Happy 8th Month Birthday Peanut!

Today Gavin turns eight months old. As I type this, I can hear him PLAYING in his crib, instead of taking the nap he so badly needs before we go meet Daddy for dinner at the golf course. Gavin is getting very vocal when we go out to dinner lately, so to add to that -lack of sleep, it will not be a fun time! Oh how we miss the days of having a 3 hour sushi dinner and he would sleep through it! :)

A few new firsts this week for the big man. Yesterday we went to our very first "playdate". I have recently met and joined a Mommy's group in our neighborhood. Which is great, because we have playdates with the kids once a month, but also just with the Mommy's once a month! I have really enjoyed getting to meet some of the other woman and their kids.

Back to the playdate, there was another little boy there that was 3 days older than Gavin. He was a little smaller, and the youngest of 3 boys. All under the age of 5. Immediately the other little boy would go after Gavin and grab his face, his hair, take his toys, etc. I guess being the youngest he has had to become tough and fight for his toys. This is the first time Gavin has ever been around another baby. EVER. So he was a little taken aback at first, then completely went after the little boy and made him cry. MY BABY MADE ANOTHER BABY CRY! THE HORROR! I was so appalled, but like the other Mom said, "he is just mimicking my son". Overall it was a great time and I got to chat with a couple new Moms.

Gavin also decided a few hours ago to attack the stairs going up (we already have a gate on the basement stairs). Yes, my boy was starting to crawl up the stairs when I heard a toy fall onto the hardwood. I turned the corner and he was trying to get to the 2nd stair when he lost his balance and fell back. Luckily he has a hard head and didn't even make a peep.

The peanut has also taken a few steps with the "push toy". He has been walking while holding our fingers or around the furniture for some time. But he is slowly progressing to balancing on his own and not needing a lot of support. It is scary thinking that he will be walking shortly. YIKES! I am not ready for that, and I don't think Elvis will be either!