8 Months Old Already!?!

Where does time go? It's already March and Finnegan is 8 months old! Since December, so much has happened. Finnegan has 5 more teeth (that's 7 total now), he's crawling everywhere, standing up, cruising along the furniture and getting into everything he possibly can and shouldn't. Our poor pets (Cocoa the Chihuahua and Chloe the cat) are actively looking for new homes. They have, for the time being, located at least one spot where where they can still hide from our ever active almost-toddler.

We're constantly checking Finn's mouth for stray carpet fibers, dog or cat food and pieces of paper bites from our favorite magazines. He talks a lot and even has the same animated conversation style as his daddy. We're all listening for that first 'real' word, but have yet to determine that one has emerged. A lot of what we hear are squeals of delight (when something is very exciting) or a sad little fake cough (when he wants someone's attention). For the most part, he is a happy little boy, smiling constantly and laughing at anything funny - especially sneezes!