Halloween is coming soon... Mom and Dad got me a pumpkin at the store today.

It's almost as big as I am!

I had so much fun playing with it,

that I almost fell over...

but I'm so good at sitting, I didn't!

I wonder what pumpkins taste like? 

We all went to a baby shower for our friends Joaquim and Bonnie today, and I saw my friend Max...

and got my first kiss! 

Now that I can sit up by myself I can play with so many things! But reading is still my favorite thing to do. 

I haven't been sleeping very well at night because I've been sick (cold, ear infections, antibiotics that upset my stomach...), which means mom and dad haven't been sleeping well either. Dad I and both fell asleep on the couch the other day. Mom says we both snored. 

I got a new carseat!

No, I'm not shrinking, it's just a really big carseat! 

Remember when my playgroup friends and I went to have our picture taken? Here it is - aren't we a great bunch!?!? 

Mom and Dad spent a lot of this weekend working around the house and the yard, and I helped!

Then Dad sent me up to clean the gutters. (Just kidding.) 

I got a new bathtub the other day.

I can sit up and splash around,

and play with all kinds of things.

It's so much fun... but, do you think my butt looks big? 

Guess who's already EIGHT months old?!?...

Yep, that's me! 

I'm learning to like being on my tummy more,

and I'm getting so much stronger! I push myself up and sometimes even bend my knees... Getting ready to crawl?

Nope, not yet, but...

I do roll over a TON ...

and over ...

until I hit an obstacle! 

Sometimes when I'm at Grandma and Granddaddy Ward's house and I get really fussy, Grandma puts me in a doll baby carriage and wheels me around until I fall asleep. It doesn't seem to bother me that I'm WAY to big to fit in the carriage anymore! 

When my Nana was here she read me lots of books. What fun! 

Don't my teeth make me look so grown up? 

Look how good I'm getting at sitting up by myself! I can only stay for 10 or 15 seconds, but I'm getting better! 

Today I met a bunch of my playgroup friends at the mall to have our picture taken. It was quite the scene, let me tell you. But it actually went pretty well. We won't pick up the final pictures for a week or so, but you can see here how chaotic the whole process was! 

My nana is here visiting me, isn't that exciting!

And even more exciting is that she brought her dog Ollie. We're getting to be good friends.

We've spent a lot of time hanging out together.

Ollie likes hanging out with me too!

Or does she? 

I sure know how to ham it up for the camera!