8 months!

Over the last month, Grayson...

• Grew to 18 pounds and 27 1/4 inches long
  
• Cut two more teeth with another two close behind
• Got his first professional pictures taken
• Learned to sit up by himself, then...
  
• Promptly decided it's more fun to pull himself up to stand than to merely sit around
  
• Helped Josh and I celebrate our 3rd anniversary
  
• Changed his babbling to variations of 'da-dah-duh-da', much to Josh's joy and my dismay
• Welcomed any food I put into his mouth *except* peas
• Watched his friend, Kimball, get blessed
  
• Impressed Grandma with his 'horn-honking' skills
• Attended his first ward campout (but we didn't camp)
  
• Actively cheered the Bomber Babes to yet another victory
• Ate his first tomato

I was picking veggies out in the garden last week and left Grayson on the lawn to crawl around (in fact, it was the same day as my last post, hence his outfit). While I was working my way around the garden boxes, fighting off leaves twice the size of my head in an attempt to find wayward zucchinis before they got too big, Grayson found my bowl of tomatoes and helped himself to one. By the time I reached him it was too late, so I let him finish it. After he was done, I took him inside for a couple of pics and washed him up. Sadly, these tomato stains didn't come out in yesterday's wash.
I think my favorite thing about Grayson right now is that he loves shaking his hands. No matter what he's holding, he will continually shake it up and down like a mad man. It can be paper, a washcloth, a measuring tape, a rattle, a magazine, a bottle, a toy, a shirt, a tomato...you get the idea. And he'll even clasp his hands together and shake them for a spell without holding anything at all. The best part about it is this little grin he gets when he's doing it because he's just enjoying himself so much. And when he notices you're watching him, he tops it all off with the cutest smile. Melts my heart every time. I need to get it on video before he stops doing it.