Am I the only one in disbelief that Thomas is already eight months old? When did that happen?! It's amazing how fast time seems to be flying and how quickly he's growing into a busy little boy. A VERY busy little boy. This past month was his biggest one by far in terms of milestones. He was already sitting up but he's no longer wobbly and now he's crawling across the floor at lightening speed. He pulls up on anything he can get his hands on - tables, chairs, my legs, his daddy's legs, he even uses Lolli to give him a little boost up! This past week, he has also started walking behind objects as he pushes them across the floor. I have a feeling he will be walking even earlier than his big sister did!

Wanna see his comparison photos from the last four months? (His first four months' worth of photos can be found here.) I haven't edited any of these yet but will touch them up a little bit before putting them on display at his first birthday. The first set are the traditional monthly pictures in the same chair with a chalkboard sign indicating how many months old he is. I have to take these fast before he wipes off all the chalk writing!

Next set are of Thomas and Katie Wynn both in one of our living room chairs. Are these easy to get? Absolutely not. That girl does not like to sit still for pictures! If you click on the photo for month seven (the one where they both have on striped polo outfits) and make it bigger, you can see a big fat tear rolling down Thomas's cheek. I can't remember why he was crying but I'm sure it was from something his big sister did. The last photo - eight months - was fun. Their daddy had them both giggling for my camera. I love how Thomas is so laid back. :)

The third and final set of monthly photos are themed for each month. For month five - November - we played football! I love those sweet blue eyes shining in the light.

I always have the hardest time narrowing these down from the handful of photos I quickly take. That's why you're getting some bonus pics with these. :)

Nothing says December like Christmas lights, right? Katie Wynn loved helping me wrap these around Thomas and he loved playing with them.

Speaking of Katie Wynn, here's one of her wrapped up in Christmas lights too! She was only three months old when I took hers (Thomas is 6.5 months above) so she looks a lot younger than him.

I really struggled with an idea for January. I had every intention of getting a New Year's hat for him to wear, but it just didn't happen. I nearly let the month pass us up before snapping a photo. Since we don't actually get snow around here very often, I just bundled him up so we could pretend. (It might've been a little cold to sit topless in the snow anyway...) I think my favorite picture is the one where he's biting his lower lip.

February is the month of love and love means kisses. With ruby red lipstick! I put my lips all over my sweet pea for these photos. And if you look closely in the first picture you can see another one of his milestones from this past month - two new teeth!

Katie Wynn got kisses too during her first year. It's funny to me how she definitely looks like a girl and he looks like a boy.

Here are some quick stats on Thomas at eight months old.

He weighs 18.12 pounds and wears 6-12 month clothes, size 3 diapers.
His eyes are still blue and his hair still looks strawberry blond-ish.
Our boy loves to eat! He eats solid baby food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and still drinks around 24 ounces of formula each day. The only food we've found that he just really dislikes is green peas (can you blame him??). We've given him puffs to try to eat but they mostly get thrown down to Lolli. He loves playing with them though.
While he is still not the awesome sleeper that Katie Wynn was/is, he's getting much better. On good nights, he sleeps from around 7:30pm to 5:30am with 2-3 naps during the day. We have experienced every sleep regression I read about but didn't have with Katie Wynn.
He does not have an inside voice. When he jabbers, he wants everyone to hear him!
Little Brother ADORES his Big Sister. He loves to watch her no matter what she's doing. She makes him laugh so much. I hope they are always best buddies!