Luke at Eight Months

Luke is 8 months old! My the time does fly. Here's a bit about what Luke's been up to the last month.
The first thing Luke does when he wakes up is to look for his sisters. Usually he doesn't have to look for long! If he can hear their voices in another room, he'll crane his neck around to try to catch a glimpse. That being said, he loves them, but does get a little frustrated when Cora wants to hold him too often and feels free to (try to) heft him around and when Violet steals his toys. Poor guy!Luke has discovered doorstops and their pleasing sound. He knows where most of them are in the areas he often gets to hang out in. He'll make a beeline for them when I set him down.

How fascinating!

Here he just discovered that he can use his feet to do it too!

Luke loves buttons, both clothing buttons and electronics buttons. He also loves shiny things, so the remote is a favorite. He likes to watch cars go by and is easily distracted by all the shiny things in the inside of the car while he's supposed to be nursing during an errand break.
Luke is a great eater. He's still eating baby food three times a day, and nursing about 4-5 times a day. He's trying bits of regular food here and there too. He's loved sweet potato pancakes, cheerios, bits of noodles, and a lick of icecream here and there. He's pretty good at sippee cups, and loves water. He likes his puffs during church (or whenever else we're trying to keep him still and occupied) and often makes appreciative grunts every time one gets in his mouth. One of his favorite things to do while eating is to grab his high chair buckles and smear them with his veggie oatmeal goop. That high chair needs to sprayed off sometime soon!
Luke is getting the hang of high fives. It takes him a few tries to clue into what you are doing, but he must like it because he gets a big smile on his face and keeps his hand open if you keep it up.
Luke's two top teeth are on their way in! He's been a little miserable on and off the last week or so. I can feel the bumps and even see the white spots of the corners of the teeth through his gum, but no breakthroughs yet. I hope they come in soon!

On September 5th, Luke went from laying down to sitting up by himself for the first time. He seems to love being able to have more control over his body-- what a huge boost of freedom to be able to change your view!

We tried to get a better tower-knocking-over video, but Luke is too fast! He feels he is duty-bound to destroy those towers. Luckily the girls don't mind (yet!).

By far, Luke's biggest accomplishment of the month is crawling! He's not a full-fledged crawler yet, but has his own caterpillar crawl he uses to get around pretty well. And he's getting faster every day.

Three cute kiddos...

And one funny outtake that I just had to include.