8 months and some Sunshine

Hello spring.  I am sooo glad you have decided to join us.  You have no idea.  Time for outdoor walks, barbecues, swimming, hikes and everything else that goes with having nice weather outside.  Someday I will live somewhere where there's happy summer all year around........someday.  But until then, I'll enjoy this sunshine while I can.  Yesterday we broke out the motorcycle, bikes and stroller and went for a little stroll around the neighborhood.  Soo good for the soul.  I'm pretty sure half of Rexburg felt the same way because I saw about 20 times more people outside enjoying the nice weather.

Aside from that, Patrick turned 8 months old today.  8 months.  Somehow that makes him soo much closer to being 1 year old.

Patrick's faves:

Being outside in a stroller in the sun :)
Eating off my plate(much more exciting to him than eating off his own)
Talking in his cute, baby talk way
Standing up to anything and everything
Walking along anything and everything
Being tickled by dad
Cuddling with mom
Playing with and crawling after cousins
Clearing out the shelves of bookcases

Patrick's dislikes:

Being left alone in a room.  He'll crawl to find me every time...after he's had a little meltdown
Being left to fall asleep by himself(very recent)
Being held by people he's not completely comfortable with
Green beans
Getting hit by cousins

Patrick has gotten to where he doesn't need me to entertain him every moment that he's awake which has been nice.  He loves crawling to his toy box(or diaper box) and pulling everything out and finding something to play with.  We still get in our together playtime but it's nice having him entertain himself as well.  He is soo happy all the time until you get him in a situation he's not quite comfortable with and then he gets pretty emotional over the littlest of things.  It's something that we're working on but he seems to be going through the parent separation anxiety.  He's good if Jon and I are around but if we're not, he totally chooses he wants to be happy for.  Really I think he's just a little shy, wonder where he got that from, and we just need to introduce him to being around more people.  But, shy or not, we love Patrick more than we can say and he continues to make us laugh every single day.