8 Months!

Evan is 8 months old today! He is growing up so fast! I can't leave the room anymore because he will scoot his way to everything I don't want him to touch...the blinds, the cords, the CD's, and the kitchen trashcan! My days of watching an easy baby are over! Now I have a crazy little boy that gets into everything! At 8 months, Evan:

• stomach-scoots all over the house
• loves to watch TV (his favorite channel is still Noggin 301...He turns his head immediately when we turn it on)
• drinks formula! No more nursing!
• still says momma all the time (because she's his favorite), but is starting to say dadda! (Daddy is so proud!)
• Is almost too big for 9 month clothes (Yeah! He's growing!)

We call this the "fish kick"...he does it sometimes in between scoots when he gets really excited. He puts his arms out in front and kicks his legs like he's swimming!

Who needs toys when you can get to mommy's sandals?

Mommy's life-saver! I put him in this in front of the TV so I can actually get things done!

We Love the Beach!

We took Evan to Huntington Beach for the first time on Monday! We went with my brother Tyler, my cousin Rachel and her fiance Nate. Besides some late afternoon wind, the weather was perfect!! It was 75 degrees and the water was warm enough that all of us jumped in! Sean and I hadn't been to the beach since I was like 6 months pregnant! I missed it and it made me miss the days when I lived practically on the beach! (Good old River Ave in Newport and 17th street in Huntington!) I realized afterward that I'm a bad mom...we didn't even let Evan play in the sand or take him down to feel the water! Oh well...that just gives us an excuse to go back SOON!! I only got pictures of Evan (surprise surprise!) along with my brother Tyler's lovely foot in the background...

He looks so old here! My baby is turning into a little boy!

Evan's new mode of transportation...

The Stomach Scoot!

He started doing this today. Now I have to check the premises before I put him down on the ground. He now stomach scoots his way to anything he wants to grab. This includes remote controls, my phone charger cord, the blinds that he loves to pull and suck on, the DVD player and any CD's he can chew on, and of course, my sandal (caught him sucking on the bottom of it today...SICK!) There's no point to laying him on blanket...he's off of it in a matter of seconds! We love our little inch-worm!

It's official! After almost 8 months, I've stopped nursing. Well...pretty much. I cheated today and breastfed him this morning because I was so engorged. Man...it hurts SO bad!! Hopefully I will dry up soon! Evan is doing really well and taking the bottle with formula. He doesn't drink 24-32 ounces like he's supposed to, but hopefully he will soon. He's got some chunk on him so I'm think he's OK. Any advice on the drying up part would be appreciated...Thanks!

Evan's first swim and my new hair!

Today we took Evan for his first swim! We've been going to Sean's brother Jason's house to lay out the last couple days and it has been so nice! The other day, the pool was 73 degrees so Jason decided to heat it up a little. Well...he ended up forgetting to turn off the heater and the pool was 86 degrees today! It felt like a bath! (Almost too hot! I like to jump into a pool and be refreshed!) Evan loved it! Can't wait to go swimming tons this summer!

I'm really bad at keeping up on my hair, but I decided to go back to blonde for the summer (you can't really tell in the picture). I got some short layers and a little bit of bangs to change things up a bit. My hair is so thick so it was nice to chop off some of the bulk! Thanks to my wonderful hairstylist Meagan!

Free Graco High Chair!!!

My friend Megan called me up the other day and said "You better get over here and pick up your brand new, in-the-box, FREE high chair!" I asked her what she was talking about. It turns out, her neighbor works for Graco and she brought over a bunch of free stuff that was being discontinued. Megan already has a high chair so she thought we could use it...We are so excited! We've been feeding Evan in the Bumbo and he kicks off the tray and practically falls backwards out of the thing every time! I was actually looking to buy the same style of high chair the day before she called and told me! This one is so nice because it folds down so you can store it next to the fridge. They cost $99 bucks...you definitely can't beat FREE!!!

Showing off his new teeth in his new high chair!

"I love my new high chair mommy!"

Sorry, Daddy!!!

It's plain to see who his favorite is...

Uh-Oh! Looks like we've got a Momma's Boy on our hands!