Happy Eight Months!

What a busy month we've been having. Charles had his first and second trip to a pumpkin patch and his first Ragamuffin Parade. He went to the doctor, and he is now up to 17 lbs 10 oz and 28.75 inches tall. That keeps him in the 25th and 90th percentiles, and it looks like I was not too far off with my estimates last month.

He is full on crawling now, not really army crawling at all anymore. He can sit up by himself, and pulls himself up on everything, even starting to try to climb up onto things. He is eating like a champ, and he is starting on finger food. We've even fed him while we were out and he was thrilled to be a part of dinner with the rest of us.

I am going to keep this short, so from the BabyCenter.com poll
At eight months, most children can:
Says “mama” or “dada” to parents (not specific) – Still no "dada" but "mama" is still used, mostly when he wants to be picked up
Passes object from hand to hand – Oh yes, seems like he's been doing this forever.

At eight months, half the children can:
Stands while holding onto something – He is so happy that he can do this. Getting back down is still a bit a of a problem.
Crawls – Oh yes. Not just army crawling, but full on silent ninja crawling. Starting doing it consistently at Grtiz and Granddad's house when we were there celebrating Daddy's birthday.
Points at objects – Sometimes, but not often. Mostly if he is strapped into the highchair, he'll point at the food he wants.

At eight months, a few children can:
Pulls self to standing, cruises – Is starting to cruise now, but he wasn't quite yet on the 22nd.
Picks things up with thumb-finger pincer grasp – Working on it, and has it about half the time. Puffs beware.
Indicates wants with gestures – Just food and if he wants to be picked up.

And finally, there are more pictures in our October album on Picasa (which you have to be logged in to see).