Eight months and counting.

Well on October 3rd, Gavin will be eight months old. He is already crawling, pulling himself up on furniture, and getting into trouble. His babble has taken on a whole new set of unique sounds, we've even heard "mam-ma", but I'm sure he doesn't mean mommy. I leave my guitar next to the crib, and this morning we awoke to him strumming the strings. He was reaching through the crib and touching the strings. It was really neat to have do that in the morning. I try to get some current photos of him up soon.

It's Official

We now have to rearrange the house, because Gavin is on the move. He is crawling, and not a slow predictable pace, I mean blink and he has left the room. The cat bowls that once contain water now empty. The shoes that were once safe are now the new toy. And the cats are on edge since they are fair game for attack. It is completely different now that he can crawl. I laugh when he sees my feet and decides to cross the room to get my shoes.

Rumor of a crawl

Heidi told me today that he crawled a few feet, but I didn't see it so it is not official. He does move across the room, if we put a toy down on the other side he will get there. Gavin is starting to find things he's not suppose to get into and he fusses when we take them away. Peas are now the official first "I don't like them" food, too many yucky faces when feeding him and a few gags.

Heidi is still having a hard time leaving him every day, so please pray for peace until we can have her stay home.

The picture below is not Gavin, but I can see this happening in a few years if we're not careful.

Not officially crawling, yet.

He isn't crawling, officially. A lot of army crawling towards a toy if he wants it. He can move five feet in a couple of seconds. We can no longer leave him on the bed, surrounded by pillows and brush our teeth. We had a lot of fun with him this weekend, carrots are the new food of the week. Diapers are starting to reek, not something that I can pretend not to notice. Worked a lot around the house, somehow household chores are not included in the Labor Day holiday. Didn't get a chance to move the photos off Flickr, will try to do that soon.