Dylan is mobile!

Before we headed back to Texas for the month of December, Dylan was just starting to army crawl around the place. I was so excited about his mobility...what was I thinking??? He's all over the place now and I spend most of my time saying "no" and pulling him away from the cat, stairs, cat toys, receiver knobs, lint fuzzies on the floor, did I mention the cat?, speaker wires, and shoes. He has ventured onto his hands and knees and really crawled, but I think he prefers moving around on his belly since we have so much tile. He frequently gets to a sitting position from crawling and is pulling up on everything! Eeekkkk. He's had a few bumps on the head. If that weren't enough activity, he does his baby push ups several times a day to build up those pecs.

At his 8 month check up he weighed 17 pounds 9 ounces and the doctor could see a tooth just below the surface trying to poke through. That was on the 28th of December. When we arrived back in Dubai on January 8th I could see the tooth on the bottom poking out and also noticed the other one starting to peek. They are both out now! He's also trying to cut one on the top. I don't think that the whole teething thing has bothered him too much. Hopefully that trend will continue. At our visit the doctor told us that Dylan could eat pretty much whatever now. He eats our table food most of the time and I finally got him to drink from a sippy cup SOMETIMES. He really likes cheese and still loves bananas. His pincer grasp is improving, but it takes him a while to eat.

Dylan loves dumping his blocks out of their container and then chewing on them. He also likes to crawl under the coffee table and play peek a boo through the hole in the side. He is extremely social and likes to stay in the same room with me. We're working on waving bye bye and clapping. We can't wait for his first birthday when Grand Pa Rich and Grand Pa Frank and Grandma Debbie and Grandma Joni will be here to see him!

Dylan celebrated his first Christmas and it was awesome! He got so many fun toys to play with! In fact, we didn't have enough room to bring back everything in our suitcases! Luckily Grandpa Frank and Grandma Joni will bring Dylan his other toys in April. I helped him open his presents and he promptly grabbed everything out of my hands - wrapping paper, packaging, tags, and the toys. He seemed to enjoy the wrappers and packages almost as much as if not more than the actual toys. For good measure he tasted everything to make sure it was worthy.