Josiah at 8 months

Today is Josiah's 8 month birthday, and this also happens to be my 600th post!! I thought it would be fun to celebrate 2 milestones together. :)

Josiah's newest skill, as I mentioned last week, is crawling! He's getting very good at it, and the Christmas tree is no longer safe. Actually, he was very mobile even before he started crawling, but now he's much faster, so I have to watch him more closely. It's great, though, because he will happily play on the floor for a lot longer now that he's so good at sitting and going places.
He's a very sociable fellow and loves to smile at people, and giggle at his brother and sister. Last night we got together with our friends Elijah & Sarah and Elijah's parents, and Josiah took to Elijah and snuggled on his shoulder, which is unusual because he's not that much of a snuggler. I'd say he's definitely a "people person" though-so far, anyway! He recently started saying "Dadadadada"--not sure if he is specifically using it in reference to his Daddy or not, but it's cute anyway. :)

He isn't eating any baby food yet, although we sometimes give him little bits of soft food off our plates, which he seems to enjoy. I'll probably start him on some cereal pretty soon; I'm kinda lazy and am holding out as long as possible. :) He's definitely still getting plenty of calories from nursing; he's a solid little man. Not sure how much he weighs, as he doesn't have another checkup till January. He doesn't have any teeth yet. I thought he was teething a few weeks ago; he was extra fussy and has a lot of strange diapers going on, but if it was teeth, they haven't popped through yet. It will be interesting to see how he compares to the other kids--Sam got his at 6 months, pretty average, but Julia didn't get any till 11 months. My sister's kids got their first at 4 months! I'm kind of glad mine tend toward getting them later. :)Josiah is such a little blessing; he's mostly a very cheerful little guy and a lot of fun. I am trying to hang onto his babyhood because it is rushing by too fast!