Nolan- 8 Months

Weight: 23.2 pounds (not entirely sure how accurate that is. He's too wiggly for me to hold and try to get a weight on our scale and I'm not sure if it's accurate with him sitting on the scale by himself)
Length: ?

Milestones:

• Crawling! Well, it's more of an army crawl/ belly drag but he's definitely moving!
• Sitting himself up. He can crawl around and then sit himself up on his own if he wants to sit up!

Likes:

• Crawling. He's a quick little bugger and will get into everything.
• Trying to eat Mommy's dirty shoes.
• Puffs- they're his favorite thing to eat.
• Being thrown in the air.
• His big stuffed bear.

Dislikes:

• Having to be still for anything.
• When Mommy moves him away from dirty stuff he shouldn't play with.
• Being held for long periods of time, he'd rather be playing with his toys or crawling around.
• Prunes. It's the only thing I've found so far that he won't eat.
• Being laughed at. Apparently he's very sensitive and will get the biggest poochie lip if he knows you're laughing at him.

Nolan: 7 Months

Weight: 22.2 pounds
Length: ?


Likes:

• Bananas. He would eat them all the time if I would let him
• The Price is Right. We watch it every day together :)
• Tearing apart him foam playmats and trying to eat them. He's very destructive and strange.
• The book "Moo Baa Lalala" He would be happy if I read it to him all day
• Rolling. He rolls all over the place and will often get himself squished into corners
• Spitting. He's the champion of blowing raspberries and spitting all over your face.

Dislikes:

• Having to be still for diaper changes. 
• Teething. It makes him a grump!
• Not being able to crawl. He wants to get toys out of his reach and gets mad he can't move.

That's about it! He's a pretty happy baby and we are very blessed :)

Nolan- 6 months

Weight: 20 pounds 6 ounces (91%)
Length: 27.3 inches (73%)

Milestones:

• Learned how to roll from back to tummy!
• Rediscovered how to roll tummy to back (he did it a lot when he was really little then stopped for a while)
• Got his first 2 bottom teeth!

Likes:

• Peek-a-boo. This is still one of his favorite things
• Looking at his reflection in the mirror
• Roxy, he thinks every thing she does is the best! I don't think the feeling is reciprocated though. 
• Blankets. I know he's not supposed to but, he naps with a blanket and gets a small blanket at night, it helps him go to sleep.

Dislikes:

• Diaper changes right before his naps
• Sitting for long periods, he's rather be held standing up or rolling around

Wiggle Worm

Normally Nolan will wake up a little bit before I'm ready to get him so I just let him play in his crib for a bit until it's time to get up. Recently he's taken to throwing his legs around which makes him turn in circles in his crib and end up in crazy positions.

This morning I got out of my shower and heard a strange rattling noise coming from his room that I had never heard before. I grabbed the baby monitor and this is what I saw:

Bottom left of the screen is his arm. The camera is pointed towards the middle of his bed where he usually is.

He had managed to wiggle himself sideways and to the very end of his crib and was hitting the end. I looked back a few minutes later and this was my view:

Instead of my baby I got a view of his stuffed giraffe that he flung to the middle of the bed.

As soon as I was ready for him to get up I went into his room to get him and this is what he looked like:

I promise this is not how I put him to bed.

He's my little wiggle worm and constantly keeps me on my toes :) 

Pumpkin Carving

We picked pumpkins and carved them :)

He wasn't too thrilled about picking out pumpkins. It was too close to bedtime.

My hottie hubby and handsome baby <3

Helping Mommy clean out his pumpkin

With his little baby pumpkin

Nolan: 5 Months

Weight: 19.4 pounds (according to our home scale)
Length: ?


Likes:
- Peek-a-boo! It's his new favorite game
- His jumparoo, he likes to bounce and jump!
- Being outside
- "Chasing" Roxy around the yard- meaning, Mommy carries Nolan and runs around after the dog.

Dislikes:
- Napping, still. On the rare occasion I can get him to nap for an hour but lately it's been 25-30 minutes at most (as I type this he's waking up after a 25 minute nap...)
- Being in his car seat for very long. He likes to move a lot and the constraints of the car seat are not his friend.

Things I've learned by being a Mom.

I realize my little guy is only 4 months old and I still have so much to learn from him but here are some things I've learned already from being a mom.

- Take a lot of pictures during the first couple weeks. You live in a half-awake fog and you will be grateful to have those pictures later

- Taking a shower has magical powers, even a 2 minute shower

- How to take a 2 minute shower

- Babies don't understand "2 more minutes" when you want to finish something you're doing

- Diapering is an art form. I can't even count how many times I've been peed on because I didn't put the diaper on good enough.

- Babies find random things hilarious. 

Dogs panting in your face- hilarious

Taking off your pajamas- hilarious

Hitting your own stomach to hear the "thunk" noise- hilarious

But it's only hilarious exactly 4 times then it's not funny anymore

- You will do anything sometimes to make baby stop crying. You want me to sing "You are my Sunshine" 138645 times? Will do!

- A baby's internal/ nighttime clock is a tricky little devil

- A 20 minute trip to the grocery store by yourself is the best vacation. Ever.

- It's amazing how much that little body can hold inside of it. Poop, pee, drool, how does such a little thing make so much??

Other moms- what else would you add to the list?