Joseph at 7 1/2 Months

It's hard to believe that Joseph is almost 8 months old. Time is just flying by and some how it feels like it's going by faster than when Rosie was a baby (well, she kinda is still a baby). Here's some of the things he's been up to.

Joseph, like Rosie at that age, likes to shake his head back and forth like he's saying "no". He laughs and laughs when he does it. I'm pretty sure babies do that because everything looks crazy when they do. He also laughs at Rosie when she's laughing and he totally cracks up when he looks at the frame with Rosie's baby pictures.

He's also a little grabber. He needs to grab EVERYTHING. Whenever I put him in his exesaucer, I need to be careful that there's nothing dangerous within reach. Today he some how reached over to a dinning room chair and nearly pulled down on himself. He's constantly grabbing my hair or Rosie's hair with his vice grips. Poor Rosie started crying the other day because he had two fist full of her hair and wouldn't let go. It's hard to read him book because he's always trying to grab the book and eat it. When he sees something that he wants to grab onto, he goes for it and nothing can deter him. Earlier today he saw Rosie's sippy cup on the ground. I knew he wanted it so I put him down facing the other direction and gave him a toy to play with. Seconds later he was on his back shaking the juice in Rosie's cup.

Joseph is almost crawling. There's a couple other babies at church that started crawling around 6 months, so I'm sure Joseph will start soon. He's pretty good at getting around by rolling and army crawling but I know he knows there's a better way. He mostly scoots himself backwards, which sometimes gets himself in a pickle. Like today when he crawled backwards under the coffee table and bumped his head. Dave has been trying to "train" him to crawl by helping him up onto his hands and knees and chanting "Joseph, Joseph" over and over again. He loves it when we chant his name. He gets all excited, smiles, and waves his hands and legs.

Joseph has also learned how to say Dada and Mama. He also rolls his Rs, usually when he makes the sound "Darrrr darrr darrrr". Oh and he also says "na na na na". It's so cute to hear his little voice.

Well, he weighs around 25 pounds (maybe even more) and wears size 5 diapers. He's at the stage where he's super chubby, but once he starts crawling he'll thin out. I'll be sure to post picture when the day comes. For now, here a super cute picture of Joseph wearing his winter hat.

Me Ka Aloha (With Love)

- Elisabeth