8 Month Update

(I measured and weighed Trip myself this month, so I'm not sure how accurate these stats are)

Height: 28.25 inches (75th percentile)

Weight: 21.5 lbs. (75th percentile)
Looks like: He is looking more and more like J to me ... but most people still say he is a mix
Development: Sits, Rolls as his form of transportation, scoots on his back (I'll post a video of this), can balance on hands and knees, yells like an Indian, gives hugs and kisses, reaches for mom and dad, has had a few moments of separation anxiety from me but only if he is really tired
Likes: Loves "Lamby" and "Monkey Tate" the best, Mom's hair, playing anything with Dad, the blue Direct TV box that bounces around on the TV screen when it is idol, the slide show of pictures that plays on J's computer when it is idol ... Still loves the Jumperoo
Dislikes: Anything that requires work ... sitting, tummy time, having to try to get to something that is out of his reach. Now that he knows how to reach for us, if he is doing something he doesn't want to be doing, he will fuss and reach for us to pick him up. It is very cute and also very hard to resist! I also think he is in the "frustration" stage of pre-crawling. I can tell he wants to get up and move, but he still doesn't know how to accomplish that.

Favorite Moments: Trip's primary form of communicating at the moment is yelling ... Loud! It sounds a little like he is really upset, but he isn't, he's just using his voice. So, when we are out in public and he is yelling, I get a whole lot of stares. The other day we were at Wal-Mart and he was sitting happily in the front of the cart, reaching for things as we went down the isles and just yelling. I'm afraid that I've gotten so used to it that I don't even get embarrassed anymore. Another funny yelling moment was on my way in to San Antonio for a friend's son's birthday party. I left the house just in time to get stuck in the 5 o'clock traffic and a 30 minute trip turned into an hour. So, I turned on some music to try and pass the time. After turning on the music, Trip started yelling in the back seat. Each time I would turn the music up, he would turn the volume on his yelling up!