8 Months Update

Wow! It is hard to believe that Ryne is 8 months old today, especially since he's only supposed to be 7 months old today! I feel like time is flying by so fast! Ryne has really blossomed (for lack of a more masculine term!) so much this month. He is now truly crawling - no more army crawling. He crawls everywhere. He follows me around the house and has a new obsession for my purses and shoes! Hmmm....

He started pulling up this month. He started pulling up and standing in his crib, so we had to drop the crib down another level and remove all the bumper pads. He also stands by himself if he is holding onto the table, couch or exersaucer. The pediatrician thinks he will walk by 9 or 10 months, but we will have to wait and see!

Ryne also cut his second tooth, and maybe working on a third one! He says "bubba, " which seems to be a term of endearment for Adam and me! So much for "momma" and "dadda, " we are just "bubba." Ryne eats solids like a champ, but so far, it does not like meat. He is still trying to perfect self-feeding and so far his lap catches most of the food!

He's still a little guy. He weighs just a little under 17lbs, but he makes up for his lack of weight in personality!

We are so excited to see what the next month brings!

Inmate Baby!

Look Mom, No Hands!

Always smiling!

Pay it Forward!

I've been blog stalking a great new blog recently. Isn't it amazing how you can stalk a friend's blog and click on a link to one of the blogs they stalk and all of a sudden you come across an amazing blog! Then you start stalking that blog and it's like you're BFF with this person that you don't know!

So anywho, this is like a feel-good, feel-God blog. There's a lot of junk on the internet, but this is a wholesome, down-to-earth blog. No phony bologna! She shares a lot of personal life experiences. It's nice to know that other people go through some of the same things! Plus she's a new Mom and she adds a quote from the Bible in almost all her posts.

One of the more recent post was called "Thoughtful Thursday." She challenges herself to do something thoughtful for someone each week, and last week, it was to pay it forward!

I decided to take the challenge. A few months ago, the Enfamil coupon fairy left me some amazing coupons at Kroger. I was SOOOO grateful! Baby formula and baby food are so expensive compared to real people food. Recently, I started getting some Enfamil catalina coupons at Kroger, but for the wrong type of formula. Ryne uses the regular Enfamil and the coupons I get are for babies with a milk protein allergy. Nutramigen (the Enfamil for protein allergies) is a lot more expensive than any other type of formula - it cost twice as much! So Sunday, I left my Nutramigen coupons on top of one of the cans at Kroger. I went back today and they were gone. So hopefully someone else got a wonderful surprise and hopefully they will pay it forward.

Check out Say Grace and Pay it Forward!