skyping with the Frieds and the Duhans

* laughing and talking to Olivia

Movin' & Groovin'

You started crawling, pulling yourself up to standing, opening drawers and getting in to all kids of things. You are keeping mommy and daddy on their toes these days, but we are having a blast with your new developments! You now say ba for ball and fff for fan and mommmm all the time. I think you are going through a bit of separation anxiety this week. (I secretly like it.) You have a strange obsession with screws. You seem to find them everywhere and now lick them.. yep! When we go on our morning walks, you have managed to pull yourself up tall and look at the world as it passes by. You are very attuned to sounds. With this in mind, your daddy bought you your first xylophone.. but you preferred the mallet attached to it instead. You are eating lots of new solids too. Pears, sweet potatoes, plums, rice, oatmeal, apples, bananas (your favorite), squash, avocado. Most are homemade. You are so darn cute, fun, and sweet. As your nighttime story says, I love you through and through!