Caelan's 411

This is the down low on our big man in the house. He is 8 mos as of April 27th! We are constantly being told by strangers how big he is, I just reply...Yeah he's a biggin! (And we love every square inch of him) So yes, he seems to be growing leaps and bounds. He is such a happy little guy, always so content and so smiley!
Food: Caelan is not a picky eater, he can keep up with the best of 'em. He's added yogurt, bread, pancakes, rice, cantelope, kiwi, strawberries, watermelon, apples (we share apples all the time), avocados, butter beans (thank you Jaedyn), yellow squash, brussel sprouts (which is a no go), baby mum mums, freeze dried fruit, blueberry & sweet potato puffs and organic baby food with turkey or chicken.
What's he doing? We've been working with him everyday on his sign language. He is using "up" and "more". Shawn has taught him to clap and he loves doing it so proudly. Rolling is his primary mode of gettin where he needs to go. He is working on moving from a seated position then on to his belly. Once he's got his hands out in front of himself he rocks and rocks but can't get that one little leg out from under his body. He uses his index fingers for everything, picking up food (which is the most precious thing to watch), turning pages on a book and putting them in "holes", ie: noses, ears, drains, peek-a-boo books, etc. He has now figured out how to call us if we aren't looking at him, he will grunt once in our direction and will do it until you look at him. It's like he's saying "Hey". He recently, like this past week, has started bouncing to music with a happy smile on his face. He doesn't have any teeth yet, but I love looking at his big gummy grin anyway! He's now wearing 9-12mos clothes and sz 4 shoes. Which he got his very first big boy shoes (tennies and sandles, sooooo cute) recently.
Favorite things to do: Loves to play in water. We go swimming 1-2x a week and he splashes like crazy. And bath time is fun time. He enjoys all the walks we take and the outings we go on with our moms groups. He is always so curious and watching what is happening around him. He enjoys reading books and looking at family pictures. Pulling his toy basket over and rolling in everything is a new past time. And he still sucks on anything he can get his mouth on.
Nicknames: Caelan the marchin man, Bubba joe, scoochie, sweet potato, fuzz head, honey bee, and sweetie pie. And responds to all of them, Ha!
He is just growing so fast and each second is so precious to us.
I recently read a wonderful quote: "Happiness is found along the way, not at the end of the road."