8 Months Old!

Time has flown by, we can't believe he's already 8 months old. So much of life has changed in that span - it's nearly unbelievable. It's been so busy that I haven't been able to write much in the past few months, so I may throw some 'flashback' moments in the next few blogs to catch you up.

Austin's personality is starting to appear in little things he does. He loves to make us laugh. Mom was working on the couch while he was playing in his play pen. He started making funny faces to make me laugh. It was very sweet.



Flashback: It's amazing to us how he has impacted so many people. You think, 'our child is only 8 months old, how much impact could he have on other's lives'. Well, we were fortunate to find out thanks to a lovely card from his old daycare. One teacher who wasn't even in the room often, said when she was having a bad day, she would come see Austin & he'd make her smile & feel better. There were several comments like this & it just made me cry tears of joy & saddenss that we were leaving these loving people.

We were able to go back & visit his old daycare about a week ago & saw a few of his close teachers & his girlfriend...which he seemed to remember. This time instead of pulling her by her shirt, he pulled her bib. One of his old teachers did a quick art project with him. They made a halloween bat, it's very cute. They are all so sweet there!

Here we are watching the Twins game in our basement. Still working on getting the basement completed.



Here's Austin exploring the basement & found Mom's gorilla that plays a song. He thought it was pretty funny. Mom got this a day or 2 before he was born.



Ahhh...he's our baby in his first coat. I love his hat. We've been wearing this a lot lately!



We visited the MN Valley Apple Orchard last week before it got too cold. This is a special place for Erik & I. We've talked about this place becoming one of our family fall traditions for a long time, so of course, we had to go visit yet this fall. We saw some pumpkins, ponies, horses, lots of people, & of course apple tasting. We also had an apple treat before we left...next year maybe Austin can partake in that part.



This is the sweetest look from Austin while watching the Ponies.



We found a swing set & Austin LOVES to swing. This was only his 2nd swing ride. His 1st was at Josh's new house.



Since Ausitn loves Tigers & to laugh, we thought he'd make a great Tigger. Here he is trying on his Halloween costume with his little pumpkin in hand.



Dad put up the first of three baby gates now & we've baby-proofed outlets. However, with him scooting around, he is into EVERYTHING! The nice thing when we moved in, I tried to keep baby proofing in mind.

His new daycare here in town is doing okay. There are 2 other boys in his room that were born in Feb. The other 2 are a little younger. No more worries about the older kids getting rough with him!

Austin is finally helping around the house, he now does his own laundry. Well, he likes to help fold it after it's clean.




He knows what the camera is. Here he is trying to catch the camera before I 'catch' him. He is also fascinated by the radio. He keeps looking for the people talking "in" it.



One more thing...He said his first word this week! "Mama!" It's so fun to hear.