just had a slight panic attack...

for two reasons...

reason #1: my baby is 8 months old.  8 MONTHS OLD?! Where the heck has the time gone. He's way too big.  Mike always likes to make it known to me how big he's getting and I just want to curl up in a ball and cry because as most moms.... "want them to stay little.... forever".  But I must admit, 8 months is pretty much fantastic.  He's so chunky and just cuddly.  I love it.  He hasn't quite started the crawling thing yet but it sure is coming.  He will be on his hands and knees and rock for several minutes at a time. 

 

some new things he's doing:

-his favorite way to "talk" is a really angry sounding scream-grunt-type thing it's actually really hilarious.

-he sits up on his own.  every morning in his crib we find him sitting up.

-plays peek-a-boo around corners and doors

-loves to work on his ever growing thighs (eating) that's not really new though..

-he's such a FLIRT

-knows very well how to hold and tip his bottle to get the very last drop

-his emotions show like crazy, he gets soo excited

-he has his first tooth and one that's about to break the surface any day now. 

 

reason #2 for my panic attak:

i'm going back to work.  mike and I have decided that a great opportunity has come up for me to work 8 hours a week. (not bad at all) i'll be going back to the gym to work there.  where great commission opportunities are there.  with trying to continue school and have a baby, there has been limited opportunites to save.  when this opportunity came along, we jumped right on it as an opportunty to SAVE AWAY! This morning I got pretty sick about the whole idea of going back to work and leaving my baby behind with loving family.  however, after talking with my mom I feel much better.  This opportunity is such a blessing and I'm lucky that I don't have to work more hours and that this position is so flexible.  I know that this is a huge blessing to our family.  I'll just have to share my little ones chunky legs with my family for a couple hours a week. 

 

That's all that's new  with our family.  Hope you enjoyed his 8 month pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them.  He's getting harder to photograph.  Such a busy body!

 

xoxo, the Harrison's