Eight months old...

Gabriel is now eight months old.  We haven't weighed him in a while but feel like he's probably gained some weight in the past month.  At the same time, it seems like his weight has plateaued.  Elvin's co-worker commented that her 2 year-old weighs 25 pounds, which is about what Gabriel weighs, too.

 

He's getting a lot more mobile now compared to before.  From the sitting position, he'll reach and reach and reach for things until he's on his tummy.  

 

He's been doing this for a couple of weeks.  Slowly but surely, he's been getting better at wriggling on the ground.  Now, he realizes that he needs to bend his knees as well if he's going to get anywhere.  

And his arms are definetely getting stronger.  Here he is--it looks like he is doing a push-up right now.  With his arms propped up like this, he can walk his arms and pivot his body in either direction to reach whatever toy he wants.

Gabriel has switched from three naps a day to two naps, which is more convenient for us as far as going places during the day.  Then he goes to bed around 8pm but usually still gets up twice each night.

But lately, he has not been sleeping super well because he's been teething the past couple of weeks!  You can see two little white nubs poking out of his upper jaw.  We thought that the worst was over, when yesterday Gabriel didn't sleep well again and Emily realized that a third tooth is coming out next to the two nubs.  So in a few weeks, he's going to have four brand new teeth along the top to complement the two he already has on the bottom.

 

Here's a little video that shows what he's been doing the past month...