The biggest news of 8 months is...Lincoln started sleeping though the night!!!!! It first happened on May 14 and he's been going strong since. I had almost forgotten what full night's sleep felt like. What a difference! Lincoln is also seriously trying to stand up on his own. You can just see the determination on his face as he pulls up to something and then slowly lets go- an experiment of sorts- gravity inevitably takes hold and he falls to his bottom, but he's back up seconds later to try again. More than once, he has managed to stand for a few seconds- evidence that all that practicing is paying off!
Ayla is still Lincoln's favorite person and toy. (I'm not sure if he can distinguish between the two.) He loves being pushed on the swing by her.
And adores playing games with her. Ayla was putting the ball on his feet and Lincoln would try to kick it away. He just couldn't get enough...
...that is, until she started to almost lay on the ball. Then he got angry. Their playing can very quickly go from smiles to tears and Ayla is trying to remember that Linc is still a baby and can't play as rough as her. I now see why second children are tougher- they have no choice!
This was another game Ayla invented. She would hide in the laundry basket and Lincoln would look for her, at which point she'd pop out and yell "surprise!"
Without a doubt, their favorite time together is in the bathtub. We just started bathing them together now that Lincoln has had enough practice sitting up. They would stay in until the water turned ice cold if I let them. And wow is there splashing! Ayla knows better than to splash too much, but Lincoln thinks it is the best game since peek-a-boo. He smacks his hands in the water until his face is dripping (then looks at me- also covered in water- and blinks his eyes as if to say 'what happend? why is my face all wet?') Then he blinks away the water and goes right back to splashing.
Lincoln has also started to pick up his own food. We have only done baby puffs, toast, and cheese at this point, but he loves trying to stuff them in his mouth. About 30% of the food actually makes it to its destination.
When he's not trying to feed himself, he is extremely impatient waiting for food. If he is sitting in the high chair he wants to be eating. If food is not headed for his mouth, expect some very frustrated cries. Eating is no joke to this kid. I need to make him a shirt that says "I want food, and I want it now!" It's kinda his mantra.
Strike that, I should make two shirts. The second one would read "Sitting still = Not an option". Changing Lincoln's diaper is like waging an all out war. You better bring the big guns, because he is not going to sit still for you. In fact, he is going to be
1. change a wet diaper
2. change a dirty diaper
3. take off dirty clothes
4. put on clean clothes
5. put on lotion
6. hold him when he sees something fun to play with
7. anything else that requires he sits/lays still for more than 1.5 seconds
When I get over my own frustration of trying to complete one of the above tasks, it is actually funny to see. He is going to be one very active little boy.
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