Eliott's 8th month!

You are so fun... as we were driving in the car today, I looked back to your seat to see what I often do - you're huge blue eyes peeking around your seat looking back at me. I had to remind myself that I needed to keep my eyes. You are such a sweet little man! You are on the move... you have taken many 'crawl' steps up on your knees, well you usually do one knee and one foot, but as soon as you see something that you really want, you drop to your belly and revert to your army crawl (which is impressively fast). It makes me, and everyone watching, laugh to see how fast you move! You are officially a fan of feeding yourself. It's a chore to try and get a spoon into your mouth as you aggressively try and grab it and 'feed yourself'. Usually I use two spoons and switch on and off, or just give in and find some finger food for you to 'do-it-yourself'. Your sister is still totally in love with you and is very in tune to where you are and what you are doing. She is very protective of her stuff, although, and quickly snatches away anything that she thinks belongs to her, replacing it with an 'exciting' toy for you to play with saying, "El-tee-tee play with that, Mom". It's usually something like a shoe or a plastic plate or something like that :). She is very good at watching you, though. The other day she came and told me when you had one of her hair clips in your mouth and watches to make sure you don't head down the stairs if the door is left open. I often pray that you two with have incredible love for each other (amidst the 'challenges' :)). You officially got moved into the same room as your sister. It's going pretty well. She doesn't wake up when you fuss, but you are pretty sensitive to her noises. Madison does have a hard time settling down in bed when you are not in there with her. She likes to know you're near! You are still very go-with-the-flow and very fun to have around. We watch in awe as you figure out the world around you. Sometimes you fall and hit your head hard on the floor. You just look up at us with a 'what just happened - look', then smile and continue on with your business. We look at each other with raised eye-brows awaiting a scream, but you usually impress us with your toughness. You are an incredibly wonderful addition to our family. We love love love you so so so much!!!