Ryan just turned 8 months old this past weekend. He is now able to easily move to and from the sitting position routinely. He is starting to crawl – he spends a lot of time on his hands and knees, and you’ll see the legs working, but not moving in sync with the hands just yet. He can generally get to where he wants to go, though, by moving a little at a time, lunging, or rolling.
He’s starting to sample our food once in a while. One of the funny things he likes is dill pickles. If we’re having a sandwich, we’ll let him suck on a dill spear. He’ll chew at it a little bit and he’ll make a big sour face, but keeps coming back for more.
I don’t know if we’ve mentioned it here, but we’ve been working on teaching Ryan some sign language. The first one we worked on (probably since around month two) is the symbol for “milk.” He’s been doing it for a few months now, although sometimes you almost don’t notice it because he does it with both hands, and doesn’t look at you like “hey, I’m trying to tell you something!” He just kind of goes about whatever it is he’s doing and you’ll see his hands start to open and close.
So anyway, I just completed the 8th month gallery, and also posted a gallery of pictures from the Martin Family Christmas at our house. We got together the Saturday following Christmas and celebrated the holidays as well as Zack’s birthday.
Here’s some quick links to the galleries: