Reid-y Reiderson

Reid is eight months old now and busy as a bee.  He is all over the place all of the time... pulling up on everything and cruising along the furniture.  He loves the dishwasher and the pantry.

He loves sitting at the table like a big boy.

Jackson loves Reid all of the time, but Emmett is not such a fan of Reid's mobility.  He gets very frustrated when Reid touches any of his trains or other toys.  We're working on it!

Reid loves to eat.  He still nurses about five times a day and eats at least one jar of solid food at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  We just had his six-month checkup (I'm a little behind), and I was a little surprised that he's not bigger than he is.  He's in the 10th percentile for height and the 25-50th for weight and head size.  He's still spitting up quite a bit, but the doctor said it's normal as long as he's gaining weight and happy. She said hopefully when he starts eating less liquidy foods around one year that will help.

I love his little feet sticking out of the bottom of the high chair.

He is such a happy baby, as long as he's not tired or hungry.  :)  He laughs a lot at the things his brothers do.  He goes to bed around 6:30 or 7:00 and has been sleeping through the night since about six months old.  He wakes every day around 6:15, though... ready for his milk!  He's a pretty good napper and was much easier to get on a nap schedule than his brothers.  Maybe because I was more relaxed about it this time.  He takes two naps a day and lately they've both been around 1-1/2 to 2 hours long.  It's very nice.  Jackson and Emmett still take regular naps, too, which is wonderful.  1:30-3:00 in the afternoon is a happy time of day for me! 

He loves these bar stools.  He climbs underneath them and pulls up on them and gets so proud of himself! Luckily, they're very sturdy.  I just realized that in these next pics he only has one sock on.  I cannot keep socks on his feet.  I set him down and five minutes later at least one is gone and the other is hanging on by a thread.  And I know his outfits are mismatched, but at home we just dress for comfort.  I promise that when we go out in public he always looks presentable.  :)

This totally cracked me up!

Let's see it again, up close...

Hahahahaha!!!  He is so cute!

Wanting to join his bros for lunch...

Uh-oh.  He's also discovered how to climb up on the hearth.  So far he's only done it this one time, though, because about two seconds after I took this picture he did a nose dive off the edge onto the floor.  I guess that's pretty self-critiquing.  He was fine, though... not even a lump on the head. 

Do you see that fat little hand and that chubby big toe sticking out of this pants?  Ohhhh... baby hands and feet are so yummy.  Actually all of Reid is yummy!  He's my precious little baby boy.