Eight Months

Noah is now just over eight months and is entering the exploration stage of life. Also known as the "always dirty and covered in bruises" stage. Thankfully we've been able to keep fairly clean and bruise free so far. Here are some of the interesting things Noah has discovered in the last few weeks , large since he acquired his new found knowledge of army-crawling.

1. Mommy has ears. Well, at least a right ear. The left is yet undiscovered
2. Doors open and close
3. Doors also have those cool door stoppers on them that make an awesome noise
4. Every item in every room that he shouldn't be playing with
5. Some things are fun to chase around the room, the dog, the pilates ball, Mommy...
6. Drooling. Yesterday he was in push-up position watching his drool drip onto the carpet
7. His bib
8. Baskets are more fun to empty than they are to fill
9. Growling sounds. These were discovered cuz he had a cold and all sorts of junk in his throat
10. The nose bulb sucker thing isn't always a nice toy. Sometimes it has to be a nose sucker thing.

Yes, he did get a slight cold. Sunday night a few weeks ago he woke up around 10:30 which is really unusual for him. He usually sleeps 12 hours straight without any problem. I let him cry for a little while but he just didn't sound good, so I went in to calm him down. Once I was in there and holding him I could tell that he was just super super congested. So I found the nose bulb and went at his nose, which caused lots more crying. I got it all cleared out and he went back to bed. He had a slight fever a few days later, and the snotty nose/congestion stuck around for about a week. Then he coughed for a couple of days, and now he's back to normal. Of course about 4 days after he got sick he gave it to me as well, so one way or another I was dealing with snot for almost two weeks.