8 months old today!

Time has been going by so fast, especially these last few months! Cannon is such a delight and brings so much joy to everyone he meets. My favorite thing he does right now is give hugs. He's been doing it for about a month now, but it never gets old. He wraps his arms around your neck and squeezes really tight! It just makes you feel so good. Stranger anxiety hasn't hit him yet, but there will be times when he wants to come to me when Ryan is holding him. There were a couple times last week when I handed Cannon to Ryan and I walked out of the room. Cannon started to scream! It's funny because he used to be such a daddy's boy. But I have noticed him preferring me to do certain things, like feed him. Cannon also loves his uncles and his grandpas. He LOVES his Uncle Robert (Ryan's brother). He always reaches out for him! It's fun to see him recognize other family members. He also LOVES my sister Shae. He lights up whenever she comes over. Of course, Blue is the one that makes him laugh the hardest.

Cannon is not even close to crawling! For some reason I knew that he was going to be a late crawler and late walker. I knew this when he was just born. But this fits with his personality. He is a very laid back baby (people at church comment on this all the time). He is content to sit and play with his toys or roll around when he wants to. Sometimes he will just roll around the room without playing with toys. He likes to look around and take notice of things. I put the humidifier in his room the other day, and he immediately knew it was something different. He kept staring at it. He will still lay in his crib and look at his mobile! He is also obsessed with pulling off his socks and eating them.

He has learned to hold his bottle. I don't know how he did this because I don't give him a bottle very often. I guess he learned it from holding his sippy cup. He continues to be a good eater. If you don't feed him fast enough then he will grab the spoon from you. So I now try to give him his own spoon. It will definitely be easy to transition him from baby food to regular food because he loves textures and loves to chew. I will give him pieces of what we are eating if it's something he can have. He especially loves meat! I let him try brisket a couple weeks ago, so now he's a true Texan! He also likes chicken, turkey, and pot roast. Recently I gave him asparagus and egg yolk for the first time (not together). He seemed to like the asparagus and he loves scrambled egg yolk! I also gave him mashed potatoes, but they were made without milk and butter. Of course he loved it! He still seems to be sensitive to milk products, so I am really cautious. I usually mix in a little soy formula with his cereal, but I just can't stand the way it smells. So the other day I bought goats milk for him to try. It's nice because it doesn't stink and you don't have to mix it. He seems to like it too. It also has Vitamin D which he needs. I have the vitamin drops for him, but they are so nasty! So I bought soy yogurt for him (he LOVES it), but it doesn't have Vitamin D. I have a recipe for making yogurt, so if I am feeling extra adventurous one day I think I will try it. It's a lot cheaper than buying it. There are lots of new foods that he can have this month, so I am really excited to try them!

Cannon just got his first cold the other day. It's so mild that I can hardly say he is "sick." He only has a little runny nose and congestion. He sleeps with his humidifier on and I put a pillow under his mattress to keep him elevated. He has been a little cranky, but he is also working on his teeth. Hopefully those things will pop through any time now!

Sorry for the picture overload, but there were so many cute ones. He was not in a smiley mood this morning when I took them. It was right before his nap so he really wasn't in the mood for a photo shoot.