Everything’s happening all at once! I can’t believe it’s only been 3 weeks and 5 days since Iain turned 8 months old. You remember how I said when Iain turned 8 months…it seemed like a milestone? Well…I didn’t know that it meant this month would be filled with milestones!! Before this month…he couldn’t really do much…sure…he was TONS of fun…but he wasn’t terribly mobile…you know?…now…he crawls around EVERYWHERE…sits up on his own…walks REALLY well with support (sometimes…you swear you could let go of his hands…but know you can’t quite do that yet!)…has 2 teeth (this isn’t really anything he did but it’s still considered a “milestone”…people say he’s teething again but…I’m not so sure…we shall see) and…today……he said “dada”!!!!!!!! It was awesome. No…unlike some people…I’m not counting it as his first word…it would only count as a first word if he actually connected it to Jim…I think a first word should have some knowledge behind it…like…my first word was “yellow” (technically…”lellow”) because I would only use the word in regards to things that were, in fact, yellow. Otherwise, it’s just a sound. Iain just happens to say “dada” among many other “words” like yada, yaya, yaga, gaya, etc… He always says combinations of them now…but the most used it dada (probably because that’s the one we actually say…haha). It was still awesome because we’ve been trying to get him to say it for WHILE. He says it all the time now. Best of all…Jim was here to hear him 😀
Anyway…we were very busy this weekend…Friday we went to a birthday party (Jim’s cousin’s daughter…which I think would be Jim’s second cousin…she just turned 2 on the 4th) and then we went to hang out and watch fireworks at our friends’ house (they live really close to a baseball field where they put on a show). Iain actually watched the fireworks…I thought he would because he likes loud noises and bright lights…you get both with fireworks 🙂 Now…I could definitely go overboard with posting pictures here but…I’m going to attempt NOT make this site crawl so…I’ll only post my absolute favorites…that’s very difficult for me so…be sure you check out the rest of the 4th of July pictures on my photosite. They are here and here.
Trying out the stroller trike (a gift to the birthday girl)…
Mom watching Iain watching fireworks…
Our family…Jim’s holding Iain’s head so he’ll actually look at the camera…haha…and no…Jim wasn’t drunk…he just looks it…haha…the beer in his hand doesn’t help 🙂
Today, Iain played in his baby pool for the first time and absolutely loved it. We bought him cute little swim trunks that he actually picked himself. We gave him a choice between Spiderman ones and Hawaiian ones and he actually picked the Hawaiian ones twice even though the other ones were red…haha…which was good…’cause they were the cheaper ones 🙂 They are camo with yellow hawaiian flowers…interesting…and cute! Anyway…we took some videos (there are also new videos of him crawling around and playing) and many pictures. I have a feeling he’s going to get a lot of use out of this pool. It’s great…I love that the whole thing is cushioned with air…even the bottom. He attempted to do his headstand in the pool and got quite a big surprise…hehe…and he crawled all around and tried to get out onto the cement…just ’cause he could and all in all absolutely loved it. Here are my favorite pictures…
Trying to get the hoop from Jim…holding it in front of the camera…this is one of my all-time favorites!
I also added some new pictures to his 8-9 month album.
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