8 months old!

Wow, this year is really flying by so quickly. You can't see it in this picture, but Ryan now has 4 teeth, two up top and two on bottom. He is crawling around grabbing and playing with stuff all around the house. I now have to go through and make sure that there isn't anything laying around that will kill him! He isn't really sitting up on his own, (he can) but as soon as you sit him up, he alligator rolls over and is off and crawling to what it is that he really wants. Like Brendan, he has no interest in sitting still and being patient. He is too busy and filled with energy for sitting. He's is WAY too interested in seeing what is going on around him. When you hold him, like Brendan, he doesn't face you, he puts his arm in front of your chest so he can push his self to the front, so he can see what is going on. He LOVES to laugh and it is Cecelia that illicts the most from him. He is a champ at sleeping, we put him down around 6:30 and he we don't normally have to get him until 6:30 the next morning! (it only took FOUR kids to get ONE that sleeps!) It's funny, a friend asked about all the normal milestones that kids his age should be achieving, and honestly, I have totally forgotten what they should be and because he is my forth, don't really care if he hasn't reached them yet, knowing that in a few months it all will even out. (I assume!) Had this been Brendan, I'd probably have him in therapy or something by now. And truly, the only thing he isn't really doing is sitting up...but it's because he just wants to crawl! Now that he has teeth, I can start feeding him cheerios! Which means he isn't going to be baby much longer! Boo! I am looking forward to finding out what his little personality is going to be. The journey is just starting for him and it's going to be a great one!