8 months old

Little Dashel is eight months old now and quite a little pill. He is a feisty little guy these days who lets you know what he wants and doesn't want. If he does not want to eat or take medicine or suck on the bink he presses his lips so tight together and shakes his head "NO". Or if Gavin is harassing him he will arch his back and shake his head back and forth "NO".

This month he got his first tooth -- bottom right! So I'm sure that he is working on the other soon. He is trying to crawl, but just can't quite get it yet. He now weighs 19lbs 8oz. He is babbling like a Evangelist, especially when he is not content. He goes to sleep okay on his own, but the minute I get into bed he rolls right out of his bed right next to me! He sleeps really well when snuggled next to me and of course I love it too!!

This past week he has really become a Papa's boy!! When he hears Brock's voice he gets so upset if Brock doesn't immediately come and pick him up and walk him around the house. He will squawk and squawk and move his arms around until Brock notices him. Then when Brock picks him up he lets out this very cute and happy squeal. It is so funny. He just loves Brock. And now Gavin gets quite upset that Dashel is taking up more of Brock's time and has a little bit of jealous behavior. I'm sure that this will only get worse.

Lastly, this month the little guy got influenza (most likely H1N1 - Doctors not testing because most of the cases seen are H1N1), but since he was the last to get it I took him to get tamaflu right away so that it really was not that bad. Brock, Gavin and I all had it worse -- but we lived!!

[gavin at 8 months]