8 months old!

Easton was 8 months old on June 11. How in the world we have an 8 month old I have no idea because it seems like JUST THE OTHER DAY we celebrated his awesome birth!!! It's certainly been a fantastic 8 months though and it seems as if it just gets better and better with each new milestone that comes :)

Although he goes to sleep with no pacifier, in the mornings we find him with at least 5 pacifiers around him!!! Normally one in the mouth and one in each hand too!!! Silly kid!

"Good morning mom!!! I'm 8 months old!" (notice the right hand-pacifier in place!)

A family affair

Easton/Daddy got a new "toy" a few months ago and it's been a GREAT addition to the activities that we love to do as a family. We can be found biking on any given evening (unless it's so hot that the rubber on the tires is melting before we can pull out the garage!). Easton is hysterical! He crosses his ankles and just stares out the "window" the whole time. When he sees something he likes he'll call out or laugh out loud. As you can imagine, we get plenty of looks going down the road with this tote behind us :)

Daddy normally "pulls" E behind him.

"MOM!!! The sun is in my eyes! Let's move it!"

Room for two! Maybe Kota can go one day ;)

Life with Easton (7 months)

We have definitely enjoyed all these milestones with our little guy but 7 months has been SO much fun!! He's surely getting into "life" and coming along with us alot easier than when he was a baby. Now that he's able to sit up it's such a joy to have him and he's meeting lots of "friends" as we go on these outings :) As happy as we are to have our baby boy growing up it also brings some sadness knowing that gone are the days of little bitty baby boy....... We love our little man!

Eating out with E is so fun now!! He eats what we eats and "chats" with restaraunt patrons.....

"I'll sit here while you fold clothes Mom! No problem"

"You said we're going to pick up babes in the diaper aisle?!?!"

Memorial Day

We took Easton camping with the in laws for the Sunday prior to Memorial Day. He LOVED it! He swam for 2 hrs in the mid morning, ate lunch and took a nap, then woke up for 2 more hrs of swimming!!! It was certainly a great day spent at the campground with Maw Maw and Paw Paw!

Easton's rules

We tell everyone about how much our son likes to "explore" his vocal range when we are at home. He'll be serious to very light hearted laughing. He has mastered the fake laugh, the fake cough, "DaDa", and "Hey". Well he's ALSO mastered fussing Kota. I caught him mid "fuss". I didn't pan over but the "thing" he can't keep his eyes off and is "talking" to happens to be Kota lying at the other end of his playmat. I can about imagine what E is telling Kota here....

Eating time!

We are slowly introducing Easton to the concept of eating "table food" to get him adjusted to textured foods. My grandmother started this when I was working in her yard and came in to find her feeding Easton jello with whipped cream at 6 months old.... From there she decided to introduce him to teething biscuits (which he LOVES) so I figured why not jump on the train.

He LOVES being able to hold his own foods and shove them into his mouth. We are currently practicing our pincer grasp by cutting up small pieces of banana and giving him some "baby crack puffs"... all of which he can't seem to get enough of. The list of foods includes.... turkey, bbq pulled pork, oranges, pineapples, green peas, cucumbers,


                                                                      Corn on the cob (1st time)

Corn on the cob (350840598609 time- he's a pro now)

Watermelon

Lemons... yes... lemons. This was his initial face but he ate TWO of them and did not enjoy when we took them away. Side note: his dad also eats lemons ALL the time so another "like father like son" moment I guess....

When you eat as much as this kid you have to also drink from a big boy glass....

Easton's First Swim

With the onset of summer, only one thing could be imminent- SWIMMING!!! Trevis' Aunt Melanie was so nice and bought Easton a pool for Easter so we blew it up, put on his Easter swim clothes and had at it in our own backyard. He LOVED it and has gone "swimming" several other times. The kid has gone 2 hours playing in the pool without a single whimper... I see many family beach vacations on the horizon. And yes... we promise we'll get him a new swim shirt since he's already outgrown this one it seems....