8 months old!

Parker is now 8 months old and he's really been making good progress. We are still working with him on sitting up without support, but he's getting there. He's also starting to put more weight on his legs and stand with support. It seems like every week, he gets better and better. We did have him checked by a doctor, to make sure everything is ok, because he's on the later end of what all the books say, but the doctor told us he was fine and he's progressing on his own schedule. We were very relieved to hear that!
He's still sleeping good - going to bed by 8pm and waking up at 7am, with 1 long nap and 1 short nap during the day. He's eating really good - just like a boy - he's already starting to eat so much! I feed him his pureed food, then he eats a bowl of baby cereal as well! Wow! If this is any indication of what it will be like when he's a little older, I better start a separate grocery fund for him!
Parker loves being read to. He really does a good job of tracking the words on the pages and even turns the pages himself. He's also starting to recognize more words when we say them. I think that is attributed to his reading DVDs he's been watching since he was 4 months old.

This was an antique cradle that our neighbor's dad had in his house. He said that he and his wife used it for their children, so we put Parker in it. Parker liked it for a little while, then he wanted out. Brad and I thought it was so cool!