Aiden @ 8 months

  Yesterday Aiden turned 8 months.  He doesn't seem that old yet!  In some ways I can tell he's growing up but in other ways he still seems like such a little baby.  Completely different than Patrick.  Aiden acts like he wants to be a big boy but his little body just hasn't caught up yet.  He sees Patrick running around and wants to join in but so far he's only mastered the crawl.  He's standing up and walking along everything so I'm pretty sure walking will be in the near future(I'm talking in the next couple months) if he continues to be persistent.  He wants to eat with us as well but the poor little guy does not handle anything besides mush yet, so even though he desperately wants to eat off our plates, I have to break out the baby food peas.  He's not picky though, so he pretty much eats any mush I put in front of him.  I fed the same stuff to Patrick when I was pregnant with Aiden, so every meal time brings back a slight feeling of morning sickness.  I love it.

  Little facts about Aiden:
-He still has zero teeth but I'm guessing he'll get in some soon because he's been unusually cranky this week
-He still drools like a maniac
-No official first words or anything but he loves to talk and say mamama, dadadada, badadbada...or scream happy squeals.  He loves the sound of his own voice
-This past week we decided to let Aiden and Patrick sleep in the same room together and overall they've done really well.  Wednesday night was not so hot but that they're getting used to it.
-He usually sleeps from 9:30-7:30 or 8, although it was pretty much from 9:30-9:30 before daylight savings.  Dang you time changes.
-He takes one long nap(3-4 hours) a day or two shorter naps during the day.  I've started doing the one nap thing since it's super nice having two kids sleeping for three hours at the same time.  Yes, Patrick still does the 3 hour nap thing.  It's really great.
-Like I said, he's crawling and standing up to everything
-He's pretty content playing with toys on his own but he loves it when Patrick includes him.
-He's sorta a momma's boy.  Sorta might be an understatement
-He's pretty happy with anyone who holds him still
-He's quick to smile
-Quick to laugh
-He adores his older brother.

Aiden likes to bring everything to his mouth.  Everything.  Did I mention everything?  Patrick never went through that phase so I sometimes forget that if any little thing is on the floor, Aiden will find it and bring it to his mouth. We made homemade play dough yesterday and I thought it was a good mommy moment.  Patrick had fun making it, Aiden loved watching...and then we started playing with it.  Aiden decided it was no good unless he could eat it and had a breakdown whenever I'd pry it out of his mouth.  It was honestly the first time we've ever had to stop a certain behavior of his because he's always been so mellow but he really thought his life was ending.  Big time breakdown. Patrick got upset because Aiden tried to eat his play dough and the whole thing ended up being a big crying fest.  Mommy fail.  But, I tried.  And then I put them both down for a nice, long nap.

Break out the Mater riding!  In a little house.  No problem.

 Standing!  A favorite activity.

 And because I have this weird obsession of taking trips down memory lane of what Patrick was like at that age...

Patrick at 8 months

And in case I haven't added enough pictures of my two boys on here...

Brothers.  Such a sweet bond.