9 Months

Height: 29.3"
Weight: 21 lb. 14.6 oz

Likes:
Going outside
Eating
Walking
Climbing
Crawling
Reading books
Playing pat-a-cake

Dislikes:
Being told no
Not getting what he wants

This month Blake popped three more teeth in, giving him a total of 7! He is cruising around on all the furniture that he can and loves climbing the stairs. Basically all we do all day long is help Blake walk around the house and make sure he doesn't get into things he shouldn't. He doesn't want to sit still for very long at all!

Blake still LOVES to go outside and will pull himself up on the front door and bang out it. Grandma taught him that that's how he says he wants to go outside. We go outside a lot! He's getting better and better at walking around with his shoes on which is awesome.

Lately, Blake has been wanting to wake up at 6:00 a.m. but I can't be too upset about it because we put him to bet at 7/7:30 and he sleeps all night long! He's a good little sleeper. And just like always, he's a good little eater too. He eats basically everything I give him! He doesn't want to be spoon fed anymore so I've been giving him more table foods and he just loves it. He'll eat baby food if it's in a pouch though so I bought some reusable food pouches to put his baby puree's in.

Blake LOVES screaming as well and screams whenever he's happy (so basically anytime he's full or see's Grandma)!

8 Months

Height: ~28.5"

Weight: ~21 lbs

Likes:

Going outside

Crawling and walking

Bath time

Pop-up books or touch and feel books

Toys that move or make sound

Dislikes:

Loud noises from other babies

Strangers

Teething

Blake now had 4 teeth and is moving around like crazy!! He now exclusively crawls on his hands and knees and loves to walk around with our help. Sometimes I'll go to sit him down on the floor and he moves his legs so that he can stay standing! He'll also pull to a stand on anything that he can. He uses my legs a lot, and then sometimes once he's standing, he'll let go of me. He's quite the little dare devil and I wouldn't be surprised if he started walking before he's 1 year old. Blake LOVES to be outside. Whenever he's grumpy, we just take him outside and he's immediately happy. 

This month we got to go to Utah for a week so Blake got to have fun with his cousins and Uncles and Aunts. It took him practically the whole week to get used to the other babies and he still wasn't used to all the adults by the time we left. This quarantine has really made his stranger danger strong. Overall he had a good time, and I hope we'll be able to take him back to Utah before the summer is over 😊

Pool day!! 

He LOVES his indestructible books

First time Blake pulled to a stand all by himself on something besides me or Isaac! 

Blake and Aunt Judy

Blake cried the whole time he was on the blanket with Georgie and Evan haha

First trip to the zoo!! 

Seven Months

Height: 28 1/4"

Weight: 19.5 lbs

Likes:

All food

Peek-a-boo

Musical piano and train

Stacking cups

Books with flaps or pop-ups

Cords and shoelaces

Grandpa's toes 😂

Dislikes:

Teeth being brushed

None really 🤷 besides the obvious being tired and hungry. 

Blake is getting so big! He can sit up pretty well now, but still topples over randomly. He is also scootch army crawling. He's not totally army crawling, but he does move forward fairly quickly!! He moves and wiggles all the time, which makes it hard to feed, change, or clothe him. He is still loving solid foods and is getting so good at feeding himself those teething rice crackers. His top front teeth are on their way but are still hiding away in his gums, so he still only has the 2 teeth. He giggles up a storm when we play peek-a-boo, tickle him or toss him in the air (carefully 😊).

Six Months

Height: 28 inches

Weight: 18 lbs 11 oz

Likes:

Pig snort kisses

Tickles

Everything about Dad

His bottles

Long naps 

Singing songs

Peek-a-boo

His "How to Charm a Llama" book

Peaches, butternut squash, prunes, sweet potato

Board books with flaps to open

Dislikes:

Strangers

Too much tummy time

Teething

Green beans

A lot of changes this month!! Blake has his two front bottom teeth and is starting to get his knees up under him during tummy time. Crawling is right around the corner! He scootches pretty far, which is basically army crawling. He's so close!! He'll also walk around a bit in his walker. He recently started playing with his feet, and he'll also shake his head to copy me as well as during certain songs. He's been squealing and talking up a storm which is so adorable! Let's be honest, I think everything about this kid is adorable!! He'll just laugh at the most random things some times, and I love it! I hope he is always such a happy little guy ❤️. 

He loves chewing on all blankets, but especially loves the chair covers! 

Blake is so good at getting the spoon in his mouth by himself! 

He loves his daddy ❤️