8 Months old

Emmett hit 8 months old a few weeks ago and I actually managed to take pictures of him on that day. However, I didnt get them edited and put on here until now. haha So here are the pictures of our cutie pie. I still can't believe he is already 8 months old. He is starting to scoot around to get to toys he wants. He does kind of an army crawl where he half rolls and then pushes himself forward and then does the same thing on the other side. It is pretty funny to watch. He will be crawling soon that is for sure. Emmett is just such a silly little boy. He is always excited and smiling and making excited squeals or grunts. It makes me laugh that he still gets excited and does his merman thing by throwing his arms back and kicking his legs. It makes me laugh every time. He started to actually eat his solid food really well for a little bit. He really likes sweet potatoes and a pear/oatmeal/cinnamon mixture as well as a chicken/apple/rice mix. He was on a roll until he got a cold again and another ear infection. This kid just can't catch a break this year. He is getting his upper front teeth and then catches Ethan's cold and then got an ear infection. He wouldn't drink really anything and didn't want anything to do with baby food. We took him into the pediatric urgent care last Sunday because he didn't sleep for more than an hour maybe 2 (not in a row) that Saturday night. It was a rough night. They urgent care said it was just a common cold. So we just kept drugging him up with Tylenol and Ibuprofen as well as Benadryl. Then by Tuesday I couldn't take it anymore. He was so sad and just crying all the time and drinking barely nothing. So I took him to his doctor and the doc saw that he had an ear infection. We got him on antibiotics and he was feeling so much better just by that evening after getting 2 doses of the meds. It was so nice to have my little happy smiling boy back that next day. He is seriously such a happy baby. He loves to be thrown in the air and loves to sit in the cart instead of his car seat. He has also started to really like when I have him chase his brothers and when I have him be part of the dog pile on his brothers. He just squeals and kicks his legs. haha Emmett is such a joy to have in our family and we couldn't imagine our family without him in it.

What a cutie! 

We will just keep enjoying every stage this kid goes through. Although... it would be nice if he would start to sleep through the night! haha