Porter turned 8 months old on Thursday. This month he has gone from army crawling to crawling with his belly off the ground. He can pull himself up to standing and can sit and crawl like its no big deal. He is also much more adventurous. He wants to look in things and around things. I can tell he has a mechanical mind the way he studies everything he touches. His favorite toys are cables, extension chords, strings, the hose extension on the faucet, my purse, Grandma Sue's pedometer, the American flag, and other baby toys like that. He likes books and can turn the pages with a little help. He also has developed a fascination with the camera and seems to understand that we are taking pictures of him. Porter has become better at entertaining himself and the biggest miracle of all is that he is finally sleeping through the night; thanks to a little help from a case of thrush and my mom's persistence. He has also become a good eater and seems to actually enjoy baby food. His favorite food I would say is apples. Maybe that's because I eat so many apples my breast milk tastes like apples. Porter has six teeth! The first two teeth came in like it was no big deal but it seems to become more painful with each tooth. He has also started grinding his teeth! Porter loves dogs and likes pulling the cats tails. Dogs barking and cats meowing make him laugh. Porter got his first cold this month, took his second trip to urgent care, and went on his first nursing strike which lasted five days. We lowered the crib to the middle setting now that he can stand up and bought him a musical table to play at. Porter has become very observant and has started copying Tom by opening and closing his hand in front of his face to put himself to sleep. Now that I know he'll copy us I want to teach him to wave. Porter is the apple of my eye. I love him to pieces and could spend every minute of the day with him. I actually wish I could. Since I cant Ill just try to make the most of every minute I can spend with him!
Everett (9 months) - Porter (8 months) - Connor (14 months) 
Down. Set. Hike!!!
Porter played with his flag and then I put it in a junk drawer in my office. A few weeks later, as Porter was going through the drawers in my office he found his flag and was delighted. Since then, it has become Porter's ritual to make a b-line for my office drawer as soon as he is put in his walker to find his flag. Every night I put the flag back in my office drawer so it is there for him the next morning.
2 years ago
