8 months, a little while ago

Camden turned 8 months old shortly after Christmas.  Not that he demonstrated this while we were on vacation, but he's generally a pretty happy boy.  So fun!  Here's just a general update on what he's doing now.

He has four teeth.  Two fangs on top and his two middle teeth on the bottom.  So cute!  He can even rip off tiny chunks of peel from a tangerine.

He's still in size 1 diapers.  Because he has no butt.  He is getting a nice pot belly though.  Sadly, we may need to upgrade pretty soon because even though his bum is insignificant, his output is not.

Just after Thanksgiving, Camden figured out how to grab things with his thumb and forefinger.  Of course, everything goes into his wide open trap.  He's now quite expert.  In fact, at Andy & Kera's house (which has A LOT more traffic than ours), he had to evaluate every item in their carpet with fingers and mouth - from lint balls to grass clippings to minuscule candy wrapper parts.  He was better than a vacuum cleaner.

He's a quick crawler now.  And he'll race down the hallway with a sock or toy or whatever in his hand.

Camden pulls himself up on everything and walks around holding on to furniture.  It grosses me out, but it seems like his favorite item to climb up is the toilet.  I keep hoping the novelty will wear off and he won't always be zippy-crawling to the bathroom and check out the porcelain goddess.  But now he's discovered the flush lever and he's more intrigued than ever.

He loves to toddle around holding on to your fingers.  Dan used to refer to Camden's walking as the "zombie shuffle".  Dan says Camden's locomotion is more of an ape walk now.  He actually does keep his balance pretty well, he just doesn't have a lot of confidence in going it alone.

Current favorite foods are sweet potatoes, avocados (love it when they are 29 cents at Aldis!), peas, and apricots.  He's a pretty good eater.  He used to think Cheerios were the best thing since pacifiers.  Until we started feeding him bagels and toast.

Camden is such a curious boy!  Everyday he sees something he never noticed before and he wants to learn all about it.  Which typically means seeing, touching, and tasting.  I'm trying not to be a Nazi parent and keep him away from everything, but I do wish he wouldn't try to put EVERYTHING in his mouth.