My 8 Month Old Valentine!!

Today is Valentine's Day...it is also Sawyer's 8 month birthday!! I am so lucky to have my two special boys to share this sweet day with. 

I will start with a recap from last weekend... We spent a good bit of Saturday at Kole Varn's 2nd birthday party. Kole and Sawyer stay together at with Will's mom during the week, so they are best buddies! Kole's party was a train theme....so much fun!

Sawyer's 8 month stats and facts:

* Weight: around 18 pounds I think- we haven't been to the doc in a while, thank goodness! We won't go back until his 9 month check up unless he is sick. 
* Length: probably close to 28 inches
* Wearing size 6 month clothes, and some 9 month shirts
* Wearing size 2 diapers, size 3 during the night
* Bottles: 7 am (8 oz), 1 pm (8 oz), and 7:30 pm (8 oz)
* Naps: He usually sleeps a total of 3-4 hours during the day
* Nighttime sleep: Sawyer goes to bed around 8 pm and sleeps until 6:30 or 7 am.
* Breakfast, he has baby oatmeal and a whole Stage 1 (or half a Stage 2) fruit (8:30 am)
* Lunch, he has rice cereal with either a fruit or vegetable. 
* Dinner, he has rice cereal and a Stage 1 (or half a Stage 2) vegetable (5:30 pm)
* Table food: Sawyer has started eating mashed bananas, avocado  sweet potatoes, and lima beans. He usually has these in place of jar food for dinner. He has also had tiny bites of bready food, like pizza crust, bread, and pancakes. We have not introduced him to meat yet, we will probably wait until 9 months. 
* Snacks: Sawyer has Gerber puffs or Baby Mum Mums for snack.
* Sippy Cup: We have introduced Sawyer to the cup. He mostly chews on it and plays with it, but when we hold it for him to drink, he will. 
* Sawyer now has 8 teeth! 4 on the bottom and 4 on the top! 
* Sits well on his own. He will flip onto his belly to reach whatever he is after. He turns side to side and also scoots backwards. I bet it won't be too long before he starts crawling!
* Loves playing in the exersaucer, johnny jump up, and playing on the floor with his toys.
* Sucks the index and middle fingers of his right hand upside down. 
* He loves his lovies! He rubs them on his face while falling asleep. 

This weekend, we are getting away to the mountains of NC for our annual church family retreat. We are so looking forward to getting out of town for the weekend. We will be staying in a cabin with several other families with small kids. It should be a blast! I have been keeping an eye on the weather forecast...looks like we might have a small chance of snow on Saturday! I am also looking forward to having Monday off of work for President's Day. I love long weekends, especially after being out of town. It is nice to have a day to recover and get everything back in order!