8 Month Update

Congratulations to Jamey! He is now 2/3 of a year old! How fast the time has gone. Just like with every month, so much changes. He is able to stand next to his Jungle Toy without help, he desperately wants to crawl, but for now is just "swimming" along the floor, he babbles all the time, and of course, he has developed his own dance moves.

Because we didn't have a doctor's appointment this month, we can only guesstimate that he is roughly 22 pounds. (Glenn steps on the scale alone and then with Jamey and we take the difference.) We will have to wait for official numbers until next month. Thinking about it now, I suppose we could just sit him on the scale now. He doesn't move that fast... yet.

Perhaps the coolest thing happening right now, is that Jamey has moved onto a "bigger pool". Literally. Yesterday, Jamey started his "Aquatots" class and really loved it. Lucky for us, our neighbors up the street had brought their daughter and are in the same class with us, although their daughter Jada is a year old already. As he always does, Jamey took it all in stride, looking around, floating on his belly and back. In the class, we mainly move around in the pool holding the babies, making motions to songs like "Hokey Pokey" and "The Wheels on the Bus." Plus, we pull them along on their bellies, encouraging them to kick. Although Jamey didn't do any "regulation" kicks, he did dance in the water, meaning his butt moved around. Someday it will turn into a fine

butterfly kick.

(For those of you who aren't aware, for the first time in my life, I am not a blonde. At the moment, I have my hair colored a light brown, so that I can let my hair grow out to its natural color-- a dark blond-- without looking strange.)

And now, a video of the "swimming". We didn't know that we could both get in the water with Jamey so Glenn didn't have his suit on. That just means we got photos to show and the next time, we can enjoy the class together.