Ariv Raja Gautam - Month 8

Bubba!!! 8 months!!! You have become such a big boy. First and most importantly, your first word was Dada. Specifically, dadadaddadada. You are babbling so much and trying to communicate with us. You also love to squeal - very loudly! You have the absolute cutest smile and it melts our hearts. 

You have been loving trying so many new foods that mama and dada make for you. You started rolling both ways now and are such a rolly poly! You are sooooo close to crawling too. When me (Dada) and your sister are playing together you always turn your whole body and try to crawl over to play with us. We end up coming to you and giving you a big hug. Sometimes your sister gets tooooo excited and hugs you too hard and you don’t like that very much. But she loves you so much. You still love Layla as much as you always have. Your face lights up the second she enters the room and you get so excited. Your mama is still definitely your favorite and sometimes she sneaks in naps with you so you two can cuddle even though we’re supposed to be sleep training you. 

You’ve been a good bubba. Still so smiley and jolly and just like your sister (and your dada) you LOVE when you’re around other people. You have started going down more to the playroom with your sister and going out on walks during the day. It has started getting warm and since you’re a winter baby it’s funny to see you being in such sunny and warm weather, you’ll get used to it! You have started to play with balls and you love throwing them and trying to chase after them, but you get mad when you can’t reach them - you will very soon when you can crawl.

We love you bubloo. You are growing up to be so fun to be around and we’re loving the little spurts of personality budding.