Growing Boy

(Kemp does have more shirts than this one. It just seems this is the one he always has on when the camera comes out!)

This last week I felt like I somehow missed the first eight months of Kemp's life and now he isn't a baby anymore! The first two months having a newborn are like a faded memory and then the six months after that were so busy. The time was filled with house hunting, moving, and adjusting to residency. And now here we are. He is so big and I don't know when it happened. Sad.


Here are some of Kemps recent developments-


*He is scooting on his stomach (army crawling) all over the place. He has given himself little blisters on his big toes from pushing off the carpet all of the time


*He is finally eating solid foods! It was a rough start back around 4 months. Then we tried again at 6 months and he would only eat table food. Now that he trusts us not to give him gross baby food, he will eat almost anything we give him. He especially loves grapes and pasta. He will eat rice cereal if I mix it with sweet baby food like pears.


*In the last two weeks he has become much more social. He waves "hi" (this started around 7 months), and wants to always be in the same room as Mom or Dad. Before he was content to chill on the floor if he had toys. He still loves to play but wants to be near us.


*Kemp loves to give growly kisses. These are more like biting but it is so cute. He actually growls all the time. If he is playing he will chase us or run while he says "ARGGGHHHH!". If he wants another bite during meals he grunts through his nose with his mouth closed. He also loves to say "BLAH!!!!!" and hang out his tongue. Very funny.


*His favorite snack is lint or paper scraps left on the floor. YUM.

And pennies-like the one I found in his poopy diaper this morning. Who knew? We somehow avoided a disaster there.