8 months old

Oliver is now 8 months old and is quite the little charmer! Just look at that smile...

He is able to stand up while hanging on to someone or the furniture, although he isn't successfully cruising yet (thank goodness!).

He isn't crawling yet either, but he does lean really far forward like this and rocks back and forth. He even sometimes pulls himself so far forward that he falls flat on his belly and gets VERY mad.

But most of the time he is pretty content to just stay where he is and goof around with whoever is nearby - and he is so cute that there is always someone nearby!

His eyes are starting to change color. They started out grey/blue but they are greenish brown now - like his dad.

I dressed him in this sweet shirt, but it is still too big. Mike's aunt made it for him when he was a baby in the 70's (can you tell?) but she never gave it to him. So when Oliver was born she sent us the shirt. He seems to like it ; )

Grandma and Grandpa McDonell came to visit Oliver and brought him this toy, which he loves. Thanks Grandma!

We all went to the Alki lighthouse, which we had never been to. It was a gorgeous day for it.

Our little family

Grandma and Grandpa

Then we met Laura and Andrew and Cousin Mary for dinner. Oliver got a new book (which he also loves!) and got to sit on his auntie Laura's lap the whole time.

This past weekend, we went to our first "baby concert" at the redhook brewery. I forgot my camera, so no pictures but it was really fun. We saw Caspar Babypants, who is the lead singer for the Presidents of the United States of America (you know the "millions of peaches" song). It was so good we actually downloaded the CD from itunes and Oliver loves it. Then on Sunday, I ran my first 10k road race, exactly 8 months after giving birth to Oliver. This is the longest I've ever run and I did it in 58 minutes!

Mike and Oliver came to cheer me on, although someone was a little sleepy..