8 Months Old!

We are a little late posting Caleb's eight month pics. It has been a crazy couple of weeks. Todd had a veterinary conference in Baltimore so we all went together and while Todd was at his conference Caleb and I were able to visit friends and family in Annapolis. It worked out really well! After the conference we went to Virginia for a couple days to spend with family. It was a very busy trip, but we had a great time! The night after we got home Caleb came down with a fever, which lasted around four days and after the fever broke he got a rash. Diagnosis: Roseola. The rash is just now starting to disappear and we are hoping he will return back to his happy self very soon. It has been a hard week for him. He felt pretty miserable.

Caleb has continued to grow and learn so many new things this past month. When I took him to the doctor this week when he was sick he weighed 16 lbs. 3 oz. He is getting very close to crawling. He can get himself up onto his hands and knees and rock back and forth. He also is starting to pull himself up to his knees on furniture and people. He rolls to get to the toys that he wants. We no longer have a baby that will stay where we put him! He still likes to play with his ball and he loves to play with his blocks, especially when we build towers for him to knock down! He still enjoys playing in his exersaucer, although not for long periods of time. He loves being outside. I am very excited about the warmer weather (although it did snow yesterday!) so that we will be able to spend more time outside. He takes a while to warm up to anyone but mommy and daddy. I usually find that he does better if I just hand him over and leave the room, so he does not see me. He has been fussier and whinier this month compared to usual, but that also could be because we have been traveling and he is off his normal routine and he has not been feeling well. Hopefully that will change. Although he has also started to throw some fits (throwing his head back and arching his back) recently when he is upset and does not get what he wants right away. We will see what happens with that! He has not tried many new foods since last month since we have been away and he has been sick. Hopefully we will be starting some more new ones soon. He has tried some sweet potato puffs which he loves and which were a life saver on the airplane! He is babbling a lot and loves it when we copy him. He is also trying to copy some things that we do. Todd makes a lot of silly noises and Caleb tries to copy him by doing the same thing. It is just amazing to us how quickly Caleb is growing up. We are enjoying it and are pretty sure our lives are going to start to get much crazier now that he is becoming mobile!