8 months old

Not sure if you can tell by the photo, but Luke has 2 teeth now. He is standing up all the time, can even balance on his own for 1 or 2 seconds before crashing to his butt.

He is such a happy baby (during the day!) He loves to follow Hunter around and give him hugs and kisses. He has started reaching out for you to pick him up (I love that) and will protest if you take something from him that he was playing with or wanted.

The nights are unfortunately another story. I don't know if it is solely from the fluid in his ears causing discomfort, or if he just wakes and can't put himself back to sleep, but he is up a lot. We got a second opinion on the ears and that doctor recommended reassessing the situation in January.
Luke has also started saying da da. Not in reference to Kerry yet, but just to make the sounds. This is really the first babble he has done, he hasn't done much more than yell before, so it is weird to hear his voice.

He is still a good eater, not really showing much preferences for particular foods, eating what you give him (very different from Hunter.) He has started eating cheerios and loves to both eat them and bang them off the tray.

Gearing up for turkey day and his first trip to visit Santa.....can't wait.